Fall Star Block Swap 12.5 inch
02-18-2018, 06:42 PM
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ArmyLady-If you have decided on background colors to be Sandy Tan or Hot Chocolate colored fabric you may want to edit your first post to say that instead of cream so that everyone is on board as they sign up. Just a thought. 
02-18-2018, 07:54 PM
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If everyone wants to use a cream color, that's fine with me. :-)
In a swap sampler quilt often the backgrounds are not the same for every block. Backgrounds look nice with a fabric that is a blender, a solid, a tone on tone, or a small print that reads as one color... Variety can be nice! :-) Anyway, color is interpreted differently by individuals.
The reply box on this page looks cream to me. The post ends up on a background of what looks like dark cream. The 'blog this post, reply, reply with quote' line looks like a very pale tan, and the line with the date on it looks light tan. But my monitor may have way different shades of color than yours! And what I think looks like tan may seem cream to you and vice versa! :-)
In a swap sampler quilt often the backgrounds are not the same for every block. Backgrounds look nice with a fabric that is a blender, a solid, a tone on tone, or a small print that reads as one color... Variety can be nice! :-) Anyway, color is interpreted differently by individuals.
The reply box on this page looks cream to me. The post ends up on a background of what looks like dark cream. The 'blog this post, reply, reply with quote' line looks like a very pale tan, and the line with the date on it looks light tan. But my monitor may have way different shades of color than yours! And what I think looks like tan may seem cream to you and vice versa! :-)
02-19-2018, 11:38 AM
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[ATTACH=CONFIG]589414[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]589415[/ATTACH]Here is maybe a reference point. This is a bolt of Moda Marbles which I think reads a little dark or maybe too yellow. I put that pattern cover on for reference but it was sort of shinny and did not come through that well.
I thought every one did real well with WOW as they were all spot on and all different.
Givio, how did you cut those setting triangles?
Marcia
I thought every one did real well with WOW as they were all spot on and all different.
Givio, how did you cut those setting triangles?
Marcia
02-19-2018, 12:55 PM
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Yes, teals, aquas, turquoises blend with autumn colors very well! All secondary colors with browns in the mix are lovely for fall. Another mentioned a night sky for a background, which is a fun idea as well. In order for a block to have an autumn feel, probably there should be a mix of colors, not just one color. For example a block that is yellow (gold) and pink (salmon) won't look like fall, but add in olive greens and browns, then it will. Here is a googled image:
02-19-2018, 02:47 PM
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The marbled Moda fabric is pretty! A golden yellow would be lovely.
BattleAxe, I think post #864 in the Churn Dash thread I wrote to you: "BattleAxe, Setting triangles for 12" blocks = for side triangles, 18 1/4" square cut in half diagonally twice; for corner triangles, 9 3/8" square cut in half diagonally once." I consider this a ball park size-- it's from a list I have for 'On Point Setting Triangles' on a manufactured tool.
If you want to use a stripe like I did, then you could cut a paper triangle pattern to lay over your pieced fabric that consists of a stripe sewn to another fabric (either add the fabric on the top or bottom of the stripe, my stripe was at the bottom/base of the triangle), then cut the sewn stripe/fabric to the size of the paper pattern. Please pay attention to having the stripe always in the same place on the triangle-- you cannot flip the paper pattern to continue the cuts and save fabric. It's like you are cutting two sets of triangles for two different quilt tops. But if you cut the stripe alone (and sew to the fabric later), and the stripe looks the same rightside-up as it does upside-down, then you could flip the paper pattern.
BattleAxe, I think post #864 in the Churn Dash thread I wrote to you: "BattleAxe, Setting triangles for 12" blocks = for side triangles, 18 1/4" square cut in half diagonally twice; for corner triangles, 9 3/8" square cut in half diagonally once." I consider this a ball park size-- it's from a list I have for 'On Point Setting Triangles' on a manufactured tool.
If you want to use a stripe like I did, then you could cut a paper triangle pattern to lay over your pieced fabric that consists of a stripe sewn to another fabric (either add the fabric on the top or bottom of the stripe, my stripe was at the bottom/base of the triangle), then cut the sewn stripe/fabric to the size of the paper pattern. Please pay attention to having the stripe always in the same place on the triangle-- you cannot flip the paper pattern to continue the cuts and save fabric. It's like you are cutting two sets of triangles for two different quilt tops. But if you cut the stripe alone (and sew to the fabric later), and the stripe looks the same rightside-up as it does upside-down, then you could flip the paper pattern.
Last edited by givio; 02-19-2018 at 03:00 PM.
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