It was the end of July when I last posted about this quilt. I finished quilting the straight lines 1/2″ apart in early August and since then it’s been hanging on my design wall while I considered options for additional quilting – perhaps more vertical lines closer together, or maybe some horizontal straight lines. Here’s how it looked then.
And there it hung for 2 months while I worked on other projects. A few days ago, I got back to it. I decided to add more straight line quilting in the solid outer sections only – leaving the center section as is. I started with the lower left quadrant, quilting between the previously quilted lines, so now the lines are 1/4″ apart. I liked the effect, and posted some photos on Instagram.
Sandi H. suggested that I should add quilting to the top right quadrant, but leave the upper left and lower right as is and see how it looks with a mix of narrow and wide quilting. That sounded like an interesting option, so I next added quilting to the top right quadrant. Here’s how it looks now.
And here’s a closer look.
Now I have a dilemma. I like the way it looks now, but I think I will like it even better with narrower quilting in all the solid gray sections. So I’m looking for opinions. What would you do?
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I’d leave it. The asymmetry of the quilting seems to echo the asymmetry of the centre piecing.
I would quilt it. That would make your center piecing pop forward.
I like it as is. I even worried about the last part you added, but I do like that. It has enough.
I like the little quilting in all the backgrounds
How about horizontal quilting in the other quadrants. The quilted squares would mimic the pattern of the center.
Thanks for the credit Terry I do like how it looks now but as I said on your Instagram it would be interesting to see how it would look with the horizontal grid in the larger portions as I see hsmil suggested. Great minds as they say! What ever you do it looks amazing.
I don’t think you can go wrong, no matter what you do. Try quilting 2 or 3 horizontal lines in the center of those other sections. If you hate it, it’s easy enough to rip out a couple lines of stitching…unless the materials you used are unforgiving!
I agree with jhimsl horizontal lines in the remaining quadrants
I’d leave it as it is now. Interesting textures and appealing to look at.
I like the idea of having different quilting patterns in two of the outside solid areas. You could fill in some, but not all of the lines between the lines, or try some horizontal lines (not regular – maybe groups of 1/4″ spaced lines?)
It looks great as is. Your works are amazing!
I confess I liked it before you added the extra quilting. Sigh. 🙁
Love it. Add some understated random horizontal quilting lines.
sorry i don’t speak english very well. I like your quilt .
i prefer with lines 1/4″ but only on part of quilt .
So, the center is highlighted and the irregularity is preserved.