Didn't plan ahead - need help now!
01-08-2014, 02:31 AM
#42
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Northern California mountains
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dark brown sounds like an excellent idea to me.
I generally plan the whole quilt using QuiltPro before I start, which saves a lot of frustration later and allows me to know just how much I need of everything.
I generally plan the whole quilt using QuiltPro before I start, which saves a lot of frustration later and allows me to know just how much I need of everything.
01-08-2014, 05:31 AM
#44
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Join Date: May 2012
Location: Central Wisconsin
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I like Dunster's idea of different colors for the sashing, like all pastels.
But my idea is to sash each block with a narrow border of a color that goes with it. This could be all lighter colors or all darker colors. Then put it together with sashing: Dark if you used light frames, and light to white if you used dark frames. I've seen some like this and loved them.
But my idea is to sash each block with a narrow border of a color that goes with it. This could be all lighter colors or all darker colors. Then put it together with sashing: Dark if you used light frames, and light to white if you used dark frames. I've seen some like this and loved them.
01-08-2014, 07:17 AM
#48
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: S. W. Indiana
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I usually don't plan ahead for the sashing and borders on a scrappy quilt. It just seems to make more sense to see what looks good with the blocks after they're made. I liked Karen K's idea, but wanted to see what it would look like with the blocks, so took the liberty of importing the pictures into Windows Paint and putting them together. The other version is just some playing around I did with the program to illustrate how Paint can be useful in planning at this stage. It could be neater, and definitely could have other color choices, but I hope it's okay for illustration purposes. When you want to debut a particular fabric, you can take a picture of it and pick up at least the main color with the eye dropper tool in paint. Your blocks are very nice and will make a great quilt.
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