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I think that sounds nice. I think my Christmas Stack'n'whack is more
formal than most of my quilts. The background is black on dark green, and I think that makes it look a bit more formal. http://webpages.charter.net/jaccola/...tackNWhack.JPG The print you select for your kaleidoscopes also will help to determine the formality. Just remember that to get the stack'n'whack effect you need a certain amount of contrast and a fairly large print. Julia in MN -- This message has been scanned for viruses by Norton Anti-Virus http://webpages.charter.net/jaccola/ |
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I think that sounds nice. I think my Christmas Stack'n'whack is more
formal than most of my quilts. The background is black on dark green, and I think that makes it look a bit more formal. http://webpages.charter.net/jaccola/...tackNWhack.JPG The print you select for your kaleidoscopes also will help to determine the formality. Just remember that to get the stack'n'whack effect you need a certain amount of contrast and a fairly large print. Julia in MN Your Christmas Stack and Whack is lovely. Jinny Beyers' studio is about 15 minutes from me, and she has some really rich florals, as I remember. If I had a burgandy tone-on-tone and the floral was primarily golds with some burgandy and sage accents, that might be nice. There is also a class at G-Street of a pinwheel kaleidoscope technique. I spoke to the instructor this morning, and she said it was similar to Stack and Whack, only a bit different in that Stack and Whack gives you medallions and this techniques gives you squares. I am not experienced enough to really know the difference... maybe some of you know what she means? Sheila |
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Jinny Beyers' border fabrics are the most intricate and formal I've seen,
and she has patterns that use them beautifully. I would consider taking one of her patterns and use it as a square medallion block on the quilt, extend the sides and top with a single fabric to the lengths needed, and use gold metallic thread to stitch a diamond grid pattern over the pillows, the bottom, and sides, and quilt in the ditch in the center square medallion. Of course, her patterns are not the easiest, being suited more to hand piecing, but it could give you an idea. You could also take a complex traditional block, use one of her borders as I've suggested above, and gain the same effect much simpler. That way you'd actually only be making one big block, which I've always thought looked elegant. Her borders from the Millenium, Devonshire, and Symphony collections that would meet your color requirements. You can check them out on her site he http://www.jinnybeyer.com/fabrics.cf...d-e0e443131057 or just go to jinnybeyer.com and click on fabrics, then on available border prints. -- Valerie in FL My quilts: http://community.webshots.com/user/vjkahler "WhansaMi" wrote in message ... I think that sounds nice. I think my Christmas Stack'n'whack is more formal than most of my quilts. The background is black on dark green, and I think that makes it look a bit more formal. http://webpages.charter.net/jaccola/...tackNWhack.JPG The print you select for your kaleidoscopes also will help to determine the formality. Just remember that to get the stack'n'whack effect you need a certain amount of contrast and a fairly large print. Julia in MN Your Christmas Stack and Whack is lovely. Jinny Beyers' studio is about 15 minutes from me, and she has some really rich florals, as I remember. If I had a burgandy tone-on-tone and the floral was primarily golds with some burgandy and sage accents, that might be nice. There is also a class at G-Street of a pinwheel kaleidoscope technique. I spoke to the instructor this morning, and she said it was similar to Stack and Whack, only a bit different in that Stack and Whack gives you medallions and this techniques gives you squares. I am not experienced enough to really know the difference... maybe some of you know what she means? Sheila |
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she'd
redone her bedroom so that it was rather formal. I suggested, then, that a quilt might not be the best thing, then, because most of the quilts I think of aren't particularly formal. Well I'm coming in late but the thing I immediately thought of that nobody mentioned, was avoid the "country" look. That may be what others were saying when they suggested Ginny Beyer fabrics which are less "country". I don't think big pieces would make it formal. I think the effect would be "modern". I immediately pictures all those solid fabric one block quilts so trendy in the late 60's when quilting was out of style. I've seen some wonderful formal rooms with traditional quilt tops like 9 patch or storm at sea. The fabrics do make all the difference. Carol |
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