I tried something a little different on this Kaleidoscope scrappy; straight-line, parallel quilting lines at one inch intervals. I love the effect. I was stymied by my pantographs on hand and couldn't seem to settle on anything that I liked. I slid on the base expander, grabbed a ruler and just settled in. I'm
SEW glad that I did. This is a testament to the fact that I can overthink!
Simple can sometimes be just the ticket. 😉 Because of the color cacophony and movement of the design, I believe that the straight and narrow quilting lines calm this down and pull it together.
I found the black and white stripe for the binding; of course I had to cut it on the bias. Don't you love it?
Basted in place and all ready for hand finishing.
And, speaking of finishing, "Chain Gang" has received a colorful, pieced binding (waste not, want not)
and a trip through the washer and dryer to achieve maximum coziness. Fifteen years later~ done! ✔
Life is Good!
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15 years? gotta be some kind of record...LOL...i actually love the narrow straight line quilting....it's a beauty of course...AND summery too!
ReplyDeleteYou are spot on with the straight line quilting and its effectiveness at calming the design. The block lines and color do so much of the work, it’s all you needed. And the binding? Perfection. Big win. Thanks for stopping by my blog, too. So glad to find quilters still blogging. I love the story on blogs, and learning more about the process. Instagram is fun, but blogs are our diaries.
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