I took a little time between current work to start on this quilt. I'm doing some free motion embroidery in the background before doing the actual quilting.
Before I complete more of the embroidery I need opinions. Is this too much color in the background?
What I mean is.... the quilt has lots of color already. I've used a bright color variegated thread for these.
I added just a bit of color around some parts of the applique too.
Before I do more of the embroidery I would like to know if others think it's too much color for the type of quilt? If it's too much color I can pick it out and do something else. I don't want to overwhelm the original design with lots of background color. What I'm hoping is the color thread will be just subtle enough from a distance that people will ask "what is that?" and want to get closer to see it.
I thought about emailing the original designer of this quilt to ask her opinion but I can't remember who it is. I thought I had book marked her site and can't find that either. It's one of "those" kinds of days.
4 comments:
I like it with the color added.
Jeanie in MO.
It's hard to tell from the image, I'd have to pull back quite a ways from it to see the overall effect. At first glance, I'd be uncomfortable about mixing mediums (applique and embroidery) because I think the applique needs the relief of the background fabric to pop off the quilt.
That is the Bittersweet Briar quilt and the designer is Kim Diehl. Kim is lovely. I took her workshop for that quilt at the NC Quilt Symposium this year. :-)
http://www.kimdiehl.com/workshops.php
It's a beautiful quilt, but so much going on. Can't wait to see how you quilt it.
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