plainpat

Actually there's not a lot of orange...it's my camera being too close.I've never ever bought orange fabric & don't intend to LOL
This fabric is more Mardi Gras & will go to 1st DD that speaks up.Not my colors at all....but should make a nice OBW.

k3n

Also, with OBW, you can reduce or enhance the dominance of a colour by how you design the layout. If you group all the dominant orange blocks together (like I have, top left) they'll make more of an 'orange statement' than if you spread them about through the quilt. I'm partial to the turquoise-blue in the fabric so I've given that the starring role by putting it central and will probably enhance this further in my choice of border colour. :-D

plainpat

Keep those tips coming... can use all I can find.

JoanneS

I'm enjoying every post on this thread. I'm up to my ears on my current project, or I'd be trying to find this fabric to join you all!

QM

I am looking forward to seeing the quilts finished, but my own first OBW will be from a different fabric.

plainpat

LOL....my 1st attempt at OBW lasted all of 5 blocks.The fabric just wasn't me & didn't want to waste more fabric.This fabric is also far from my personal taste, but I'm betting either DD or Grdau will claim it.

k3n

Mental image of Joanne sinking in fabric! :lol: Not a bad way to go though! :-D

Pat, at least your trial fabric showed how it goes. So not a waste! I've pieced my blocks into rows to stop myself fiddling with the layout anymore but I've got a bargello WIP out to keep me busy while you all catch up so no rush! :D :D :D

plainpat

I'm bad at "fiddlin" with blocks. Does this color look right next to that one, or better on another row? Maybe that's why I do mostly scrappy....or as DH says,"all my quilts look alike". :D :D

k3n

Oh ohhh! You're going to have so much fun when you come to do your layout then! I swear I swap the blocks around so much that by the end they probably end up back where they started! Then DH comes in and says 'can I make a suggestion?' and I say 'NO!' :twisted: :lol: :lol: :lol: That's when I join the blocks into rows - can't fiddle anymore without unsewing! :-D

sandpat

I thought the "fiddling" was one of the best parts of making the OBW...:lol: I could do that for days!