It's a foggy, rainy afternoon and the internet is barely moving along. HughesNet and rainy/snowy weather do NOT get along at all - 'nuf said ...
Anyhow, when I last posted, the center of my Bramble Blooms I was still in process of being stitched down. When Audrey posted her guidance for the first set of borders, I was having a little fun playing with some sawtooth stars meant for a camp donation quilt for the 2024 auction.
Cheerful, yes? Though clearly not what Audrey had in mind. More applique, possibly a coping border and then a wider border with repeated applique was what she suggested. I had been thinking about half circle appliques surrounding the coping border, so I set about looking for some possibilities.
After having used a piece of Japanese yukata fabric for the flower pot in the center, that bin of fabrics was consulted again while completely ignoring my set of fabrics initially chosen for this series. Improv???? I ended up choosing another treasured piece of yukata of which I have 4 yards (yukata fabrics are typically only 14 inches wide, so not as much fabric as you might have thought).
A bit on the dark side, but I love the subtle colors and the repeating tulip theme. Below you can see the tulips emerging and also my half-circle cracker box template pinned in place. Coping border was chosen from my bin of bits and pieces set aside for the sawtooth stars quilt, but that bit of deep brownish red seems to tie the center tulips with the brownish tulip leaves in the outer border.
Surrounding the outer edge of the coping border completely with half circles was clearly not going to work well since I didn't want them covering that flowing tulip motif.
Right now I'm thinking intermittent half circle appliques will solve that issue. The next thing I'll need to consider is whether to continue these fabrics around the entire border or ? I like the idea of the undulating tulips all the way around, and hoping it won't be "overkill" if I proceed in that direction.
And no, there won't be a right-hand border of that red fabric on the right (below), it's just pinned up on the design wall so it doesn't wander away while I'm concentrating on other ongoing projects...
Last, but not least, I'm leaning toward using the green fabric shown below for the cornerstones fabric. A lot to do before Audrey's next set of border suggestions are published!
Til next time, I hope you're having as much fun with whatever you're stitching at the moment.
