Dear Jane I9, K9, M8, & TR5 pics
#71
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Originally Posted by kluedesigns
you could always make a jane sampler.
if you see me post a pattern or tute of a jane block you'd like to try let me know.
i can help you and maybe at the end you'll have a 50 block jane sampler quilt or you'll be 50 blocks towards finishing a jane.
the author of the Dear Jane Book has never made an entire jane quilt and finally a bunch of quilters got together and gave her one as a gift since she wasn't going to do it herself.
if you see me post a pattern or tute of a jane block you'd like to try let me know.
i can help you and maybe at the end you'll have a 50 block jane sampler quilt or you'll be 50 blocks towards finishing a jane.
the author of the Dear Jane Book has never made an entire jane quilt and finally a bunch of quilters got together and gave her one as a gift since she wasn't going to do it herself.
#72
Okay, here we go again. I re-did k9. I also took a photo of my fabrics so you can see that there actually is a coordinating/scrappy color way. It's all reds/corals/browns/turquoise - there are spots and bits of other shades, including a small yellow here and there. I think it will look pretty all together...hard to tell from the few blocks I've don already. The real question, before I get much further...do you think the background is good? I'd love to hear some opinions..I've been going back and forth!
Final of DJ Week 1
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The collection of fabrics
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#73
I love your background, I think it sets it off perfectly.
I know what you mean though, one minute it's perfect, the next minute you wonder if something else would be just that little bit better.
I really like it, it's not a "flat" background, it's got depth . :-)
I know what you mean though, one minute it's perfect, the next minute you wonder if something else would be just that little bit better.
I really like it, it's not a "flat" background, it's got depth . :-)
#76
thanks for the input. Hey, another question. If you peer into my photo, you can see I have some sort of white/offwhite with other colors...do you think I always need to include my standard background in each block, or can I get away with one of those? I know I can do whatever I want, but at the same time, don't want a block to look like a sore thumb because it's missing the continuity of that background fabric...
#77
If it was me. If I wanted to use other fabrics ther I wouldn't do just a few. They would probably stand out. I would do a bunch of them. When I get around to mine it will be all scrappy. Including the background. I hope to do the one all out of the scrap bin so the background will be anything I can find in there.
#78
I would stick with the same background, unless you're going to do a lot in different background colours. Think of a cream crazy patch quilt, a whole lot of different creams look good, all the same with just one or two different would look odd.
I guess what I'm trying to say is keep it balanced, either all the same, or lots of different backgrounds, not just one or two.
I guess what I'm trying to say is keep it balanced, either all the same, or lots of different backgrounds, not just one or two.
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i think you can use many background fabrics as long as they have a similar tone/value to them.
i have different background fabric in all of the 4 blocks i posted. if you click on download and zoom in you'll notice each one is different.
the overall theme is indigo but if you look each one has a slightly different pattern.
i have about 8 different japanese indigo patterns to choose from and i have about 30 blocks done - its not distracting at all that they vary from each other.
i guess you could say i'm doing a scrappy quilt except its all the same tone of red, indigo, and white that it doesn't really read to the viewer as scrappy.
i have different background fabric in all of the 4 blocks i posted. if you click on download and zoom in you'll notice each one is different.
the overall theme is indigo but if you look each one has a slightly different pattern.
i have about 8 different japanese indigo patterns to choose from and i have about 30 blocks done - its not distracting at all that they vary from each other.
i guess you could say i'm doing a scrappy quilt except its all the same tone of red, indigo, and white that it doesn't really read to the viewer as scrappy.
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