Help - FMQ ideas to hide less than perfect circles!
 

Hi all
I have quilted all the blue. Now to quilt the white! My circles are less than perfect. I need ideas for quilting in the white, which won't draw attention to the mismatched 'points'.
Thanks
Trisher[ATTACH=CONFIG]603298[/ATTACH]

Love blue and white quilts, I only stitch in the ditch so I am no help, just wanted to say how much I like your quilt!!!

Can't help with the quilting but did want to congratulate you on the pretty pattern! Those circles are very striking!

Very pretty quilt! Agree with Tartan that the imperfections are noticed more by you. I primarily meander, so not much personal help there (like Tartans suggestions though).

I have wanted to do the Glorified nine patch for years, even bought the template just never made it. Your quilt is lovely and we all know that we are our own worst critics. If the quilt is for yourself I wouldn't worry so much about it but that's just me. I just made a quilt and I can't even figure out how I lost my points when I measured they were all there but when I got done with the borders they were gone!! Who knows it's for a baby so I really can't do anything about it.

That’s really pretty! I didn’t see mismatched points till I zoomed in really close. You see them because you know they’re there. By the time you have it quilted, washed and dried, i bet it’ll look just right to you. Seriously.

As fir design of quilting, I’m not an exoert by any sttetch. How dense do you want it? If not much, I can see arches from corner to corner to mirror the semi/ circles, then filled in with zigzags or ribbon candy,

I don't zoom in on anyone's work. It looks great to me, we are our worse critics.

Beautiful quilt.

I only zoomed in to see what she was talking about. If someone points it out and asks for suggestions that might help them like their work better, as Trisher did, then I oblige. Not to be critical at all, so Jingle, my intentions were all good.

That's soooo very, very pretty. Don't forget that after it's washed you won't even notice the areas that are bothering you.

Trisher- that's gorgeous!!!
I'm not very experienced with machine quilting yet so I don't have any ideas but I agree that when it's finished and washed it will be awesome and you won't notice anything amiss. I love it :)

I like it just the way it is. But I am not a fan of heavily quilted quilts. I like a bit of pouf. I love the pattern and the quilting just as is.
Lynda

That's a very pretty quilt and I have not seen a single problem with points. Whatever you quilt on the white area will show up more than on the dark, so do what you enjoy doing there, with no worries. The quilting will draw the eye more than the piecing. You could do a little echo quilting around the shapes, or go for something fancier, such as petals. I'm not a big fan of stitch in the ditch, but it's good for certain quilts. My feeling about negative areas like your white is they're ideal to show off some quilting.

Love your quilt! Blue is my fave color. Now I will have to try this too. :)
I would be tempted to quilt straight lines of some sort --to sort of counter balance all the curves. But I know from experience that that will just enhance the things you say you want to hide. So....maybe more curves of some sort. Or wavy lines?

Thanks everyone! I think I might make pie wedges and do some smaller curvy designs in each wedge.

Looks good to me.

You might try tracing the area you want to quilt on onion skin type paper or a thin sheet of plastic. Then doodle around with a colored or black marker to see how the design would look. If you don't like it wipe off the plastic or get another piece of paper and try something. else. search for Leah Day and see some of her designs. Good luck and I hope you find something you like.