"Retro" Request Runner
#1
"Retro" Request Runner
Some of you may remember me asking advice on how to piece this. It is a housewarming gift for a friend who asked me to do a small table runner that matched her curtains. Not my regular style, but heck, I'll try anything once.
I decided I was never going to be able to piece this so did fused applique and satin stitched all the edges. I used a projector to put the image up on the wall so I could trace the shapes and then trace them onto fabric that had Steam a Seam Lite 2 on it. It's a bit, um...organic... in spots.
I am going to bind it with the beige.
Do you think I need to quilt inside the blue and if so, what would you put in there?
Watson
Pic of the original curtains and my attempt at a copy...
I decided I was never going to be able to piece this so did fused applique and satin stitched all the edges. I used a projector to put the image up on the wall so I could trace the shapes and then trace them onto fabric that had Steam a Seam Lite 2 on it. It's a bit, um...organic... in spots.
I am going to bind it with the beige.
Do you think I need to quilt inside the blue and if so, what would you put in there?
Watson
Pic of the original curtains and my attempt at a copy...
#4
Super Member
Join Date: Sep 2019
Location: North Idaho
Posts: 1,703
wow! your "attempt" to copy it is absolute perfection! if it's not excessively wide, I would leave the blue the way it is. if you ** to quilt something, i would do vertical lines in the blue to contrast with your horizontal ones.
Last edited by QuiltnNan; 07-20-2020 at 03:06 AM. Reason: shouting/all caps
#6
Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: South East, PA
Posts: 345
You did a fabulous job!! How large is the middle area? If it is within the recommended spacing on the batting package, I would leave it alone. I agree... if you do quilt it, use white and compliment the white fabric. Again... !!
Last edited by QuiltnNan; 07-20-2020 at 03:07 AM. Reason: shouting/all caps