We've all seen those words at the end of a quilt block pattern. Yeah, right. Well, I was recently reading a magazine article about choosing a quilting pattern and it suggested this - that sharp angles and straight edges on quilt blocks could be softened by quilting in curves. I was pondering a Wounded Warrior quilt here and it was much too striking - it sorely needed some gentleness to it. The blocks are white stars on navy blue, red stars on white, and stripes of red and white. The background for all of the blocks is that lovely Michael Miller white with a little bit of silvery glitter. Quilting feathers on some of the blocks, and, of all silly things, simple pebbles on others has toned down the hard edge from its appearance. All of you probably knew what a difference choosing the right quilting manner would make. It is about time I realized it. Polly
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16 years ago