Border around the blocks or not?
#1
I am making this quilt out of the backs of T-shirts. I have used iron on interfacing to stablize the blocks. Since they are all a different size, I am planning on stitching them down to the background fabric. But, I can't decide if they need a small border around each block/panel. I am making BIG log cabin squares for the sides and bottom of the quilt. And may only put a strip of one of the fabrics from the log cabin blocks on the top of the quilt.
My question is should I put a small border around each block in this center piece?
Since this will be one of my first quilts, and for a very good friend of mine, I want it "perfect" (LOL) . I welcome any suggestions you can give me :>)
My question is should I put a small border around each block in this center piece?
Since this will be one of my first quilts, and for a very good friend of mine, I want it "perfect" (LOL) . I welcome any suggestions you can give me :>)
center of the quilt
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background is gray tones wavy lines
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There are a couple of threads that showed adding "shadows" to a t-shirt quilt. Here is a link to one of the threads:
http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-48453-1.htm
Scroll down to see the quilt that was done this way.
There was a more recent thread on the same topic with a photo of a different quilt, but I can't find it at the moment. For that quilt, each t-shirt was framed in gray and then shadowed.
http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-48453-1.htm
Scroll down to see the quilt that was done this way.
There was a more recent thread on the same topic with a photo of a different quilt, but I can't find it at the moment. For that quilt, each t-shirt was framed in gray and then shadowed.
#7
A border would set them off just like a frame does for a picture. However, if you don't want to do it it looks good the way it is too. If you wanted you could just use black or a dark brown and put an L around two sides of each block. The width of your strip down from the top and in from the edge so that it looked like a shadow and that the blocks were actually floating above the background. Like this one:
http://www.quilterswarehouse.com/P-5...uiltwoman.aspx
ooops, I guess this is the same idea as the one before me. sorry.
http://www.quilterswarehouse.com/P-5...uiltwoman.aspx
ooops, I guess this is the same idea as the one before me. sorry.
#8
I like the floating blocks idea too!
Originally Posted by Prism99
There are a couple of threads that showed adding "shadows" to a t-shirt quilt. Here is a link to one of the threads:
http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-48453-1.htm
Scroll down to see the quilt that was done this way.
There was a more recent thread on the same topic with a photo of a different quilt, but I can't find it at the moment. For that quilt, each t-shirt was framed in gray and then shadowed.
http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-48453-1.htm
Scroll down to see the quilt that was done this way.
There was a more recent thread on the same topic with a photo of a different quilt, but I can't find it at the moment. For that quilt, each t-shirt was framed in gray and then shadowed.
#9
Originally Posted by Dani
I like the floating blocks idea too!
Originally Posted by Prism99
There are a couple of threads that showed adding "shadows" to a t-shirt quilt. Here is a link to one of the threads:
http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-48453-1.htm
Scroll down to see the quilt that was done this way.
There was a more recent thread on the same topic with a photo of a different quilt, but I can't find it at the moment. For that quilt, each t-shirt was framed in gray and then shadowed.
http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-48453-1.htm
Scroll down to see the quilt that was done this way.
There was a more recent thread on the same topic with a photo of a different quilt, but I can't find it at the moment. For that quilt, each t-shirt was framed in gray and then shadowed.
My plan was to just stitch them all down onto the background fabric, but it lookes so blah to me, which is why I needed some ideas!! :>)
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