I decided to flesh out the border of this quilting sample with the crimson fabric. As you can see very clearly below there is not a lot of contrast between the burgundy flowers and the crimson border.
I had actually considered finishing this piece off with a hunter green border, but I decided against it because hunter green hexagons join the flowers together. I thought that it might be confusing for them to mingle with the border. In retrospect I think this might have been a nice effect allowing the burgundy flowers to pop along the edge. Maybe I will do something like that in a future quilt. Imagine a hunter green border added to the image below.
I am linking back today to Life Under Quilts. Jessica has been very busy lately with a project that she will be able to reveal in the near future. It has an ISBN number, so I am really looking forward to seeing this new project. For the past few weeks Jessica hasn’t posted her usual Monday Morning Star Count link back post, and I have anxiously looked for it every week. After only one week of not being able to link back to Jessica, I realized how much I depended on her blog as a means of sharing my work with others. Before I started to link back I was blogging in a vacuum. I didn’t really think anyone was reading. Once I started to link back to Jessica’s blog I started to see comments on my posts, and I felt like a part of a community.
Anyone reading this from the Monday Morning Star Count linkup please take some time to scroll down and see what I’ve been up to in the last few weeks.
Thank you to Jessica for getting us sharing again. We English Paper Piecers need all the encouragement we can get to keep producing in a medium that takes so long and seems to move so slowly. I’m slightly late to the party this week, but I am looking forward to seeing what everyone has done since we last shared.
Edit: I was so grateful for the opportunity to share again that I made it a point to comment on every single link in the Star Count, and I will check back later in the week to comment on any links made between now and then. Keep stitching girls!
I am so excited to find your blog!!! I can’t wait to read through your posts. I am in love with this piece and can’t wait to keep making my little hexies! Now to go read ALL your posts! You will have to forgive me for my random comments I’ll likely make on your old posts!
I will be thrilled to have you comment. Don’t hold back.
I love the colours especially all those reds – absolutely gorgeous!
It’s so nice to have Jess’s linkup back! It’s true, I don’t take the time to find everyone’s posts when we don’t have her star count list. This is looking great!
Thanks. I definitely feel better about my blogging now that I have all of this wonderful feedback. The link back system is really good. I saw it on another site and there were at least 50 or more links back. That’s amazing. It is a great way to discover others in the community.
I found your site through Life Under Quilts, and have been following your posts through your site. Your beautiful work has given me the inspiration to try EPP and I love it!
I REALLY like the subtle burgundy/crimson contrast! I think you made the right choice going this way instead of more hunter green. nice!
It really makes me feel good to have you say this. After seeing how very subtle it ended up being, I wasn’t quite sure if I had made the right decision. I knew it was going to be fine, but I wasn’t sure anymore if it was going to be the best solution. I have gotten so used to being able to alter a Photoshop file in dozens of ways to see many alternatives for digital imaging solutions. I can’t do that with quilting. I can do it on paper or software, sure, but I can’t do it on the actual fabric. With EPP it is even less of an option because EPP takes so incredibly long. So I guess we just have to do the best we can to make the decisions that feel right. It does give me ideas for future project though. I have decided that I am not going to add another border of crimson. If I had gone with the hunter green I would probably be adding another border.