opinions needed

I know this is the right place to come for opinions! G I showed you my
Hunter's Star quilt top yesterday (in case your memory needs refreshing,
it's at http://home.earthlink.net/~sfoster1/wips.html), and now I need
input.

I'm ready to begin quilting this one -- in fact, I've already begun
doing the stabilizing lines in the ditch between the blocks. That's in
monofilament thread so as to be inconspicuous, of course.

My question is about the quilting I'm going to do in the rest of the
quilt. I'm going to use a swirly sort of pattern to give the quilt some
movement; the stars themselves will probably be minimally quilted, if at
all. The swirly stuff will be over the blue/purple sections (all but the
stars, including the border).

What color should I use???? I'd like the quilting to be sort of subtle,
since there's already so much going on in the fabrics. If I use a dark
shade (a dark blue or purply shade), I'm afraid it will show too much in
the lighter sections. And if I use a lighter shade, I'm afraid it will
be overwhelming in the darker sections.

Any ideas? Opinions? Thanks!
--
Sandy in Henderson, near Las Vegas
my ISP is earthlink.net -- put sfoster1(at) in front
http://home.earthlink.net/~sfoster1

AKA Dame Sandy, Minister of Education

Try several shades of grey. I find that I can usually find one that
blends quite well.

marcella

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Sandy Foster wrote:

I know this is the right place to come for opinions! G I showed you my
Hunter's Star quilt top yesterday (in case your memory needs refreshing,
it's at http://home.earthlink.net/~sfoster1/wips.html), and now I need
input.

I'm ready to begin quilting this one -- in fact, I've already begun
doing the stabilizing lines in the ditch between the blocks. That's in
monofilament thread so as to be inconspicuous, of course.

My question is about the quilting I'm going to do in the rest of the
quilt. I'm going to use a swirly sort of pattern to give the quilt some
movement; the stars themselves will probably be minimally quilted, if at
all. The swirly stuff will be over the blue/purple sections (all but the
stars, including the border).

What color should I use???? I'd like the quilting to be sort of subtle,
since there's already so much going on in the fabrics. If I use a dark
shade (a dark blue or purply shade), I'm afraid it will show too much in
the lighter sections. And if I use a lighter shade, I'm afraid it will
be overwhelming in the darker sections.

Any ideas? Opinions? Thanks!

In article ,
Marcella Peek wrote:

Try several shades of grey. I find that I can usually find one that
blends quite well.

marcella


Hmmm...I hadn't considered grey! Thanks for the idea, Marcella!
--
Sandy in Henderson, near Las Vegas
my ISP is earthlink.net -- put sfoster1(at) in front
http://home.earthlink.net/~sfoster1

AKA Dame Sandy, Minister of Education

Sandy: Yes, Marcella's suggestion is real good. I'd go with a
variegated gray ... a rayon with a nice sheen. Do you want my
snail address now, or when you finish this one?
PAT

Sandy Foster wrote:

In article ,
Marcella Peek wrote:


Try several shades of grey. I find that I can usually find one that
blends quite well.

marcella



Hmmm...I hadn't considered grey! Thanks for the idea, Marcella!

As the 'blues' are so varied, I would use a variegated blue.
I have just been looking at my Sulky variegated green; and, if they did
one in blue, I think that would be wonderful. It does shimmer.
Aurifil variegateds are lovely too. I have a greenish blue one of
theirs. As they are fine (Sulky is, too), they wouldn't be too
obtrusive, even when a light bit of thread hit a dark bit of fabric.
YLI variegateds do not have that lovely sheen (though I use them quite a
lot) - on a wallhanging you wouldn't need their strength.
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In message ,
Sandy Foster writes
I know this is the right place to come for opinions! G I showed you my
Hunter's Star quilt top yesterday (in case your memory needs refreshing,
it's at http://home.earthlink.net/~sfoster1/wips.html), and now I need
input.

I'm ready to begin quilting this one -- in fact, I've already begun
doing the stabilizing lines in the ditch between the blocks. That's in
monofilament thread so as to be inconspicuous, of course.

My question is about the quilting I'm going to do in the rest of the
quilt. I'm going to use a swirly sort of pattern to give the quilt some
movement; the stars themselves will probably be minimally quilted, if at
all. The swirly stuff will be over the blue/purple sections (all but the
stars, including the border).

