Scrappy Trips in light colors
03-12-2017, 06:41 AM
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Well, I have to be the "naysayer" on this one. The beauty of the top is, IMHO, lost in the heavy quilting. I can hardly see the colors or pattern in the lovely top. I, personally, think that in this top, less is more. Sorry for the rather negative reply.
03-12-2017, 08:58 AM
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Originally Posted by carolynjo
Well, I have to be the "naysayer" on this one. The beauty of the top is, IMHO, lost in the heavy quilting. I can hardly see the colors or pattern in the lovely top. I, personally, think that in this top, less is more. Sorry for the rather negative reply.
I find your opinion interesting and I am not arguing or being sarcastic. On occasion I hear someone say heavy quilting takes over the quilt etc and I always assume they mean where all the background etc has micro style quilting and every inch is quilted.
This quilt has big loose feathers that stand out because of the fluffier wool batting. The colors are very light (sometimes the reverse of the fabric was used) so that the darker diagonal shows.
I don't think this is heavily quilted, except in the dark squares to push them down so the other is puffier. What would you have done? Stitch in the ditch? Quilting shows more on light fabrics so I think it is that and the wool batting that makes it pop. I had an idea to make it look like those log cabins where the light rows are feathered. It is a bed quilt for someone in Michigan and I wanted it light and warm. A close pic is posted below.
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Last edited by Pagzz; 03-12-2017 at 09:16 AM. Reason: clarification
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