Remember the quilt I am making? Well I have finished the applique and have now added the borders to the center. I have sourced the white 80/20 Hobbs heirloom wadding I wanted, in the size I wanted - a whole piece just the size I need , so I don't have to piece it - great! . I bought the backing fabric - a white on white small flower design - at the Quilt Show at Sandown in June and that now needs to be pieced - quite a mammoth job and I have to feel like doing it.......! BUT the fun starts here! how do I quilt it? what designs shall I do - feathers? straight lines? in the ditch? cross hatching? - I think I will spread the top on the spare bed and leave it there for a couple of days and wait till it tells me what it wants me to do!
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| Thamesiders challenge 'Add a Border' quilt. |
I thought perhaps twisted log cabin for the corners - a block of four in each, but I can't make my mind up what to do for the sides of the border - I think log cabin all round would be too heavy a pattern, besides being an awful lot of work...... I have thought of Celtic trails, or swags, or large and small clamshells in three colours - what do you think? 13" is such a wide inner border and I don't want to make it too fussy.........I will show you what I have done at a later date - when the brain has got it's self into gear and told me what to do. I have just realized that this picture does not have all the borders on it that I have made - just added an updated piccie. The Suffolk puffs (yo yo's) are only pinned in place in case the next border was a complicated one and the top was begining to look too busy.
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| Third border in place - with pinned on Suffolk puffs. |
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