Bucket of Strips Quilt Blocks Done - Now What? Help!
02-04-2012, 09:59 AM
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Bucket of Strips Quilt Blocks Done - Now What? Help!
I started out with a bucket of strips from a fabric designers tag sale.
All my strips are now sewn into HST squares with black.
Now what?
I first thought I'd do a sunlight and shadows with blue toned squares offset going into red at the bottom - eight across, then seven, etc.
But then I have all these other ones left over.
Put them in the middle?
Or should I do sets of four squares and just move them around?
OR ... pinwheels?
And then there is the matter of quilting, which I wanted to do on my embroidery machine ... don't really want borders as you'd get with fun and done ... *sigh* All my strips are now sewn into HST squares with black.
Now what?
I first thought I'd do a sunlight and shadows with blue toned squares offset going into red at the bottom - eight across, then seven, etc.
But then I have all these other ones left over.
Put them in the middle?
Or should I do sets of four squares and just move them around?
OR ... pinwheels?
Now I know why quilters plan FIRST!
Help!
Here they are. The colors are off in my photos - the blues and reds are deep and rich.
Here they are. The colors are off in my photos - the blues and reds are deep and rich.
02-04-2012, 10:23 AM
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02-04-2012, 10:27 AM
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Yes, you could just play and play with the design for EVER. IMHO, I would not try to match the 'colors', I would do a free for all. Maybe leaning toward pinwheels.
02-04-2012, 10:58 AM
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I LOVE all those colors - how beautiful this is going to be!
There are so many ways to lay this out - here are some EQ "serendipity" arrangements - the pdf has larger images of all eight of these. I really like the "braided" look - the last one - but the streak of lighting is really pretty, too. Of course, with fabrics as prettty as you have there, anything you choose is going to be lovely!
There are so many ways to lay this out - here are some EQ "serendipity" arrangements - the pdf has larger images of all eight of these. I really like the "braided" look - the last one - but the streak of lighting is really pretty, too. Of course, with fabrics as prettty as you have there, anything you choose is going to be lovely!
02-04-2012, 11:03 AM
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Oh boy! Thank you! I don't have EQ, so that is just what I needed.
Unfortunately, no room for a design wall here. And if I laid them out on my bed, I'd play so long we'd never get to sleep!
Unfortunately, no room for a design wall here. And if I laid them out on my bed, I'd play so long we'd never get to sleep!
02-04-2012, 11:46 AM
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02-04-2012, 01:32 PM
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How about arranging them in a spiral out from the center? I think they would look cool that way if it works. You could also look up different arrangements of the log cabin blocks. It's a different block but the same principal of a dark and light diagonal block. They are very pretty!
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