Originally Posted by doowopddbop
Shivers go up and down my spine when a client asks me to do an overall pattern on applique' quilts, or motifs - I talk them out of it... The quilting is just there to add texture and bring the design of the quilt to life. If someone tells me to quilt it however I want to, I take clues from the design of the quilt, how it will be used, who it is for, and then I let the fabric and the quilt speak to me. (I hear quilts...)
So, at the risk of being shunned...
You did all of those fans by hand??? Holy Cow---they are beautiful...obviously you used a stencil???
Your quilts are beautiful! :)
On many old quilts, the stitching was only used to hold the sandwich together and not follow the design.
Take the example of the Baptist Fan design or crosshatching.
In this quilt, I did with hand-quilted Baptist Fans which had nothing to do with the quilt pattern...it was merely a way to hold the sandwich together...but I liked the effect of letting the quilt pattern show through and the hand quilting fade into the background.