After much thought I've about decided on the quiet background.
I'll admit that the busier backgrounds are what I use more often, but scale is imporatant. As you look at the pictures you may not be feeling the impact of the small scale that I get when I stand right in front of these houses.
The reverse appliqued window to the right of the door is just a tad over 1/4" x 1/4". I still have to add the trees and that will fill the blocks even more. I'm leaning toward rickrack and/or ribbon for 'grass'. The embellishments will be in scale with the houses. The more I looked at the busier backgrounds the more I worried that the cute details would be lost.
The thing to remember is that you want the applique to take center stage, not the background. I say this in classes and I realized yesterday that I needed to say it to myself as well. Whatcha think?
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Too cute!
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You’re the expert, can’t wait to see the finished product Becky.
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Glad you had a talk with yourself – using the quiet fabric is perfect. Love the houses.
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How about a variety of quiet backgrounds? I’m a “more the merrier” type of gal.
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mighty tiny
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I think that is going to be fabulous, I just love any and all of your work. I’m a real fan!
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I think you made the right choice. I like the busier backgrounds, but the real work is in all of the tiny applique, which would have gotten lost. I’m really liking this quilt! Maybe you could take a picture with something else in the shot so we can get a sense of the scale of the whole project??
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What about using the smaller dot fabric (blue with white dots) you have in the center block of some of the earlier images?
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Very cute and I can’t believe that window is 1/4″ square…yikes…bless your heart! Can’t wait to see more as the blocks progress.
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I’ve been thinking – love the little quilt you are making and I’m wondering — can you make the house patterns available? And perhaps contribute that money towards the Alzheimer’s Initiative! I’d love to purchase a pattern for those tiny houses!!
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Yes, one way or another I figure these can be a pattern. Most people will want them to be bigger but thats easy to do. I love copiers!
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