Tuesday, May 15, 2007

Special quilt










Mary,
Please notice that the photo of your quilt is now hidden. Above you should see 2 photos. You may recognize this quilt, it is Janean's. The reason for the two photos of the same border is because the cream thread is hard to see in the light photo; but it shows up very well in the no-flash photo. Each swag is about 3" wide so they can be layered to cover different sized borders. Maybe only two swags on the narrow side borders but 3 swags on the wider top/bottom borders.

Then the 9-patches would be filled with different sized spirals. Using the spirals means that stitch-in-the-ditch is not necessary because the corners will be secured by the spirals.

The white blocks will have (you must choose one)
--Wavy lines between 'entries' or
--Scallops around the block about an inch away from the blue stitched lines

We didn't discuss the thread color. (you must choose one)
I think that a parchment (off-white) would look good in both styles of blocks. Or.....
You might also like a variegated thread. The soft touch is a King Tut cotton thread in light blue tones (see left photo). Or if you want some sparkle, there is the Rainbows color named Panache (photo on the right) which is variegated dark blue, yellow, medium blue and gold.

Call and leave a messge with the thread color and your choice (scallop or wavy line) for the white blocks. And if the swags are what you want for the borders.


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