With the Buttons or Without the Buttons?
04-01-2017, 04:59 AM
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I noticed something interesting, when looking at the one with buttons, the buttons are what draw your attention, when looking at the one without, your attention is totally on that beautiful fall scene. Just an observation.
04-01-2017, 05:15 AM
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I like the idea of buttons but a I would maybe choose a design on the buttons that is more decorative and less utilitarian looking. Buttons with shanks would bull down into the quilt and look to float on the surface. I have seen buttons with designs on them and also cut to reflect light.
04-01-2017, 05:21 AM
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I am also in the minority, I don't like the buttons. They distract my eye from all the other wonderful things that are going on in this quilt. Additionally the elegant beaded trim work you put on combined with the rich fabric choices give an air of formality to this that is diminished by the homeyness of the buttons. The buttons are an embellishment I would expect to see in something of the country/primitive genre of decorative pieces and with your color choices, the nature of the Cathedral Windows block and that gorgeous pearl bead trim I think Victorian formality.
If you want to put something in the center points of those CW units I suggest finding another type of bead or a large pearl type embellishment instead of a button. Something that compliments that gorgeous finished edge and allows the viewer to take in the piece as a whole. As another poster pointed out, with the buttons, that is all my eye is drawn to and didn't notice the other details as readily as I did in the photo without. To my eye, the buttons, while very cute, seem to fight with the rest of the quilt. JMHO.
If you want to put something in the center points of those CW units I suggest finding another type of bead or a large pearl type embellishment instead of a button. Something that compliments that gorgeous finished edge and allows the viewer to take in the piece as a whole. As another poster pointed out, with the buttons, that is all my eye is drawn to and didn't notice the other details as readily as I did in the photo without. To my eye, the buttons, while very cute, seem to fight with the rest of the quilt. JMHO.
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