Now I could pretend that I have not seen this design before, however this is the one design that I had picked out late last year to practice. I kept my practice piece of that design because I was obviously very impressed with that.
Here is what it looked like last year
Now, it will be interesting to compare how I am stitching this design this year, so I had a go on my practice quilt:
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| Bit hard to see |
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| Back |
Not much different...it seems last year I did the whole design a bit more dense and you can see some hesitation here and there. I think now the design looks a bit more well rounded.
Last year I also played a bit with making this design fit into an inner border or sashing of 2 or 2 1/2 inches and this is what I came up with (I actually saw something similar on some pre-printed shopping list where an overall design like this was as a watermark in the background):
I actually had forgotten that I had this in my little notebook:
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| Playing with the idea |
I substituted my usual pattern of leaves and hooks with the swirls...pretty sure this is not a new design and that somebody somewhere will have thought of this before.
Anyway, hope you like it...I think it makes a nice small border or sashing design and sews very easily due to its repetition.
Looking at this I had to laugh...how consistent are those two lines in terms of spacing and shapes...no, I did not measure this out or plan it this way. Actually did not see this on my little practice piece until I put up the photo just now. This is actually a good example of how some designs become like riding a bike, totally internalised. I do a lot of the leafy type designs and have done several smaller borders with similar designs. While I am a perfectionist by nature this is almost a bit freaky - the same slant of the curves, the same shape in the leaves. I assure you I am quite normal otherwise (lol).
My 'practice ' quilt is coming along!
Until next time
Karin
