{"id":284,"date":"2007-03-17T12:32:00","date_gmt":"2007-03-17T17:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alison.gloderworks.net\/weblog\/?p=284"},"modified":"2007-03-17T12:32:00","modified_gmt":"2007-03-17T17:32:00","slug":"anatomy-of-a-commission-day-12-binding-auditions-in-progress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/?p=284","title":{"rendered":"Anatomy of a Commission &#8211; Day 12 &#8211; Binding &#8211; Auditions in Progress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bp0.blogger.com\/_ZszsUJzUXUE\/RfwmUXiBNcI\/AAAAAAAAAFQ\/Eklpm-AUxZg\/s1600-h\/DSC00006-1.JPG\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_\" style=\"CLEAR: both; FLOAT: right\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bp0.blogger.com\/_ZszsUJzUXUE\/RfwmUXiBNcI\/AAAAAAAAAFQ\/Eklpm-AUxZg\/s320\/DSC00006-1.JPG\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> At the beginning, in the planning stages and initial working stages of a wall quilt, I never make any hard and fast decision on binding (a) whether to do it or not, and (b) which fabric I will use if I do. The growth of the piece during construction can change the final outcome to the point where what you envisaged at the start somehow doesn&#8217;t really apply so strongly any more &#8211; all the colours, shapes and their ratios to each other being part of that, I guess.<\/p>\n<p>This is the first of several pics I have taken over the past hour or so, in order to come to a final decision about which fabric to use &#8211; my client prefers a binding, and I agree this piece will be enhanced by one.<\/p>\n<p>The following couple of pics show some of the choices I am considering, although what ever I do it will be a narrow, about 1\/2 inch binding, not a great swag of fabric that appears of some along some of the sides. Interestingly, the one I have always favoured, with a lot of black but all of the quilt&#8217;s other main colours in the rather wild stripey design, has gone in and out of favour as I try other possibles. In this photo, one I thought would be great, on the left hand side as you look, somehow has a deadening effect on all the colours. The one on the right which I love is totally wrong, too pink. <span style=\"color:#6600cc;\"><em>The stripe, lower right hand edge is a serious contender, but the one along the top edge, a spot with varicoloured background, is also very seriously in the running<\/em><\/span>. <\/p>\n<div style=\"CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: right\"><a href=\"http:\/\/picasa.google.com\/blogger\/\" target=\"ext\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: 0% 50%; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial\" alt=\"Posted by Picasa\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/photos1.blogger.com\/pbp.gif\" align=\"middle\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the beginning, in the planning stages and initial working stages of a wall quilt, I never make any hard and fast decision on binding (a) whether to do it or not, and (b) which fabric I will use if I do. 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