The Most Common Mistakes With Rose Quilts
I’ve made a few rose quilts in my time and I just love them! But best of all, I like to think of something new to add or a different approach to take every time make one. However , it hasn’t always been easy sailing for all of my projects.
Several times, I have had to give up half way or have persisted to find that my fantastic idea was only that, a superb idea, and somewhere on the way things blew apart and the end result was – well, not as good as I imagined.
Having said that, I did learn something out of my failed projects. I gleaned a number of learning experiences and what to steer clear of. Here was my largest and most common mistakes:
Picking a Complex Pattern
If you are making a quilt, likelihood is that you will slip into this trap. The K.I.S rule applies here (Keep It Simple). Roses are already a complex enough flower and one that requires time to stitch. Blend that with a complicated pattern and you may as well start researching ‘String Theory ‘.
The combination of the complicated stitching with a complicated pattern triples the time you’ll spend on the quilt and more often than not, this will lead to mistakes either in the stitching or pattern.
Bad Colour Combos
This is something that is basic to do. Several times, I have picked colors that just do not go together. The worst one was when I wanted a quilt with pink roses, when the room itself had a few shades of brown in it.
So in my head, I made the pink roses on a brown background work really well together. But as my quilt transitioned from imagination in to reality, I slowly started to realise why this colour combo was such a really bad idea.
This lead to me ending the project about of the way through and comforting myself with a tub of ice cream.
So do not make the same mistakes I did. If you follow these tips and plan carefully, your next rose quilt is certain to be a winner.
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