Not Sure How To Quilt This
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This is my "Converging Streets" top that I finished during the last virtual quilting weekend. I am wondering if I should do an all over leaves and vines type of thing. I thought about apple core, but that does not seem to fit. I also thought about little cars, (considering what I named it), but there are thirty blocks and that seems like a chore. I hand quilt, with a hoop, so I can do just about anything I want.
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Straight "roads" in the sashing... and maybe a circle "roundabout" in the blocks?
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Boston, you do such nice work. I love this!
I agree that apple cores won't cut it. Have you thought of big stitch to make it look like the lines in a road? |
I really like your quilt. I too am a hand quilter. A clam shell design seems appropriate to me.
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I’m sorry I cannot offer any suggestions...quilt design is always something I struggle with so I usually end up doing an all over meandering kind of look but since you have sashing, you definitely need something attractive there.
I just wanted to chime in that I love your quilt...it’s a great pattern and looks like a fun project. |
A great quilt. I might do something curvy to soften all the straight lines??
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Originally Posted by thimblebug6000
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Straight "roads" in the sashing... and maybe a circle "roundabout" in the blocks?
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You could use a dark grey thread and big stitches down the center of the white sashings to look like lines down the middle of a two lane road (dashed lines on real streets are passing zones).
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Even tho your quilt has "streets" in the name, it doesn't look like streets to me. I wouldn't try to make the sashing look like roads! I'm seeing some circular feather wreaths in each block, and then a winding vine with leaves along the sashings.
Very pretty top! |
oh--what about the white sashings as roads (center lines) with a few little cars thrown in and then "buildings' in the blocks? Some of the blocks could be done as parks, fountains, etc.
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