Saturday, November 13, 2010

Time for your FMQ thoughts...

All righty, quilty friends...I have a quilting dilemma.

This week I'm hoping to start quilting the simple quilt I'm making for my grandmother-in-law, Joan.  She was once a quilter herself and now suffers from pretty severe macular degeneration and spends most of her time listening to audiobooks with her cat.  Her sight is extremely blurry, though I don't believe she's classified as legally blind.  The quilt I'm making for her is very simple - see the sketch below.


I used charm squares to create a floating rectangle, basically - floating on some Kona Meringue - and am now debating how to quilt it.  First, I thought I'd stipple it.  It would make great texture for my grandmother-in-law to enjoy.   Then, I thought I'd straight-line it, to play with the super geometric design.

Then, I had a crazy idea.  What if I did both?

Let me explain, then you can tell me that I'm crazy.  What if I outline quilted the charm square rectangle, and then stippled in all of the negative space/solid?  Would that be really weird?  Or do you think it's really cool?  I'm not 100% sure what I think of it exactly, but I was thinking it just might be awesome...

10 comments:

  1. I like it - it will add visual interest. Go for it!

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  2. I'm so lost...sorry. =( I have to see things to know what people are talking about...I'm visual. =) I think that mixing the quilting will be nice...I just am not sure what it will look like when you finish. =)

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  3. Both is a terrific idea. It will not only add a textural interest for her fingers which no doubt will be appreciated by your GIL, but will give you the opportunity to try something new. Can't wait to see it!

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  4. I think both is a great idea! Neat!

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  5. Go for it! Mixing the two quilting designs would really add interest!

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