More about Amish Bars

I have tried to take pictures of "Amish Bars", but the expanse of black has pretty much defeated me. The colours of the bars seem fade as the camera adjusts for the black, and getting any view of the texture is pretty much impossible.





The quilting on the green shows up better than on any of the other colours. Each of the coloured bars has different styles of freehand feathers quilted on them.

This shot shows a little of the feathering (if you really use your imagination) and some of the quilting on the black.

The black has blocks of freehand machine quilting. Each 6.5 inch square uses a different quilting design, mainly sourced from Dijanne Cevaal's "72 Ways not to Stipple or Meander" and "72 More Ways not to Stipple or Meander".

A few came from or were inspired by some of Leah Day's designs, and some were my own designs, especially in the odd shapes at the side.

The 6.5 inch squares are set diagonally, with unquilted "grouting" between the "tiles".

The quilting shows up better on the back, though the dalmation print still makes it difficult to photograph.