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Doodle Thursday–Negative Space

June 25, 2015

Line DoodlesGood Morning, Quilters!

I hate to be negative, however sometimes it’s unavoidable.

Today we are doodling Negative Spaces!

Line DoodlesFor this exercise, begin small.  Draw several small squares.  The squares shown here are 2 inches. Line DoodlesUse a pencil to lightly draw a simple shape. (See the Free Motion Quilt Tutorials HERE for some ideas.)

Then carefully fill in the space around it.  You can use straight lines or Pebbles or anything YOU like-be creative!

Line DoodlesBETTER QUILTING THROUGH DOODLING

This is just like quilting…Imagine the center motif is an appliqué–See how it POPs when you quilt around it?

For Quilting-when you want a shape to POP on your quilt, quilt around it not on it!

Line Doodles

Give it a try and let me know what you think!

Better yet, post your photos to The Inbox Jaunt Quilting Group on FLICKR.  If you haven’t visited Flickr in a while, you’re in for a real treat- there are lots of photos there—and we want to see YOUR QUILTS too!

#BQTD (Better Quilting through Doodling!)

Tomorrow:  BIG NEWS!

Lori

PS…All tutorials, images and information are the property of Lori Kennedy at The Inbox Jaunt and are intended for personal use only.  Feel free to re-blog, pin or share with attribution to The Inbox Jaunt.  For all other purposes, please contact me at lckennedy@hotmail.com.  Thanks!

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11 responses to “Doodle Thursday–Negative Space”

  1. Lorna Broekstra says:
    June 25, 2015 at 8:17 am

    Hi Lori,
    I am quilting a child’s panel and can’t decide whether to do an overall design or quilt around the animal shapes and details, etc. What are your thoughts?

    1. WordPress.com Support says:
      June 25, 2015 at 9:06 am

      Quilt around them to make them pop!

      1. Ramona says:
        June 25, 2015 at 10:58 am

        I agree. If they are too big to leave that much open area add a little detail to them.

      2. WordPress.com Support says:
        June 25, 2015 at 11:02 am

        Right on!

  2. Gertrude says:
    June 25, 2015 at 10:52 am

    Hmmm, you’re giving me something to think about. I need to play with this in doodling and in my mind. I always mull over ideas for a while…now I’m wondering about the chevron quilt I am making…maybe I should quilt the neutral lines and leave the coloured ones unquilted. I may not get to the point of quilting it till the fall so lots of time to think and play with this!

    1. WordPress.com Support says:
      June 25, 2015 at 11:01 am

      That will really pop the colored chevrons. Why don’t you try a small sample while you are pondering. I bet it will answer a lot of your questions!

      1. Gertrude says:
        June 26, 2015 at 3:35 pm

        Perfect. That’s what I’ll do.

  3. Rebecca Grace says:
    June 25, 2015 at 7:34 pm

    Doodling is a great idea. I have several drawing apps on my iPad that I use for this, but I wish some developer out there would create a doodling app SPECIFICALLY for quilters that would let me draw with a dashed line, like “stitches.” So… I’m dying to hear your BIG NEWS! It’s terrible of you to tease us like this and make us wait until tomorrow!!

    1. lilquilter says:
      June 26, 2015 at 3:26 pm

      Rebecca,

      I, too, have an iPad and have downloaded a couple of apps but haven’t really spent much time with them. Which app(s) do you prefer? Thanks!

      1. Gertrude says:
        June 27, 2015 at 9:41 am

        I would love to hear which doodling apps are good as well! Please share!

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