SASHING HELP--Please
01-24-2014, 02:03 PM
#62
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I have been working on another scrappy quilt, using halloween and fall prints mostly, and now need to decide on the sashing. I am using strictly from my stash, and I found these 2 pieces that could work. Any comments or suggestions are very much appreciated. this first one has a fine green sashing with dark maroon cornerstones. I would actually use a dark green cornerstone, but I had some maroon ones cut, so it is just for contrast.
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And this one has a fine line maroon fabric for the sashing and I think that I would use the maroon cornerstones with this one.
Again, thanks for looking and for any comments. Sure do appreciate the help.
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And this one has a fine line maroon fabric for the sashing and I think that I would use the maroon cornerstones with this one.
Again, thanks for looking and for any comments. Sure do appreciate the help.
01-24-2014, 03:38 PM
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I did the "squint" test. When squinting the one with the green sashing, I saw green lattice-work, and very little behind that. When I squinted at the bottom one I saw what seemed to be a continuous sea of color with lattice in front of it.
I had a knitting pattern that was called: "See the Light". It was reversible two-color knitting: on whichever side the light yarn was more prevalent, that's where you saw the light. The dark seemed to melt into the background. So the two sides made different patterns, even though the knitting was the same on both sides.
That is what is happening to this pattern. You see the light.
I had a knitting pattern that was called: "See the Light". It was reversible two-color knitting: on whichever side the light yarn was more prevalent, that's where you saw the light. The dark seemed to melt into the background. So the two sides made different patterns, even though the knitting was the same on both sides.
That is what is happening to this pattern. You see the light.
01-24-2014, 07:52 PM
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The second picture, with the maroon sashing, seems more warm and inviting, so appropriate for a quilt. But the pictures themselves are skewing the colors--note the difference in the rug color from one to the other--so the green sashing and the blocks are both washed out by comparison to the other, but perhaps not in reality.
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01-24-2014, 08:25 PM
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Making blocks "pop" is not the be all and end all of goals for quilting. If the lighter, more restful colors appeal to you, you will have a pastel quilt, which is lovely. If you want to make it pop, the maroon would be a better choice. It's up to you -- what do you want to see when you look at the quilt?
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