Grandpa's Bridges with or without orange??
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Everything you have has texture in the fabric but the orange doesn't. How about just a 1/4" of orange around the brown border of the embroidered block?? You might try a tree green with you blocks of sashing instead. Give it a try and see how it looks.
#6
Thank you, I was gonna add in different spots in the strips. These strips are cut 2" sewn together in strips of 8 and should measure 12 1/2" but mine are about 13 1/2" 8=16" sewn together there minus 2" so they come out 14" so have to sew them again? make sense?
#7
I understood your plan to put random orange rectangles in your piano key sashing. I think the real focus point should be the beautiful needle work panels and any "pop" of color should completely enhance and draw the eye to those, not serve as a competing focus point. It is going to be beautiful however you decide though.
#8
Okay, I am sorry, but I can't see where it sets off the bridges which took hours and hours to do. If you want an orange how about a soft coral? Or going the other way, adding a accent colored orange into the barn blocks? Or maybe use it sparingly to surround the blocks?
I wrote this before I read the second page. I am thinking we had the same reaction Kassaundra.
I wrote this before I read the second page. I am thinking we had the same reaction Kassaundra.
Last edited by RedGarnet222; 07-24-2016 at 08:58 AM.
#9
I would also use a very narrow orange in the sashing, AND for the binding. That bit of color gives life to a very brown quilt. I'd also eliminate the top brown fabric in your stack, because it is too similar to your sashing.
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