sandpat

Yup..yup....I love the grid, but do turn it, Gai was right on track with her idea. I can see why you don't want to cut that up...its really pretty!

gaigai

Teacup, I have a book that shows a wall quilt made just that way: A large floral print, as big as you want. Get some iron-on bias tape of the preferred size, either 0.5 or 1 inch. Also get some fusible fleece. Cut the fusible fleece in strips just slightly narrower than the bias tape. Put the fleece under the bias tape, (but not inside the folded part, just underneath the whole strip) Now, lay out the tape on the diagonal lines, weaving it under and over in a basket-type effect. Iron the tape/fleece down, then stitch however you want, blind hemstitch, machine, hand, etc.

zkosh

Hello to you, too, gaigai! I guess there are more folks from my part of the country than I thought! :-)

sew cornie

Teacup, I love your hydrangeas and raspberries. The grid effect is really nice -- like looking through a garden window. I like how the grid crosses on top of the smaller bunches, but it would be interesting to see it turned. Could you post a mock-up of the grid on the diagonal?

Lacelady

You old tease - though it's a good way to be fair, I suppose (grudgingly)
Yes, I would prefere mine to stay blue & white if poss., but don't mind all shades of. When you get mine, you will see about 30 odd different fabrics in it, and the more, the merrier.

Teacup, I love your fabric, and I wouldn't want to change it either. The diagonal strips (main fabric straight, and strips on point) I think would emphasise the centre motif even better, as suggested. Try that, and post again.

Butterflyspain

thats me Lesley, It will be great to work on yours, I just love blue and white quilts and it might be a good idea to put in a note to say you would prefer blue and white additions to it. :wink:

Elle

Teacup

Thank you all for your input. I've done a rough mockup of the grid on a diagonal. If I were doing the other grid, I would leave that large center block but be cutting the fabric that would be in the smaller side boxes and staggering the pattern. The first grid would be like putting on sashing. If I don't cut it apart, it makes sense to do the grid on the diagonal as an applique over the piece of whole cloth. The idea of using bias tape is interesting. I'll have to think about that.

The width of the grid strips is also something I'll have to play with. I was using a contrast of two colors to suggest a bit of shadow and dimension. I've seen some other trellis/windowpane quilts do that. I have a lovely gingham fabric from the same Lakehouse line that I thought might work with a darker contrast for the shadow. If I don't do that, I'll definitely choose the darker fabric.

omak

It's amazing!
When you put the grid on point, it actually looks balanced.
The other grid looked like the center frame was huge and the other squares were just little squares.
Do you like it?
I am not too good at helping in these types of decisions, but it has improved with the grid on point, I think.
And, your idea of a light and dark to add dimension seems to have done the trick.

Teacup

Yes, I like it. I'll have to actually try out strips of the gingham to see if it will work with a darker "shadow". I kind of feel like doing applique of a grid rather than actual pieceing is "cheating" but since I don't want to cut into the large central flower, this is probably the best option.

gaigai

Teacup, if you really want to piece, you can fussy cut the larger flowers and put them in the "windows", and use the smaller ones in blocks around the edges.