Monday, 24 February 2014

To cut or not to cut?

 Actually, that isn't  the question. The black on white quilted piece shown in progress last week, is now finished. The question is, how do I cut it up?




I admit, I am very nervous now. If I get this wrong, a lot of work will to to waste, so for the moment I am still working with my paper layouts. Here are some more.

The shapes are quite nice, but the layout gives a very boring negative space...



so a couple of different arrangements...


a few more with a kind of 'zipper' effect, playing around with the amount of separation between the right and left sides...




or in alignment...like this one, interesting negatives spaces...


could this be the one???

thanks for dropping by...

Hilary Florence

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21 comments:

  1. monique's mess24 February 2014 at 11:18

    Oh wow this is amazing, i too would be scared to cut this up. Have you thought about leaving it whole and doing a large border surround in your charcoals shapes = square within a square. large style , the border has interest but still draws focus to your wonderful quilting. Whatever you decide it will look fab

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  2. Turid24 February 2014 at 11:31

    Wonderful quilting. I know that this will be fantastic in every of these ways. But I admit that I like the last one the best. Like a fish steam, it is.

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  3. Judy@Quilt Paradigm24 February 2014 at 11:48

    I really like the first one but the last one is very effective as well!! This is such a cool piece, whatever you chose is going to look amazing!

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  4. Linda’s Textiles24 February 2014 at 16:24

    I like your approach! The shapes and their negative space look really interesting - not sure which I like best but I'm sure whichever you choose will look great.
    Thanks for your comment on my quilt. I probably need more practise at FMQ as you've been doing.

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  5. Paula@TheSassyQuilter24 February 2014 at 20:41

    Yes, I would be scared too. I like the zipper ones the best.

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  6. Connie Kresin Campbell26 February 2014 at 01:28

    How beautiful and I like all of the different designs! It will be neat to see what you choose! Thanks for sharing.
    Freemotion by the River Linky Party Tuesday

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  7. Jo26 February 2014 at 10:32

    Amazing quilting! I like no.2, 6 & 7!

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  8. Vera26 February 2014 at 11:14

    That is very interesting project. Good luck whatever you choose :-)

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  9. elle26 February 2014 at 14:31

    Yes, the options are definitely not boring! :)

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  10. CapitolaQuilter26 February 2014 at 15:25

    Amazing what happens when you lay them out differently. Love the middle zipper effect version.

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  11. Malu26 February 2014 at 18:22

    I love the first zipper layout. This is such a great ides to do it with paper first.

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  12. Sabrina26 February 2014 at 18:45

    Oh my gosh, your quilting is incredible! I prefer the first of the different arrangements because it It feel so mod-chic! (Is that thing?)

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  13. LA Paylor26 February 2014 at 20:16

    I like the last one as it is orderly but has variations that are interesting with the shapes. How are you going to incorporate the quilted piece? Is is the white or black pieces? Oh you are on to something here!
    LeeAnna
    lapaylor.blogspot.com

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  14. Anonymous26 February 2014 at 20:34

    Wow. I am blown away by the quilting. It is beyond fabulous.

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  15. Jo Ferguson26 February 2014 at 21:32

    Too many ideas and too little time. I still think your brave to cut up the quilted piece. It's a work of art in it's own right.

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  16. Regina27 February 2014 at 21:30

    Just adding a black binding would make for a striking piece, although all of your ideas are great, too.

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  17. Sylvia28 February 2014 at 15:22

    I actually like the first cutting best. I like the way the shapes play together.

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  18. quiltedfabricart28 February 2014 at 16:41

    Wow! So you are going to have the black be the quilted parts cut up? And they go on a black background? I cants wait to see how this comes out. I think I am attracted to the vertical ones the most. I like the first one of those the best. Keep us posted on what happens :-)

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  19. Gwyned Trefethen28 February 2014 at 23:47

    Fascinating. There are so many wonderful choices how can you go wrong?

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  20. carla1 March 2014 at 14:10

    HI!!!! Everyone likes something different!!!!! I like one and three!!!! But I agree you can't go wrong with any of them!!!!

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  21. Cheryl Rezendes1 March 2014 at 17:01

    Definitely the last one! Fabulous exercise!

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