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| Pointy Paisley (Pivoting Triangles) |
It's a miracle. Not only did I manage to finish Leah's assignment for Week 33 just one day after it was posted, I also am writing my post about it the following day. Normally it takes me four days from Leah's posting to get my assignment done and publish my own piece. It feels quite good to be so far ahead of schedule. Perhaps I am getting faster with practice. I suspect it is because I have an incentive. I am using many of the recent practice pieces, including this one, in the background of the current art quilt I am working.
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| Detail from Pointy Paisley (Pivoting Triangles) |
It can be difficult to see the stitches on my full view pieces. That is why I always include a close up. However, if you click on any image on the page, you are able to scroll through the images at their actual size (versus blog size) and the stitches are easier to spot.
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| Backside of Pointy Paisley (Pivoting Triangles) |
Leah refers to this week's pattern as Pointy Paisley, but I prefer to think of it as Pivoting Triangles. The idea is to start with a triangle, echo it a few times and then pivot off in a new direction and create the next triangle. The big difference between this pattern and the others in the Paisley family cluster is that the lines are straight.
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| Detail of Backside of Pointy Paisley (Pivoting Triangles) |
I had to do a bit more travel stitching with this pattern, as well as "filler" spaces. You can see this clearly on the backside of the piece. Those aren't hesitation beads at the points, they are thread building up by returning to the same point over and over again.
When I first saw Pointy Paisley, it didn't grab me as a pattern. However, once I finished my practice panel it had grown on me.
I don't think the 'dots' are distracting at all. I think of them sorta like the dot at the end of an eclamation point. Your quilting is very nice. You are brave to stitch with red thread of a white b/g!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Cyn. Of course the red thread on white is the backside of my quilt. :) Still I have gained sufficient confidence by Week 33 to use high contrast threads with my fabric whenever fancy strikes me.
DeleteI'm really loving the red on white. The fabric with the leaves is very beautiful too. I don't notice as much filler work and travel stitching on yours as I did on mine. Looks great!
ReplyDeleteMy guess is that experience, in other words, practice, practice, practice, helps in keeping travel stitching and filler work to a minimum. I've been FMQ for over a decade. What I learned from Leah in the early sessions was how to quilt a pattern in rows. This helps me figure out where to branch out next.
DeleteThere seems to be some confusion about red on white piece. It is the same piece as my green fabric with red leaves. I have taken to using white muslin on the back, one because it is inexpensive and two, so that when I share my work on my blog others can see it.
I like the look of the thread build up on this design. Great job on yours:)
ReplyDeleteThe thread build up does add a more definition and density to the design. Of course for it to work well your travel stitching needs to be impeccable.
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