LoriEl's Quilt

 Here are pictures of LoriEl's quilt. Because we didn't have a design set in stone yet for the quilting, I took the liberty of SID along all the edges of the cream areas. This stabilized the entire quilt and allowed me to roll it forward and back along the frame without any fear of distortion. I used a cream/tan thread (Superior Thread's So Fine! #403), which happens to blend nicely with both the cream on the front and the backing fabric.

I used Quilting Preview Paper and an Expo Dry Erase Marker to audition several designs. I tried several other designs for the dark colored runners, but none of them looked right, especially at the intersections, and so I didn't add those to this blog entry. Here's one I liked for those runners, along with HQ's VersaTool Ruler that I used to draw the curves (and will quilt the curves with):

Keep in mind that quilting on dark areas tends not to show well, and so it's best to keep your quilting simple in those areas. (Unless you are going to be looking at the back for an overall design, it just needs to be quilted for stability.) Because I SID along the edges where the dark meets the line, even the single cable through the pink centers would be enough.

For the first center design in the cream area, this is a flower that I had previously done. The first sketch was commented on as being "too busy", so this one was simplified and made larger. Also, it shows the outlining of the runner squares as SID, which makes them into "little pillows". Which, I think is a simple effect that is still nice, and is also nice and easy to stitch as well.

And for several center designs, taken from those thin plastic templates that you would chalk to get the design- some are modified to fit the space. I thought this one left too much cream unquilted, although I could add the diamond from above to add to it.

 This last one I would reject for being too busy as well: