Wow!!! What a meeting we had. It was great!
This meeting was about brain storming ideas from the group regarding what to quilt. Basically, many members brought in quilt tops, otherwise known as flimsies, that they would like help with, for ideas on how to quilt it.
There were so many, it was amazing, and all the quilts were varied in their design, technique and challenges. Each person added their take on different ideas to work with. I was blown away by all the options suggested by many.
This was the quilt I brought in. I call this my monster quilt or "the beast". I have had this quilt top completed for years and just did not know what to quilt on it. I was so overwhelmed by the blue, that I could not see past it. It is so bright and there is so much of it. A lot of negative space.
This meeting was about brain storming ideas from the group regarding what to quilt. Basically, many members brought in quilt tops, otherwise known as flimsies, that they would like help with, for ideas on how to quilt it.
There were so many, it was amazing, and all the quilts were varied in their design, technique and challenges. Each person added their take on different ideas to work with. I was blown away by all the options suggested by many.
This was the quilt I brought in. I call this my monster quilt or "the beast". I have had this quilt top completed for years and just did not know what to quilt on it. I was so overwhelmed by the blue, that I could not see past it. It is so bright and there is so much of it. A lot of negative space.
Up until recently, I have been mainly a traditional quilter. That is what my client base is. However, there is nothing traditional about this quilt, other than they are traditional sampler blocks. The colours, the setting, the layout and all the negative space is modern.
Different people saw different things. A lot of them liked the negative space and got excited to share what they would do. One person thought the inner black border square, on the diagonal, stood out too much, and made suggestions to help make it blend a bit better, to let the blocks themselves stand out more.
Different people saw different things. A lot of them liked the negative space and got excited to share what they would do. One person thought the inner black border square, on the diagonal, stood out too much, and made suggestions to help make it blend a bit better, to let the blocks themselves stand out more.
One of the experienced ladies took the protector sheet and started drawing the feather example that some had suggested. She drew different feather types all on the same section, just so that you could see that any of them would work. The plastic was only so big, but she suggested you could take the feathers all the way to the end to meet the black border, and fill in the whole corner.
The protector sheet is a piece of plastic that is edged with green painters tape. You can use this to audition different ideas. The green tape is to make sure you know where the plastic ends, so you don't write on the quilt.
Throughout this meeting, as each top was laid down on the batting on the floor, people took the plastic and dry erase maker to draw what they thought would look good in the different sections. One by one breaking down the elements of the quilt top and making it more manageable.
Like I said earlier, it was amazing! I sure hope we do this again.
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