What color should I use???? I'd like the quilting to be sort of subtle,
since there's already so much going on in the fabrics. If I use a dark
shade (a dark blue or purply shade), I'm afraid it will show too much in
the lighter sections. And if I use a lighter shade, I'm afraid it will
be overwhelming in the darker sections.

Any ideas? Opinions? Thanks!

--
Best Regards
pat on the hill

Sandy -

Gorgeous quilt!!

Another option is to choose a *medium* blue...that way it brings the
darker and lighter blues closer "together" with the busy-ness, it will
be "noticed" - because it is quilting, but will also tend to disappear.
A multi-hued thread will add to the busy-ness and might not give you
what you want. (I only know because BTDT).

2¢ from New York
Sue D.


In article ,
Sandy Foster wrote:

I know this is the right place to come for opinions! G I showed you my
Hunter's Star quilt top yesterday (in case your memory needs refreshing,
it's at http://home.earthlink.net/~sfoster1/wips.html), and now I need
input.

I'm ready to begin quilting this one -- in fact, I've already begun
doing the stabilizing lines in the ditch between the blocks. That's in
monofilament thread so as to be inconspicuous, of course.

My question is about the quilting I'm going to do in the rest of the
quilt. I'm going to use a swirly sort of pattern to give the quilt some
movement; the stars themselves will probably be minimally quilted, if at
all. The swirly stuff will be over the blue/purple sections (all but the
stars, including the border).

What color should I use???? I'd like the quilting to be sort of subtle,
since there's already so much going on in the fabrics. If I use a dark
shade (a dark blue or purply shade), I'm afraid it will show too much in
the lighter sections. And if I use a lighter shade, I'm afraid it will
be overwhelming in the darker sections.

Any ideas? Opinions? Thanks!

In article
,
Sue DiNapoli wrote:

Sandy -

Gorgeous quilt!!

Another option is to choose a *medium* blue...that way it brings the
darker and lighter blues closer "together" with the busy-ness, it will
be "noticed" - because it is quilting, but will also tend to disappear.
A multi-hued thread will add to the busy-ness and might not give you
what you want. (I only know because BTDT).

2¢ from New York
Sue D.

Thanks, Sue. I agree about a multi-hued or variegated thread. I'd
originally considered that idea, but discarded it almost as quickly. G
--
Sandy in Henderson, near Las Vegas
my ISP is earthlink.net -- put sfoster1(at) in front
http://home.earthlink.net/~sfoster1

AKA Dame Sandy, Minister of Education

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Patti wrote:

As the 'blues' are so varied, I would use a variegated blue.
I have just been looking at my Sulky variegated green; and, if they did
one in blue, I think that would be wonderful. It does shimmer.
Aurifil variegateds are lovely too. I have a greenish blue one of
theirs. As they are fine (Sulky is, too), they wouldn't be too
obtrusive, even when a light bit of thread hit a dark bit of fabric.
YLI variegateds do not have that lovely sheen (though I use them quite a
lot) - on a wallhanging you wouldn't need their strength.


I adore variegated threads, Pat. Unfortunately, I don't think one will
work on this quilt. I have a couple in blues, and I piled some of those
threads on the quilt and was disappointed in the results.
--
Sandy in Henderson, near Las Vegas
my ISP is earthlink.net -- put sfoster1(at) in front
http://home.earthlink.net/~sfoster1

AKA Dame Sandy, Minister of Education

In article WYfIe.54735$rb6.13363@lakeread07,
Pat in Virginia wrote:

Sandy: Yes, Marcella's suggestion is real good. I'd go with a
variegated gray ... a rayon with a nice sheen. Do you want my
snail address now, or when you finish this one?
PAT


Pat, I *love* your sense of humor. G (You *were* kidding, weren't you?)
--
Sandy in Henderson, near Las Vegas
my ISP is earthlink.net -- put sfoster1(at) in front
http://home.earthlink.net/~sfoster1

AKA Dame Sandy, Minister of Education

Ah!
I'll be really interested to hear what you do find. I always have this
dilemma myself! The more sides of a discussion I hear, to learn, the
better g
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In message ,
Sandy Foster writes
I adore variegated threads, Pat. Unfortunately, I don't think one will
work on this quilt. I have a couple in blues, and I piled some of those
threads on the quilt and was disappointed in the results.

--
Best Regards
pat on the hill