Lacelady, I am going completely random with mine but in colours that reflect ochre tones as seen in a Welsh ochre mine we visited, but I am probably going with plain and all the same colour setting triangles around the edge. I love the colours on your quilt, but I do find that if I sit down for a coffee and pick up my needle it means cold, cold coffee. Yuck! Have fun counting down your last few, can't wait to see what your quilt look like.
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Originally Posted by sarahelloyd
Lacelady, I am going completely random with mine but in colours that reflect ochre tones as seen in a Welsh ochre mine we visited, but I am probably going with plain and all the same colour setting triangles around the edge. I love the colours on your quilt, but I do find that if I sit down for a coffee and pick up my needle it means cold, cold coffee. Yuck! Have fun counting down your last few, can't wait to see what your quilt look like.
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Bear...I agree with you. I think my quilt will be MY quilt..and for some reason, I don't think Jane will mind. :lol:
Hope to see you back soon...I've been wondering about where you disappeared to! I'm playing with the color for my plain tris . I'm still struggling trying to decide whether I still really want to go dark sashing though or light...I keep going all wishy washy on it. At some point I'll HAVE to make a decision..but I'm not there yet.... :oops: |
Lacelady, yes I meant that I shall try to use the same colour as my sashing, a bit like the one that is on the board at the moment, but a) it means taking my blocks to the shop to lay them on loads of trial colours and b) even worse having to buy fabric. So far I have managed to buy just a few fat quarters, and if I use plain triangles my stash will go further on the blocks. It seems that we are working along the same lines.
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Originally Posted by sarahelloyd
Lacelady, yes I meant that I shall try to use the same colour as my sashing, a bit like the one that is on the board at the moment, but a) it means taking my blocks to the shop to lay them on loads of trial colours and b) even worse having to buy fabric. So far I have managed to buy just a few fat quarters, and if I use plain triangles my stash will go further on the blocks. It seems that we are working along the same lines.
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What a terrific site lacelady, do you ever get problems with Customs, or are things easier in Ireland? My local store in very small and each time I go in I get this woman whose answer to anything is 'Don't ask me, I'm not a quilter' Duh!! It drives me nuts. So, I am thinking about a sort of biscuit colour but don't know yet.
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Originally Posted by sarahelloyd
What a terrific site lacelady, do you ever get problems with Customs, or are things easier in Ireland? My local store in very small and each time I go in I get this woman whose answer to anything is 'Don't ask me, I'm not a quilter' Duh!! It drives me nuts. So, I am thinking about a sort of biscuit colour but don't know yet.
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Sounds like you two have a good plan. I was thinking about using a piece of some of the blocks I'm doing for the plain tris., somewhat like Janes. But that plan could change down the road too. I kind of like the plain look like my background fabric too. Decisions??? You're so close Lace. I have done 100 blocks and tris so far. Had to slow down abit with work getting in the way.
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When I first decided to do this quilt, I was going to use Civil War Reproduction fabrics. After looking around, I found my star fabrics with a reduced price, so there it was, decision made! I was going to cut fabric from each of my fat quarters for the plain tris, but now I am considering using my cream fabrics for the plain tris and only that color so the pieced tris will stand out! I think the binding is going to be dark red or black.
I like a random look for a quilt this busy. However, when laying flat I want it to have a pattern emerge of colored diamonds through the quilt, so its a little surprise. Time will tell, I will go with the flow of the quilt for layout and finishing... :) |
What is your average time on a block/tri? I feel like I'm a little slow, it takes me around 2 hours most of the time. That includes printing the pattern, selecting the fabric...all of it start to finish, or should I say start to unfinished block!
I work full time, so I try to spend some time in the evening sewing, but the weekly schedule is sometimes hard to stay on. |
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