My castle needs help!
08-18-2013, 10:18 AM
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[ATTACH=CONFIG]430909[/ATTACH]Are you intending to make all nine different? How about a tower with a girl in the window dropping a braid of embroidery cotton hair? A castle with a dragon on or in it (using dragon printed fabric)? A turret nearly buried in vines?
A walled garden? A pumpkin coach? Red Riding Hood on a path in the foreground with a castle far in the background?
A castle topped with crenellations would be fun.
A walled garden? A pumpkin coach? Red Riding Hood on a path in the foreground with a castle far in the background?
A castle topped with crenellations would be fun.
Last edited by Greenheron; 08-18-2013 at 10:23 AM.
Castle help
08-18-2013, 12:12 PM
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You could do different types of flags/embellishments on the different blocks, so each block is unique.
Some ideas:
Small ribbon sewn on and tied to look like bows on the turrets
Embroidered flags (I would do the initial on for center block)
Applique flags
Beads/Buttons sewn on like a weathervane, can get special buttons for that
Instead of the top of turret, you could sew on small lace at the part where the top meets the column
....that is all I can come up with right this moment. But you could easily embellish each of the 9 blocks differently. Let your imagination run wild, or if your daughter knows about this, get her to help
she might enjoy embellishing her special quilt
Some ideas:
Small ribbon sewn on and tied to look like bows on the turrets
Embroidered flags (I would do the initial on for center block)
Applique flags
Beads/Buttons sewn on like a weathervane, can get special buttons for that
Instead of the top of turret, you could sew on small lace at the part where the top meets the column
....that is all I can come up with right this moment. But you could easily embellish each of the 9 blocks differently. Let your imagination run wild, or if your daughter knows about this, get her to help
she might enjoy embellishing her special quilt
08-18-2013, 12:13 PM
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OP here.....thank you for ALL of the wonderful suggestions! I have 4 castle blocks made-different fabrics, but all are purple and pink. Added a bit of lace , a few tiny felt flowers in a window, etc. I don't want to get too carried away with embellishments-luckily, my grands all use and love their quilts, which requires lots of washing! But you have come up with some wonderful suggestions for a future project! I want to make a total of 12 blocks, then add some sashing with tiny pinwheels as corner blocks. I will post pic when this is finished....hope it doesn't disappoint you!
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