Boy, how life can change! I am now living in Reno 3 weeks a month to care for my 95 year old father. He still drives and his mind is still there, but his body is betraying him, so I cook and pick up the slack. But that means I'm away from my longarm most of the time! I miss it but I did design and make a new quilt I need your input on, please!!!
This is a quilt for my great-nephew who is four and LOVES chickens (they live on a farm also and so they have lots of chickens). I found a chicken panel and that determined the colors I used. There was no written plan, I just made blocks that remind me of "farm" - log cabin and rail fence - and pinwheels just because they are fun! The chickens were a weird size - 8x9 - so I did a wonky border on them to get everything the same size. Since I am quilt-math illiterate, there was a bit of a challenge with the pinwheels, but I love the way they turned out!
Ohhh....how do you like the border?? I hate plain borders and a few years ago I bought the Double Diamond Ruler and decided this was the perfect quilt to try it out on.
So now for the advice...do you think I should leave the white inner border alone or should I put large red rickrack on it like this:
I'm not sure if it is good as-is, needs a little more or if the rickrack is too much!
For the label, I did a "lasagne" quilt technique of sewing my scraps together in a long strip, alternating the white with the colors. When I put it together, I came up with the most wonderful way to use my scraps up (I told you I was quilt-math illiterate) and have a label all ready to embroider all the info on the white parts:
I have not totally deserted my blog, but with only piecing to show, it is going slowly!! I hope your summer isn't as hot as it has been here in Reno - over 100 every day last week - and the dry lightning has sparked many fires (lots of smoke in the valley here).
Until I piece again!!
