opinions requested, purple batik quilt borders
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opinions requested, purple batik quilt borders
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL, I haven't been on the board for a few months, but I have been busy. Last fall, I requested scraps of purple batiks and the response from the quilters on this board was awesome. Think I have enough to do 2 purple quilts. And the grands will love that, think they all love purple. Anyway, the blocks are set on an off white background, and have the same for the borders. I have gotten 4 blocks done, and laid them out on Friday, and thought that is really dull. So, today, when I looked at it again, I still had the same impression, so I laid out scrappy strips of purple and my husband agrees that the blocks show up better. So now I am coming to more experts for their opinions. Please let me know what you think.
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Now this next one is with the purple borders.
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Now this next one is with the purple borders.
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We're probably not going to be much help because we all have different views. It's probably the same with your grands. I liked it a lot without the purple sashing, but agree that having a light border before the purple sashing would float your wonderful blocks. My first thought was, Boy, that's a lot of work, but I guess a 3 strip sashing of light, purple, light wouldn't be so hard.
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Love the blocks. Do you fmq? you could do some wonderful quilting if there were no sashing. I like how the blocks show up with no distraction with out the sashing. But you are seeing in person which makes such a difference.
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