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    Old 04-27-2015, 04:00 AM
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    I think you made a very nice quilt. I have no suggestions for your next one. to me a scrappy is a scrappy and someone will love it and will be warmed by it.
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    Old 04-27-2015, 04:46 AM
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    I agree with others, normally you need some lights and darks with your medium value fabrics.
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    Old 04-27-2015, 05:38 AM
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    Originally Posted by lovingLakeMich
    Rob at ManSewing just came out with a tutorial on this quilt pattern. He used the same color order for his light, medium, and dark. You might want to look at his utube offering and see if that is closer to what you are imagining.
    This tutorial was very helpful! I think all of you are right---I need more light/dark variance and put them in order. My random method just didn't work for what I was looking for. Thanks to all of you! Looking forward to trying it again.
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    Old 04-27-2015, 11:47 AM
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    http://land.mansewing.com/three-dude..._campaign=t011
    This might give you some ideas.
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    Old 04-27-2015, 05:49 PM
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    I like your quilt. I did see the secondary diamond and then I lost it with the randomness. The yellow was really prominent to my eyes but I was not in a "figure" arrangement. Of course then my computer started flashing around. I swear this board has a bug!
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    Old 04-27-2015, 07:14 PM
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    What if you made 2 different starting blocks using 4 colors each, but made enough for 2 quilts. That way you could use the half of the blocks that have the part that form the diamond of one color for one quilt, and the other half of the blocks that form the diamonds of the other color for the other quilt. (you would make the same combination of 2 starting blocks for all of them)
    Does that make sense? )
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    Old 04-28-2015, 12:05 AM
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    print your picture in grayscale. It will probably show that u used mostly medium fabrics. I have found that scrappy quilts look better when using a dark darks and pale lights. Even a solid can be a medium.
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    Old 04-28-2015, 04:34 AM
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    I think if you arrange your strips with dark on the inside and light on the outside and alternate with blocks that are opposite, your pattern would be more defined. Rob and Jen have a new video that uses black 1.5" strips in addition to the other four. It is a dramatic variation of the pattern. I saw it for the first time on 4/27.
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    Old 04-28-2015, 11:36 AM
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    I do think it is pretty, though.
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    Old 04-28-2015, 01:41 PM
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    wHAT IS THE NAME OF THIS Tutorial or quilt. I would like to go look at the video.
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