First Impressions Ideas
#13
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Join Date: Jul 2015
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It's usually color that grabs me first, and sometimes it grabs me in a bad way. If the colors clash or the overall look is just weird (to me) I don't try to analyze it any further, just kind of turn away mentally.
If the color is exciting, interesting or soothing, then I give a second look, and take in the pattern, quilting, and the general feel of the quilt. I would only notice the binding if it stood out in some way.
If the color is exciting, interesting or soothing, then I give a second look, and take in the pattern, quilting, and the general feel of the quilt. I would only notice the binding if it stood out in some way.
#14
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Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: kansas
Posts: 6,407
overall, color, pattern, quilting-----binding is a distant 5th! I've always heard that at big shows judges are very picky about binding as it can be a "deal breaker".
think it's like a woman dressed up--we notice overall, notice the dress (color), notice the fit(pattern), notice the quilting (accessorizing) and if we notice dirty nails it's like bad binding!
think it's like a woman dressed up--we notice overall, notice the dress (color), notice the fit(pattern), notice the quilting (accessorizing) and if we notice dirty nails it's like bad binding!
#17
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Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Maryland
Posts: 118
I look at the pattern and try to figure out how it is put together, then I look at the colors and think about how different colors would effect the overall look, and also consider ways to make it easily. I do look at bindings, just to see if they've used a technique I don't know. I am an engineer, so I'm always more interested in how things are put together just by nature.
#18
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Join Date: Dec 2012
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My first thought when you mention people looking at the binding before seeing the quilt is that these are the same people that upon entering a house, they check the top of the door jam for dust instead of being happy to visit the people. I would prefer not to know those folks!
#19
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Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Corpus Christi, Tx.
Posts: 16,105
Same here and am always impressed with the amount of work that went into it whether by hand or machine. I despise quilt police. Spent the last 2 weeks with my brother and his wife. She had a friend who was looking at an older quilt that belonged her mother made for her when she turned 13 as she did for all her girls when they turned 13. I saw the beauty and the love that went into it. Her friend (?) pointed out ?flaws?. I told her those were her mother's signature imprints of love. ALso told my sister-in-law not to allow quilt police in her home again. Rudeee!!!
#20
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Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Pennsylvania
Posts: 292
I get an overall impression of the quilt, then look at the pattern, then the color. I like to know how they are made (I, too, am an engineer) then see if I think I would be able to replicate the pattern.
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