More opinions needed on the basket quilt
#82
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Join Date: Jan 2011
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Originally Posted by addy
I think you may be right - the baskets do disappear. Pale yellow may be too insipid. How about the green in the border? I guess you just have to try different variations until you are happy.
#85
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Join Date: May 2010
Posts: 947
I think you can remedy the overwhelmingness of the orange sashing with some carefully considered quilting. If you chose to do fairly close FMQ in a lighter (even off white) thread on the sashing, that will help it recede into being a frame again, and if your quilting on the basket is far more minimal, they will poof a bit and come to the forefront as you look at the quilt.
In the final analysis though, it's your quilt, your vision, and you make the decisions. You're not going to be happy with your end product if you try to make it a democratic consensus process.
RST
In the final analysis though, it's your quilt, your vision, and you make the decisions. You're not going to be happy with your end product if you try to make it a democratic consensus process.
RST
#87
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: USA
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I love the colors, especially the border fabric, I do think the sashing is a bit bright for the blocks, it is a beautiful color but too much, maybe pickup one of the lighter greens. If that is all you have to rip out it won't be too bad and save them for another project. I think the blocks are great and can't wait to see the finished project. Nice job.
#89
Originally Posted by RST
In the final analysis though, it's your quilt, your vision, and you make the decisions. You're not going to be happy with your end product if you try to make it a democratic consensus process.
RST
RST
Last night while I was groaning and sighing with indecision my husband said, "Just redo it. You're obviously not happy with it like it is. It's unlikely you'll be any happier with it when it's completed and then it will be impossible to redo." He added, "When I make my quilts, I make sure my colors are right before I start sewing." Oh good grief, what a dork! :roll: (He absolutely has never sewn a single seam in his life by the way)
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