Thursday, March 02, 2006

Break Time

Took a week off from quilting after the frenzy that was prepping for entering those shows last week. I was looking at the "Grandma" quilt and thinking, "Hmm...I need to finish that." So I think that I will. I don't know how I feel about the starkness of that white. The original had a brocaded curtain behind her. Any suggestions for recreating the pattern?

4 comments:

Debra said...

Hmmm...Does you sewing machine have any decorative stitches? Doing almost any decorative stitch in a green or gold thread would add some depth and texture to the background.

If that won't work, stamping it might.

Marlene said...

I agree with Debra, or how about adding some quilting the background in gold metalic complemented by gold jewerly on her? Will that too much gold?

Deb R said...

You could create plenty of pattern in the background by machine quilting the white parts with colored thread.

Karoda said...

I don't know if its just the photo on the blog but the curtain as it is now is too light...richer colour in shades of the green with some more gold maybe.