I have been really sporadic in working on Stella Blue. This quilt is pretty tedious as far as piecing goes, so I have taken my time on it, and made sure I have done it right. Usually I just breeze through instructions and throw a quilt top together, but not on this one!
I have pieced most of the top together this week. The top still needs a border that consists of flying geese. Thankfully they are all sewn, but I have some plans.
First of all, I’d love to have the quilt on my bed, and it will need to be a bit bigger to look right. I am thinking I’ll do a really skinny border between the quilt top and flying geese border.
At first I had a really strong red there, but decided I didn’t like it. I am trying to keep this quilt “quiet”. Red really can take over a color scheme. So, I am leaning towards one of the darker blues now.
So, a skinny 1” blue border, the flying geese border, and then a 5” border. I don’t know what fabric to pick for the big 5” border. I am going to use the dark red for the binding, that will be a good pop of color. I am making a trip out to Hollyhill Quilt Shoppe on Saturday to decide. They have a lot to choose from.
The fabrics I’ve used to make this quilt are called Rural Jardin by The French General for Moda. I love them, they are so soft and calming. And there is aqua! I can’t stop buying aqua things lately…
Please be sure to visit Dianne’s blog: Suburban Stitcher. She is making an amazing Stella Blue as well! Our fabrics are so different, it’s giving them each a great look! I love the comparison don’t you?
8 comments:
It is really beautiful. I like the blue border.
why not a narrow red border (say 1 inch finished), followed by wider blue, and then the flying geese? That way you'll have the red to reflect the red in the quilt? (But I love red, so what do I know!)
Heather, it is gorgeous - keep plugging away! It will be so beauitful. I love the Rural Jardin fabrics (well, I love all of the French General fabrics). o:)
beautiful! you're almost done! i've still got quite a way to go :( I'm so proud of you for sticking with it, and I can't wait to see how you do the border.
That top is BEAUTIFUL!!!!
This is beautiful! Your attention to detail and choice of fabric has really paid off...well done!
That is coming out so nice! Look at all the millions of little pieces put back together. Pretty!
...and I do like the blue sashing over the red though I agree that a red binding will really "pop" the whole thing in a lovely not too over baring way. Is Barb going to quilt it or are you going to tackle it on your machine?
Use the blue. The red is too controlling and "screams". The red parts of the piece itself are just fine. They're not too loud or "screaming".
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