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Monday, March 06, 2023

Design Wall Monday

For some unknown reason I had a desire to work on my version of the 2022 BOM from A Quilting Life. I worked on it at the beginning of February and had a lot of design decisions to make. That is the point at which a quilt can easily start inching into the UFO closet.

But not this time!

Here are the 12 blocks sewn together with the sashing and the square in a square cornerstones.


I like how it turned out so far and am wondering if I should quilt and bind it with black. Or if it needs a black border first to give it more of an outside frame? What are your thoughts?

Linking up to Design Wall Monday at Judy's


16 comments:

  1. I would add a frame of a border.. looks good there. Glad you save it from the UFO Closet.

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  2. what about a piano key border with alternating golds and black hjrogers@sympatico.ca

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  3. Rather than add another border you could bind it in black.

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  4. How about a narrow white border to give it a bit of space and then a black binding. Let the design shine; this is a very attractive quilt top.

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  5. I just love the cornerstones. It really gives a zip to the quilt. I'd go with a narrow black border and black binding. It's beautiful.

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  6. I like the black binding idea, personally.

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  7. This is absolutely stunning. I love the square in a square cornerstones. I also like Sherrill's idea of a small white border then binding in black.

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  8. Beautiful. I like the frames around each block, they really draw the eye in.

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  9. I wouldn't quilt it in black, that would muddy the contrast you have between light and black. Very attractive quilt.

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  10. This is a beauty, Kathy. Looking forward to seeing what you decide on the border and binding.

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  11. I like this quilt! I'd bind it in black. I don't think it needs anything else.

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  12. This is a great quilt, such a manageable size. I think the golds used in the blocks need to brought out to the edge so perhaps a narrow-ish border, say 1.5" finished, cut to random lengths and then a black binding.

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  13. What a fabulous finish! I love how you sashed each block. Brilliant! And yay for not putting this back in the UFO pile!

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  14. Great job, Kathy! Love, love, love your square-in-a-square cornerstones. Fabulous! I love the idea of a black border. Followed by black binding or a gold one? Hmmm. Not sure. I'm sure you will find something fabulous. ;^)

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  15. Love the layout of this quilt. I think if you want to make it larger then yes another border. But I think that just binding in black would be good. I also think quilting in black might over whelm the quilt...maybe a colour to match the background(grey+)

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  16. I would do a black binding and quilt in a gold. For me black quilting would be too heavy

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