I couldn't bring myself to just quilt "all over" without regard for the block design, so I had to come up with some way to quilt the blocks separately and the SID I saw on a couple other Day and Night quilts simply wasn't in consideration. I would have been bored to tears by the time I got halfway through!
So I quilted "line dancing" with these curlicues in the star blocks and another version of curlicues on the octagons-
it has an optical illusion thing with a secondary design so the octagons can be difficult to see but they are there, just squint! If that doesn't work, click on the pic to enlarge and I think you'll see it then.
The back is a black and white print so nothing much shows up there.
This is for Andee's cousin, a wedding gift and I heard that Tara is pretty anxious to get her hands on it now that she has had a sneak peek on Andee's blog!
It's very dramatic design, a great deal of time and energy expended in the construction so it deserved a complimentary quilting and I hope I have achieved that!
16 comments:
Hi Roslyn, The quilt is awesome and your quilting is perfect for the design. The black and white backing is very pretty. Love this quilt.
Hugs, Jeanne
I commented on your previous post. Smile
Love the quilt and the quilting!
Love it!
It *is* dramatic isn't it?!
Wow, that is a great design--I love it when I look at a quilt and see more than one pattern. And when I saw the closeup, I saw even more patterns. Wonderful quilting. It does really compliment it so nicely.
"line dancing"- this actually makes me think of big skirts swirling around at a dance. Sounds like the perfect name!
Hi Roslyn,
Thanks for stopping by my blog. Yes I am a quilter but not to the level you are I'm sure.
Right now I have a lot of UFO's because of time constraints (and blogging more than I should:). So,feel free to stop by my blog, from time to time I'll be posting what I'm working on. Or I ma even post a few pics of what I actually do have finished:)
By the way, I love the above quilt, its very striking and beautiful...
Terry
Brilliant quilting! This quilt is so dramatic-I just love it- and your quilting adds that something extra that quilting should!
Totally stunning! Black, red, and white is such a striking combination. The quilting is wonderful!
what a wonderful quilt.
Beautiful, I am sure they will be thrilled!!! I really love the colors in this one!
A very stunning quilt and I think your quilting is just beautiful and perfect for it.
hello Roslyn, That is a beautiful quilt. And the colors are great. Thank you for stopping by for VTT. Have yourself a great weekend....Julian
It is an extremely striking quilt. Love the backing fabric.
The quilt is just beautiful. You're very talented and patient!
Once again I am loving your quilting. Do you draw what you are going to do? I would forget what direction to go if I didn't have something to look at every once in a while.
This IS a dramatic looking quilt... the colors, the design. It looks like it's going to take off ,at some point, and fly with it's little red pinwheels. The pattern is amazing....looks very complicated. I don't know how you do it.
The curlicue quilting really adds to the overall look. Softens the whole quilt a bit.
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