Advice on ABC quilt, please.
#11
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I agree with the green sashing. Now if you could only make my grandson one--I have had the panel for 3 years !! This year he went into kindergarten--I best get busy or he will be graduating high school--lol ! Hope to see this when completed so I too can get ideas.
#13
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Thank you for the thank you and I like it with just the green. That way the baby can concentrate on his "ABCs" and not be distracted with with the stripes. And since I am a retired 4th grade teacher, they can sure be distracted. You are doing a beautiful job!!!!
#14
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What about white strips in between and the green/white for a 1" border? Since it's a baby quilt you want it easy on the eyes and the focus should be on the cute little alphabet blocks. I think the stripe is too busy for the theme of the quilt.
Last edited by Butterfli19; 09-12-2015 at 12:28 PM. Reason: gave the quilt another look...
#17
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What a cute quilt you've started--and perfect for a teacher's baby . I like the green, clean and simple without the busy border. But I can picture a black border around the whole thing and then the rainbow stripe as a binding cut on the bias. The black would make the letters stand out, and the stripe would make the colors pop.
#19
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So many great ideas! That's what I love about this board. I do plan to use the stripe for binding. I didn't want to buy more fabric; however, I do like the idea a few of you had to add solid color borders in a few of the colors within the blocks. Since I need to widen the backing anyway, I can use some of the solid colors to breakup the stripe. Aaahh and my stash grows. Hahaha.
Thank you all for sharing your ideas.
Thank you all for sharing your ideas.
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