Turtle and fish quilt
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Turtle and fish quilt
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I did this with some friends a long time ago and wasn’t sure I was happy with it. A new quilter friend in my new community suggested I frame and quilt it so that is what I did. I want to have more definition than I received for the sea weed and was thinking of quilting in a thicker thread with a strong color or couching yarn or a thick strand of embroider floss in a seaweed shape.
Also, I was thinking of adding some highlights of a sparkly green and blue thread in the sea weed area.
What are your thoughts? Any suggestions for quilting the border? Thank you in advance for your input.
I did this with some friends a long time ago and wasn’t sure I was happy with it. A new quilter friend in my new community suggested I frame and quilt it so that is what I did. I want to have more definition than I received for the sea weed and was thinking of quilting in a thicker thread with a strong color or couching yarn or a thick strand of embroider floss in a seaweed shape.
Also, I was thinking of adding some highlights of a sparkly green and blue thread in the sea weed area.
What are your thoughts? Any suggestions for quilting the border? Thank you in advance for your input.
Last edited by Darcyshannon; 10-02-2019 at 09:12 PM.
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As for quilting in the border area - I would consider carrying on with the sea weed theme and maybe even some bubbles towards the top?? I just watched a Bluprint class where the suggestion was to mirror the focus of the quilt into the negative space or borders.
I really like your idea to add some sparkle and/or metallic threads, beads, etc.. Super cute and can't wait to see how you finish it!
I really like your idea to add some sparkle and/or metallic threads, beads, etc.. Super cute and can't wait to see how you finish it!
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For me a variegated and shiny thread would work in the seaweed to give it more definition also a thread that is much heavier from Kreinik called Finishing Touches Metallic Threads when I want that very high gloss metallic. Kreinik carries a number of different carded threads for dimensional finishing. http://www.kreinik.com is the web address.
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Thank you everyone. This is a wall hanging so I can experiment with embellishments. I have some thread on order. When I work on it more, I will show you how your suggestions helped me, including bringing the quilting motifs into the border.
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