Wednesday, July 30, 2008
A girl's best friend?
In a word, no. If I ever get the idea to do a quilt of diamonds again, someone shoot me. I'm sure this is not how I laid it out in the first place (it was more symmetrical). And I somehow managed to get two of the same purple next to one another - but you know what? It's not going to be moved. It looks fine, and it's staying this way. Next step is a thin border around the outside edge - not sure what colour. I am contemplating black (there is quite a lot of black in the outer teal print, though it may not show in this picture), though of course orange, teal and purple are options. I have ordered this batik from equilter to be the outer border - if it doesn't quite work (though it looks like it will, as it has purple and blue both in it), it's gorgeous anyway so I'm sure I'll find a use for it...
I did also do a little work on the TM4 quilt, but of course, can't show any pictures. I will say that I'm going to start with a freeform word (yes, a word - a short one!), and then put some simple friendship stars around that. I don't think I will go medallion with the entire quilt, but who knows at this point. I can also say, there will be some applique in the quilt, and some little houses, I think. As well as some funky bits and pieces - the fabric I have is fairly bright and demands funky, I think...
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9 comments:
I think it looks great and had to look very hard to find the 2 purples.
I like it!
Don't be so hard on yourself, it looks quite good, and you have to look for the two purples.
Hey! I like this quilt :) So nice colours.
i love the colors...very bright and cheery...and i really love the batik you ordered :)
Love this one. I think either the black or the purple will work equally well.
Why don't you like the diamonds? Too hard to work with, or you just don't like the look? I love diamonds, but haven't tried quilting any yet!
It looks wonderful, Kate, and I love the batik you've chosen for the border. If you hadn't mentioned the two purples I wouldn't have seen it. We're always our own worst critics, aren't we?
Took me ages to find the 2 purples! LOVE that batik you ordered, I'm sure it will work well!!
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