{"id":6554,"date":"2020-10-10T18:05:27","date_gmt":"2020-10-11T01:05:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/?p=6554"},"modified":"2020-10-10T18:05:27","modified_gmt":"2020-10-11T01:05:27","slug":"a-quilting-dilemma-2020-10-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/2020\/10\/10\/a-quilting-dilemma-2020-10-10\/","title":{"rendered":"A quilting dilemma – 2020.10.10"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It was the end of July<\/a> 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 \u2013 perhaps more vertical lines closer together, or maybe some horizontal straight lines. Here’s how it looked then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Aug 3 – 1\/2″ vertical quilting completed<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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lower left quadrant has additional quilting lines<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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quilting lines 1\/4″ apart in upper right and lower left quadrants<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

And here’s a closer look.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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quilting lines 1\/4″ apart in upper right and lower left quadrants – detail<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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