Project Simplify - Day 18
May 11, 2011 I changed my mind (again) and picked a different background fabric. Both my helper and I agreed that the small taupe print was too "busy" with all the scrappy piecing action going on. But I just so happened ... ;) ... to have a tonal from the same fabric line (Simplicity by 3 Sisters) and it works much better.
For a border I was going back & forth between these two delicate checkered Susan Branch prints. I thought I'd like the pink better, but again the piecing in the middle is just so ... noisy ... that I chose the yellow (much to my helper's disappointment - she's a pink girl like her mama).
So I've been back practicing FMQing. I was so happy with the results of "Little Lady" (I'm inserting this picture now as a defense for the next picture) ...
... that I thought I'd be a little adventurous. If you look closely at the picture of this quilt in the book you'll see that Camille incorporated the sweetest daisy-like flowers with her "swirly-twirly" top-stitching. Here's how mine are turning out. (In a word - laughable.)
I admit that I'm biting off a bit more than I can chew right now. I need to match my execution with my skill level - not my lofty ambition - and clearly I ain't there ... yet.
In keeping with the premise of this project - simplifying my stash - it occurred to me that I should be including thread. I bought this lilac variagated thread ... oh, maybe 5 years ago ... and have never used it. I think it might look really pretty for the top-stitching.
I admit it's a bit risky, but what the heck, I'm feeling brave ...
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Reader Comments (3)
I am dying to know what pattern you used for the taupe bag. I love the shape of it and haven't seen a pattern like it. PS Have a wonderful time at market, I am so jealous and would LOVE to go.
By the way, you are inspiring me to try FMQ again.....I haven't tried it in 20 years and have thanked the good Lord for longarm quilters.....but I think I should give it a another chance. I, too, want to be perfect in what I do, and it's way easier to not try knowing that perfection is a long way off. Wish me luck and steady hands! :)
I love the new fabric! That stitching is perfect - imin awe