Vertical...
... or horizontal?
The other day as I was putting it away I noticed the back of the quilt, with a little detail that I thought might be helpful to share.
When I made the piece several years ago my first idea was to have it horizontal, and that's the way I put the sleeve on. But for some reason I subsequently decided that it would also look good in the vertical orientation. So I put a second sleeve on.
Because each sleeve is sliced off on the diagonal, you can insert a hanging rod in either direction and still have it support the entire width of the quilt.
I prefer the horizontal one. But two sleeves is a good hint.
ReplyDeletelooks well composed horizontally ...
ReplyDeleteI like horizontal as well. Great tip for the hanging sleeve!
ReplyDeleteHmmm. Can't decide which way is up, but I do like that two sleeve system. I have made quilts that look good either way and had to put on a new sleeve for each hanging.
ReplyDeleteHorizontally is good for me
ReplyDeleteThe mitred double sleeve is anelegant solution. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteWhat a good idea. I prefer the vertical, personally.
ReplyDeleteVertical for me, but the sleeves are a great idea.
ReplyDeleteI like the horizintal view but then I have a landscape brain. The two sleeves are a great idea.
ReplyDeleteI looked at both ways a number of times and in every one my eyes went vertically. To me the horizontal stripe that is pieced one the left side vertically, seems to pop out at me.
ReplyDeleteVertical. I like the skinny red line as an anchor and the tower of squares is more prominent to my eye. IMHO
ReplyDeletethanks, everybody for your comments! the vote is 5 to 4 -- obviously my difficulty in deciding which way is up simply reflects reality.
ReplyDeleteI think I like vertical best.
ReplyDeleteI just did that with one of my small pieces. I couldn't decide which was was best so I made it possible to hang in either direction, but I didn't think of a mitered sleeve. Good idea.
ReplyDeleteKathy, is the quilt shaped, or is the photo a little distorted? I actually like the two options not offered.. The narrow striped piece at the top or on the left. Or is that me being occard as Grandad would have said!
ReplyDeleteHeather -- the photos are accurate, the quilt is odd shaped.
DeleteIt's commonly said that a good composition looks good in any orientation, so you should check your work, so to speak, by looking at it upside down. Not sure why we like one way over another and we often have disagreements in my critique group when we get to rotating the quilts.