My latest wool applique work is FINALLY ready for quilting, about 14 months after I started it. Working with the bright colors served the purpose of getting me through the long, dark winter.
I decided to border it with my new favorite commercial print, Moda's Grunge Hits the Spot. I tried blue and orange and decided that the blue jumped out too much. Plus, I guess I'm just a warm-color person. The combo of hot pink and orange/yellow is just so yummy! It reminds me of sunrises, sunsets, and summer watermelon and cantaloupe.
The pink backgrounds are also Grunge prints, but without the dots.
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| I didn't like the blue borders so I ripped them out and used orange. Much happier. |
Instead of machine quilting it, I decided to hand quilt with pearl cotton #12, which is fairly thin. I bought both pink and orange ...
... and tried it with two types of needles, Mary Arden's chenille #26 and John James' embroidery #7. Both needles worked fine, but I chose the embroidery because it's a bit longer.
I decided to go with a simple random seed stitch in the block backgrounds -- mindless and meditative. Not sure yet how I'll do the borders.
And here's another block:
Have a colorful day
Beautiful, Sherrie! And I agree, warm colors - especially pink and orange - are perfect together! Your blocks are just amazing... such wonderful embroidery and embellishments!
ReplyDeleteFabulous! Love your border choice.
ReplyDeleteit's beautiful!!
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ReplyDeleteOh Sherrie! I would not have thought to audition orange for borders but it really works! This will be another one of your happy colorful quilts. :-)
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