The back of the quilt looks better than the front?

As I put the finishing touches on the blue circles quilt it struck me that I liked the back of the quilt just as much as I liked the front! This is my first experience with that. The front is supposed to the focal point and the back, is just that, it's the back.

But the quiting on this quilt really shows up on the back. It is simple, clean and graphic. The squiggled circles are perfect in their imperfection. They are doodles, a stream of consciousness, evidence of the human hand.

I like them so much that the next quilt in my circle exploration series will be a whole cloth quilt with this type of doodle quilting! My experience with whole cloth quilts has only been with white on white. I think the contrast between the blue thread on muslin is what attracts me with this one.

Next weekend I'll post the finished blue circles quilt.

Have a creative week!

Suzan

Comments

[Bridget473]

Ooh -- I like it too! Now it's reversible!

[maggi]

I often think that the quilting shows up better on the back - yours looks really good. Last week I went to a talk by Sue Turner, an award winning hand quilter in the UK, on her wholecloth quilts she often uses a different colour depending upon the effect she wants.

[Carmen]

This is really gorgeous!