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by spendlove 27 Jan 2012 ( edited Jan 28'12 15:29 )
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The beginnings of a quilt (I hope!)

I've been fiddling with outlines of some of our musical instruments in the hopes of making a quilt. Here are the first few of the designs. I'm concerned that the print fabric is a bit bold in comparison.

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Comments (15)
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by laffma1 27 Jan 2012
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You're off to a great start. Can't wait to see the finished project.
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by mysew1325 27 Jan 2012
+8
wow... looks great so far.
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by lulu07 27 Jan 2012
+8
This will make a really nice quilt, good job.
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by capoodle 27 Jan 2012
+7
I think it looks nice and if there was a way to make the outline stitches darker or a little thicker they would be a little more dominate for you.
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by spendlove 27 Jan 2012
The outlines are alreader quite solid but the strings have to be single stitch - and there are so many on the harp!
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by gerryb 27 Jan 2012
+6
"Fiddling" huh? That struck me as funny..in the South we call a certain style of violin playing "fiddling"! I like the bold fabric with the emb. blocks. Keep on going!! And be sure to put in a fiddle!
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by spendlove 27 Jan 2012
I do have a fiddle but I haven't worked on a design with it yet as we have so many instruments.
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by bettytaylor 27 Jan 2012
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If this is all you have done so far, maybe you could switch to black thread for the rest, it should make a difference, not too hard to take apart if needed, I use my rotary cutter to separate thread in quilts when I need to take apart. Betty
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by spendlove 27 Jan 2012
I want to stick with the colours I've used to pick out those in the print. There isn't quite such a contrast "in the flesh" so I thnk it will be OK.
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by shirlener88 27 Jan 2012
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Sue, it LQQKs lovely - much more in the close up - I love the coloring - you have a great eye for this sort of work - keep on stitching.
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by shilly 27 Jan 2012
+4
I like the contrast of light and dark; seems to strike a very nice balance;sets the tone for the quilt..
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by mops 27 Jan 2012
+4
Love the designs, the harp in paticular.

Sue, I 'digitised' a straight line in User editors, setting a couple of extra points so I had 4 stitches and set the length to the default 8 mm. Saved it as a motif. Just start using the fill tool, choose motif in parameters, get the line, set the density to get the lines at the distance you want. It would work well for your strings. Sounds far more complicated then it is. I use it a lot.
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by spendlove 28 Jan 2012
Thanks for the tip - I'll give it a try.
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by asterixsew 27 Jan 2012
+4
Interesting work Sue, I to love the harp and the backgrud fabric. It looks like a duvet cover I had from Jessops years ago
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by asterixsew 27 Jan 2012
Should have said 'do you want a cello?'
by spendlove 28 Jan 2012
Ha
It did actually start life as a duvet cover! Well recognised.
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by kttyhwk4 27 Jan 2012
+4
I really like the colors you've chosen to use. Keep up tthe good work and be sure to show when you've finished.
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by beatie58 27 Jan 2012
+4
Looks great!
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by teun 27 Jan 2012
+3
Sieht gut aus
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by oaro 28 Jan 2012
+2
So fare so nice
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by cfidl 28 Jan 2012
+1
I have that same dilema with a project. I like it! Thanks for sharing! Live Laugh Download Stitch!