Well, folks, here it is:
You may notice (or not) that I’ve made several changes.
No Woven Border . . .
I removed the woven Celtic border for two reasons:
- Originally, I had a chain of twenty-five links to represent twenty-five years of marriage. In order to get twenty-five links around THIS design, I would have to use a larger link, and the width would be wider than the strokes in the design. The resulting border overpowered the central design.
- A simple circle complements the design nicely.
Not one tree, but two . . .
The finished piece is slated to hang at Gina’s twenty-fifth wedding anniversary. Now, one tree could represent the marriage, but it takes two people to make a marriage as well.
There are two interwoven knots in the design.
I modified the design to make two trees, with two branches each, top and bottom.
Follow the path of a knot from either tree (top or bottom), and the knot ends at the other tree.
Ain’t that just like a marriage??
Gina, if this meets with your approval, I’m ready for the next phase: enlarging the design and transferring it to fabric.
I LOVE LOVE LOVE IT! This is so us. We are Anam Cara (Gaelic for Soul Mates) What would you think of stitching that across the bottom? I can send you an awesome looking script for it.
I have a Celtic font . . . please send me your sample, and I’ll send you mine for comparison.
Is this like you show me yours and I’ll show you mine?????
Um, er, yes, I think it IS!! (What will your husband think??)
Hell, what will MY husband think?? LOL!!
Come on now if I didn’t show it to you 45 years ago I really don’t think you want to see it now 😉
Wait a minute I can’t be that old……
No, my friend, you’re NOT that old!! I’m glad you’re taking things in stride and having as much fun with this as I am!!
Sorry, just giddy about how awesome the design turned out LOL
YOU’RE giddy?? Giddy Up!!
I amazed myself with this one!!
You just need prodding……
Will there be a design in the corners of the quilt?
Larry, that hadn’t occurred to me . . .
Gina, what do you think??
I love this. I liked the design before but this is stunning can’t wait to see the end result PS my name is Gina when you’re ready to send it haha 🙂
Well, Margherita, I mean “Gina,” there’s still a “balance due”!! So, I’ll send it just as soon as I see the color of your money, LOL!!
Thank you, my friend. I appreciate the compliment.
Hi again – you might be on haha … I’ll look at the end design and if the original Gina doesn’t mind you making another 1 we can talk money colour haha – mind you internet banking is colourless so that kind of ruins the image 🙂
Corner designs had not occurred to me either. I think if the binding is the same color as the fabric it would look good but if the binding is contrasted it might be a little much. Have to think on this one, what do you think Raymond??
Since the open areas of the design are essentially unquilted, I think corner designs would help frame the piece nicely. Thank you, Larry!!
To make the knots stand out in relief, I thought about densely quilting the open areas with simple cross-hatching (to flatten them).
I can use the simple woven chain knot I removed from the border of the design. I’ll send you the results.
Look forward to seeing your ideas. I am thinking a nice corner design would be a trip knot with a point facing the corner….