Out of my comfort zone, part 2...
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Out of my comfort zone, part 2...
I posted yesterday, asking for help because I was way out of my comfort zone on this quilt. It isn't a difficult pattern, so that wasn't my problem. The problem was all of the colors. It just looked like a mess to me.
With a lot of help from many folks here, I have rearranged a few blocks and added a border. This is all on my design wall, and the blocks are not sewn together, etc.
But, I think this will do it. I even have a back up plan if I change my mind in the next few hours....as I am going to leave this on my design wall for at least that long before my decision is final.
The pattern is called Picnic from a book called Scrap Basket Sensations by Kim Brackett. I was inspired to do this quilt by a thread called Scrappy Batik Quilt...which I will add if I can find the link. The quilt shown there is beautiful. I wasn't trying to copy, but I wanted mine to look good. I think scrappy quilts will always be out of my comfort zone and I will avoid them from now on and just admire other folks' scrappy quilts, but I think I have a design here I can live with.
http://www.quiltingboard.com/picture...d-t258334.html
Thanks for all the help.
Dina
With a lot of help from many folks here, I have rearranged a few blocks and added a border. This is all on my design wall, and the blocks are not sewn together, etc.
But, I think this will do it. I even have a back up plan if I change my mind in the next few hours....as I am going to leave this on my design wall for at least that long before my decision is final.
The pattern is called Picnic from a book called Scrap Basket Sensations by Kim Brackett. I was inspired to do this quilt by a thread called Scrappy Batik Quilt...which I will add if I can find the link. The quilt shown there is beautiful. I wasn't trying to copy, but I wanted mine to look good. I think scrappy quilts will always be out of my comfort zone and I will avoid them from now on and just admire other folks' scrappy quilts, but I think I have a design here I can live with.
http://www.quiltingboard.com/picture...d-t258334.html
Thanks for all the help.
Dina
#2
Glad you re-arranged those blocks and the border looks great. I think I would add a narrow border inside the one shown of the light green in the quilt. Or the red would work too. Either one would set it all off just fine.
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I have a quilt wall to help me keep my mind together but I also like to take photo with my phone to check with it to make sure I have not pulled anything off the wall and sewn it only to put it back in the WRONG spot or wrong direction.
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I think it looks great Dina. I love the balance of color, can't go wrong with working with batiks. I find it more difficult to work with scrappy quilts then making a bargello. Once you learn a technique, it is easier to stick with what feels comfortable.
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Dina
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I think your quilt is going to be beautiful, exactly as pictured. Once it is quilted you will be amazed. I love to do scrappy, it always has so much character. And they always look so much better after quilting.
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