Inevitably, at some stage in every project, I come to a point where I have to ask: is it worth it? Yesterday was one of those days. While working on the continent portions of this world map quilt I decided to add a running stitch horizontally across the space defined by the continents. Thus:
horizontal hand stitching
Those horizontal hand stitches added a nice texture that contrasted with the machine stitching nearby. Needless to say, there are a lot of continents on this map and the time it takes to add the running stitch is not inconsequential. Then, I experimented with another set of running stitches at a 90 degree angle. Thus:
90 degree stitching for new texture
Double the texture, double the time. And, did I mention the number of threads I need to bury where the machine stitching hits the continents?
So, is it worth it?
I decided yes.