Janice McC

Beautiful block, GramE. FYI, I did not design any portion of that quilt layout. It was a LQS BOM (block of the month) from a quiltshop more than a decade ago. The layout is one of two options designed by the person who created the BOM. I don’t recall her name but will post it when I return home later today. Btw, the centers of each block are 6 inches and the whole block finishes at 12.

Cheesehead

GramE, that block is just beautiful!

terriamn

Gram E your star turned out fabulous.

Janice McC

The BOM was designed by Susan Garman. It was called The Kinship Series. The setting was by Vicki McGowan and Kathy Johnson. I didn’t want anyone to think I was Taking credit for the designs. Btw, the black print will be attached in 8 pieces and mitered at the corners and both sides of the middle blocks on the side. It’ll look something like this but of course completely around. I’m still adjusting blocks.
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Kassaundra

I'm working on a border today having a design dilemma

I like the triangles and the inset diamonds but not sure what I should do for the main border color.

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GramE

What about the light green?

GramE

I did understand that this was a BOM design. I really like the way the half square triangles made another star! I like metered corners but find i’m better at them when I do them regularly. Every now and then isn’t enough to keep it etched into my brain. And I got a UFO out a while back and had to put it away it was frustrating me so. Every seam was a different size it seemed.

Janice McC

GramE, I was very surprised to discover how off my blocks were. I recall sewing them and thinking their size was quite good. Umm. No! Only one could loosely be called 12 1/2 inches. Very loosely! Lol. It’s frustrating dealing with all the different sizes so I’ve resorted to something I never do...spraying them and stretching them. A bad way to compensate but if I have to fix them all, they’ll never get done. This one will be a “good enough” quilt. This one time good enough will just have to be good enough.

Kass, your blocks are beautiful and soft but I am helpless with border colors. Had I done this, I’d have played it super safe and pulled from the block colors for borders. You went bolder with the insets which are very interesting btw but I don’t know now what colors would work for the border. Someone more experienced with color can probably help. I look forward to seeing your solution.

terriamn

Kass I like the yellow but that could be because I can see so much more of it

jaba

I agree, yellow is what I would use