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Simple Question
I find that I love quilts with white backgrounds and am wanting to make a scrappy quilt to use up some fabric. Do you use plain white (like Kona) or white-on-white? Pictures aren't usually close up enough to see--it just looks white. Thanks for any suggestions!
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I like white, personally. But I've seen a lot of quilts that had a white on white pattern that looked nice.
I think I like the plain white because it really shows off the quilting the way I like.
Just my opinion,of course.
Watson
I think I like the plain white because it really shows off the quilting the way I like.
Just my opinion,of course.
Watson
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I would recommend a white on white, in fact you may want to get several and inter-mix them since the rest of the quilt is scrappy. I say this because when I was making a Double Irish chain, I was using a pansy fabric with green on the outside edge. I kept putting it together and used 3 different greens until I finally settled. (Can't tell you how many of the blocks I took apart.) Then when I was finally done, was getting it ready to hand quilt when I saw someone using the white on white and that was it. I set a square of her fabric on top of the white fabric in the quilt and i just popped. I was SO tempted to take the full sized quilt apart but I haven't. It is still waiting for the quilting to be finalized. (That was about 8 years ago.)
So if nothing else, I suggest you audition the 2 before making a decision.
So if nothing else, I suggest you audition the 2 before making a decision.
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