Design Wall Monday - 5/13/13

DESIGN WALL MONDAY - 5/13/13
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Well, THEY do - ME - not so much sometimes - ;))
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Testing - testing - testing - ;))

Been working on the borders -
For my Floral Applique -

I REALLY need to name this thing -

Any suggestions? - ;))

Anyway -

I tested the stitching -
And opted for a twin needle setting -
To better attach the two borders -
To each other -

The border will be LIGHT GRAY on the inner side -
And DARK GRAY on the outer side - ;))

I tested the color of thread -
The top thread - if you can see it at all - is WHITE -
The lower thread - if you can see it at all - is GRAY -

The top WHITE thread is lighter and more invisible -
In case I make a boo-boo -
So two “WHITE” threads it is - ;))

I tested the width and color of the “Vines” -
The “Vines” are hard to see against the DARK GRAY -
And the LIGHT GRAY background blends with the WHITE of the design wall -

But I tested two different colors of GREEN at a narrow width -
And a BLACK at a wider width -
Say that three times fast - ;))
You can't really see any of them -
But the BLACK won - ;))

I tested the colors of the leaves -
ORANGE - GREEN - GOLD -

What GREEN, you say? -

The one in the middle - ;))

Guess that one won’t be showing up -
On the DARK GRAY side -
Pun intended - ;))

But all three colors show up very nicely -
On the LIGHT GRAY side -

Now I need to fiddle with the size of the leaves -

They seem to be a little too big -

Next to the other leaves in the center block -

Maybe they need to be a bit smaller - ;))



Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew -