The center of this quilt did not seem to fit with the outside. It needed something to bring the quilt together. This one took me a lot of time deciding what quilt design to do. Piano keys were perfect for the border.... I did what I call bananas as a back fill and the drew iris in the center and stitched them out with a yellow thread the same color as the border. I first ditched everything with Superior Thread's clear Mono-poly. I added eco quilting around the iris, radiating out to fill in the space. I feel the design I came up with makes the whole quilt flow together. I got suggestions from Cathie Purdy, a fellow long quilter and fiber artist. I bounced ideas off another wonderful fiber artist Carrol Lee Stoltz, who quilts her own small pieces on her domestic machine. I ended up using my own design, but there input helped me come up with the design. It is wonderful to have friends who will help us along our paths! I am very lucky to have landed here in St. George, Utah. I hope to stay here, this is home.
I need to get busy..... walk if I am going to walk. I have one more quilt to do for Ruth McIntire. She told me this is her last quilt. I am honored to be chosen to quilt it. Her daughter's with a simple quilt design on it. It is very modern and could quilted more modern that I am going to quilt it. Heavy modern quilting would make it a whole different quilt.
I had a quilt dropped off yesterday and have another coming next week.
Happy Quilting
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