I decided to try using some thin wadding from the Pound a Meter people as an experiment. Its rather thin but I wanted something lighter both so I could try some machine quilting and as I wanted this as a summer quilt.
I started with fan shapes in the patterned squares marked on using cardboard templates I made myself and washable markers..
That went reasonably well, but the wadding did pill a bit.
I had intended to quilt round the squares but decided not to.
However because of the fan shapes that left a bigger space in the quilting at the cross points of the squares than I was comfortable with.
What to do, something simple quilt a circle. Ah if only I was capable of sticking to simple. At about the same time as I was thinking I could just use the circle template I got at the charity shop a certain wonderful Korean Crossover singing Group (I may have mentioned them before ) released both a new song and a new format of their logo. Which just happened to be somewhat circular in nature.
More cardboard was sacrificed and I got to try out a new cutting tool that looks like a pen.
it worked quite well and I cut two templates in case one wore out as I used it as cardboard templates are prone to that.
But I only needed one.
In a fit of confidence I marked them on using dark blue T-shirt dye pens.
That was sufficiently darker than the blue of the material for me to be able to see to stitch without being excessive .
I think it has also added a little emphasis on the finished ones.
There are nine in total with the star in each free styled rather than added via the template as having the star cut out made the template too weak.. With the edge on the quilt already done you would thing that is the quilt finished and just in need of a name and a label.
And I waver between thinking that and wondering about adding something else.
Quite a few somethings.
The pale blue is the edge of this quilt, it is on top of another quilt when taking the picture.
So what am I considering as additions?
Names, the names of the members of Forestella.
I have worked out I can add their names on the sashing between the blocks and have all the names appear the same number of times.
But, and it is an interesting but for working it out, do I do it in the Romanised form of their name or in the Korean Hangul lettering.
The spacing is of course going to be considerably different depending on which I choose and as the horizontal sashing is a different width to the vertical I would need to make two different sized templates for each name. Hmm, I know that doing the lettering Romanized would be easier for me, however the Hangul would be more stylized and with potentially less directional issues to consider as it is easier to do in either orientation . Additionally I think the names may become more similar in length that way
Other than I am a little crazy what do you think?
I have with some amusement posted a picture on one of the fan group sites as they were holding a competition and one category was a sewn napkin with the group emblem or name on it. I have asked if my quilt can pretend it is a big napkin! I am not expecting to get very far with that.
Now what Forestella song can I add a link to for this item?
I think perhaps as it is a fan quilt (yes the fans on it made me think of that so pun intended) it will be the song that the group dedicated to the fans.
Maybe instead of the group names many times I could do each one once and put Forestella and Soopbyeol in the other spaces. At times contemplating the options is so much fun and the quilt is still useable whilst I think about it.
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