I had trouble deciding which thread and binding to use on my Floating Squares quilt, so I enlisted the support of the quilting community. I asked; you answered.
I listened to binding suggestions, too, and chose to frame my quilt in black binding.
I quilted a simple swirl pattern over the quilt, just to give it texture. I love using tonal variegated threads; they quilt lik solids but if you look closely you can see a richness as the color deepens:
I chose to use Hint of Lime FabuLux:
I liked that it was a shade duller than the quilt fabric. I didn't want the thread to over-power the already powerfully bright quilting fabric.
Here it is:
I listened to binding suggestions, too, and chose to frame my quilt in black binding.
I quilted a simple swirl pattern over the quilt, just to give it texture. I love using tonal variegated threads; they quilt lik solids but if you look closely you can see a richness as the color deepens:
This quilt is going to a new(ish) baby in the family. If he gets it before his first birthday, that's on time, right?
1 comment:
Beautiful, happy quilt!! And your timing sounds perfect! He will cherish it a long time!
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