Now I'm stumped...
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Now I'm stumped...
The panel arrived for the QOV that I want to make for a long time friend...colors are not was expected. The border that showed as gray on my screen is actually army green, blues are brighter and more cyan than navy, and the reds are more a dried blood red. Layed it out on my navy area rug to make sure. Nope, not what I expected! I'm afraid that adding red next to the green will make it look like Christmas. Plus I thought about adding a pieced border as on the Santa's List pattern, but now that seems over the top. So I'm completely stumped. Any thoughts? Or should I try to sell this one on FB and buy a new panel that works with the red, white, and blue theme?
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The panel arrived for the QOV that I want to make for a long time friend...colors are not was expected. The border that showed as gray on my screen is actually army green, blues are brighter and more cyan than navy, and the reds are more a dried blood red. Layed it out on my navy area rug to make sure. Nope, not what I expected! I'm afraid that adding red next to the green will make it look like Christmas. Plus I thought about adding a pieced border as on the Santa's List pattern, but now that seems over the top. So I'm completely stumped. Any thoughts? Or should I try to sell this one on FB and buy a new panel that works with the red, white, and blue theme?
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I can understand why this might not have been what you expected as it is not the traditional red, white and blue. But I like the green. It somewhat "neutralizes" the other colors in the piece. The hard part now will be to find something that you like with it. Perhaps think that they started with the traditional colors but added a little brown or black to the dyes to get the colors that we see. What does camo do to this? Can you look for something that pulls out the colors in the eagle? Perhaps a charcoal figure. How about a darker shade of the green? It may not be what you planned but now to think outside the box .It may take awhile to see what is there as compared to what you thought it would be.
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I can understand why this might not have been what you expected as it is not the traditional red, white and blue. But I like the green. It somewhat "neutralizes" the other colors in the piece. The hard part now will be to find something that you like with it. It may not be what you planned but now to think outside the box .It may take awhile to see what is there as compared to what you thought it would be.