QuiltnNan |
03-23-2011 12:50 PM |
Please help with choices
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My aunt [in-law actually] is 89 and no longer quilts or embroiders. She gave me a box of partially finished redwork for my DGD's baby quilt. In the box, I found this antique friendship block. I think the names may have been friends of her mother. The background is paper-thin linen. The embroidery stitching looks like it used to be green and has faded. The entire block seemed washed out and hard to see. I decided to quilt the background with beige to make the leaves stand out. That part seemed to work. I'm thinking, though, that I might outline a single line of dark green along the embroidery to make that stand out. I'm really on the fence about that. If not green, it probably needs the beige outline as the quilting makes the leaves and stems pucker out. My second dilemma is the binding. I pinned the backing around to show the color of that. I think that would be a good binding color, but not sure. I swore to only use my stash and prefer brown binding, but have none of the right color in my stash. All opinions gratefully accepted. TIA
ps, this is the WIP with the mitered border fabric, my first miters. The pattern is perfect for my aunt as she always had a beautiful English garden.
antique embroidered block for wall hanging [ATTACH=CONFIG]173931[/ATTACH]
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