Monday, August 27, 2012

Back to Christmas

The last border went on this quilt a couple of days ago.  I finally took a photo this morning - the light again does not do justice to the fabrics -



Now I'm working on whether to fill the white space with quilting, or to add some appliqued poinsettia blossoms.  I printed three in draft mode on paper and pinned  them on the quilt on the design wall for scale -


They would be connected in the quilting with a swag, but I think they'd need to be bigger to look like they belong.  There would be a dozen of them.

 Hmmm!  At least, in my second photo since I was closer the flash did a better job and shows the fabric colors a little truer to reality.

4 comments:

Sherrye said...

Cheryl, some of my favorite quilts have a lot of white space. Since your quilting is so creative, lively, and PERFECT, I would opt for that!. Besides, there is so much "activity" in the border that I think the white space offers a little visual "relief". I vote for quilting!

diane said...

So cool Cheryl. I'm sure which ever way you decide to finish off the quilt it will be spectacular. I'd go for the quilting over the poinsettia but that's only my opinion. You always do everything up right! :)

Dorry said...

I'm liking the white space with the potential of your gorgeous quilting...

Marjorie said...

I agree - your quilting in that white space will be beautiful. That is a beautiful quilt.