As I finished up the 2.5-inch scrap top…..
….I was starting to get excited about what kind of quilting I could do on it.
I really wanted to emphasize the red squares and the lighter colored strips where they were housed.
To do this, I started thinking about circles. Something like this…..
Then I thought about adding some arcs on each side of the lighter strip…..
THEN I got the brilliant idea of adding some petal shapes to fill in some of the un-quilted areas…..
At this point I was SURE that this was going to work great so I started quilting.
After finishing this long strip…..
I didn’t like it at all…
THE REASON???
The smaller circles in the red squares pressed down the red squares too much rather than emphasizing them….
AND…..
Those stupid petals that I added….
…..stopped the lengthwise flow of the light colored strip!!
So yes…..I spent two hours one night ripping that quilting out and started over the next day!!!
Come back tomorrow and I will show you the NEW design!!!
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