Negative space galore, that is exactly what I received from my client and oh, I'd like this and I'd like that, but do what you want with it. The pickle of hearing do what you want with more narrowed down thoughts can make you really think twice about the quilting but all the while you want to make sure you have a happy client in the end. So I embarked on a journey, with her quilt entitled "Split Personality". I forget what book she found the pattern in, but I will say, there was tons of negative space and lots of thoughts came running through my head. She wanting a dancing repeat of the traditional side, mimicked of the modern side and the run with it and I like feathers she said.
Don't mind the chalk residue. It's always cleaned up before the client receives the quilt back. It had to be both modern and tradition with this one solo block in a land of negative space. Repeat the traditional block with a dance across the negative space....
Empty, now what to do? All the traditional fabric was floral of one way or another. Flower?
And Traditional...
I repeated the flower motif through out all the mimicked blocks as long as the original and the repeated the orange peel on a 1 inch grid, on the negative space along with bringing out the rogue block in a traditional "on point" block, feathers, and some piano keys. This was a fun quilt to quilt as it allowed for so many things. Her idea of dancing across was fanatstic and in the end, you have a happy client, you have a happy Lita :)
I'm REALLY hoping to snag this one back, when the weather improves. I'd love to get a better shot of in natural light. No matter, how I tried, The queen size quilt just didn't want it's photo taken. With any luck, I'll get to borrow her again for an outdoor shoot and show how she really does shine.
A Happy Client is a Happy Lita.
xox ~Lita
A Happy Client is a Happy Lita.
xox ~Lita