Thread: Advice on ABC quilt, please.

Working on a baby quilt for a special friend's daughter but I need advice. I have cut the ABC panel apart and added the green w/stars fabric between the blocks to brighten things up. Now trying to decide whether to add the colorful stripe fabric (which will also be the backing fabric) between the rows OR stay with the green stars between rows.

I am thinking of adding a stripe border around the panel with a 2nd border of the green stars. Since my backing fabric (the stripe) will need to be wider, I need to add some of the green ... but not sure where I'm going with that right now. Ha!

I'm not "thin skinned" so all suggestions are appreciated. And a "thanks" to Quilting Haven who posted a quilt with this panel back in April. The mother-to-be is a teacher and I think she will like this little "learning/play" quilt.

I like the panel without the stripe. I think the stripe draws the eye away from the cute blocks. For the back, you could cut the stripe in 2 and just add a strip of green the width you need. It doesn't matter where you cut it. It would look nice either symmetrical or asymmetrical.

Originally Posted by katier825

I like the panel without the stripe. I think the stripe draws the eye away from the cute blocks. For the back, you could cut the stripe in 2 and just add a strip of green the width you need. It doesn't matter where you cut it. It would look nice either symmetrical or asymmetrical.

----- I concur. -----

Originally Posted by katier825

I like the panel without the stripe. I think the stripe draws the eye away from the cute blocks. For the back, you could cut the stripe in 2 and just add a strip of green the width you need. It doesn't matter where you cut it. It would look nice either symmetrical or asymmetrical.

I agree with katier825. Keep all sashings alike.

I prefer without the stripe. Love the panel.

I agree with everyone else ... super cute, but too distracting. Also, I was thinking the same thing as OhCanada, that it would look great as a binding (or if you trim it down by at least half as a thin border -- but binding would really be cute -- on bias or on grain).