Thread: need some advice on background fabric and sashing option

I like the subtle red print fabric the best. It will add a little pattern to the quilt without overwhelming the pictures.

Thanks everyone! many good tips and input.

First of all, I too love the solid red and your setting of the blocks is really wonderful. I am sure you will be tweaking that as you go but over all, I like the looks of it and the blocks stand out nicely. Looks like your son got a scholarship since his "other ride is a scholarship". Was it for Harvard?

Secondly, the term "organic synthesis chemist" seems to contain words that are at odds with each other. What does he actually do? Hope you get to visit him in CA.

Originally Posted by KLO

First of all, I too love the solid red and your setting of the blocks is really wonderful. I am sure you will be tweaking that as you go but over all, I like the looks of it and the blocks stand out nicely. Looks like your son got a scholarship since his "other ride is a scholarship". Was it for Harvard?

Secondly, the term "organic synthesis chemist" seems to contain words that are at odds with each other. What does he actually do? Hope you get to visit him in CA.

Hi, KLO:

Thanks for the input. My son won some scholarships (AXA, Coca-Cola, Intel STS) during his high school year. These scholarships are different from what he got from Harvard, which is financial needed based (not merit based). The t-shirt was an old one from his high school period that has nothing to do with Harvard financial Aid.

I should make his professional more clear. He synthesis organic molecules for drug discovery use - pharma industry.

I visited his place during Thanksgiving and it was nice to be away from ND.

Thanks for the message. Happy holiday!

Originally Posted by ND-Mom

Hi, KLO:

Thanks for the input. My son won some scholarships (AXA, Coca-Cola, Intel STS) during his high school year. These scholarships are different from what he got from Harvard, which is financial needed based (not merit based). The t-shirt was an old one from his high school period that has nothing to do with Harvard financial Aid.

I should make his professional more clear. He synthesis organic molecules for drug discovery use - pharma industry.

I visited his place during Thanksgiving and it was nice to be away from ND.

Thanks for the message. Happy holiday!

Thanks for clearing that up for me. We certainly need people like him. Glad to hear that you got to visit him already. It's almost always nice to get away once in a while. I have been saving up t-shirts for years now for all three of my kids. I need to do something with them sooner rather than later at this point. I really do like the way yours is shaping up. It's more interesting having different sizes mixed up on the top. And a very Happy Holiday to you also!

I like the bottom red best..u could just space the center line a little farther apart..wouldn't have to add more..by moving them all a little down..the space would be fill in..in my opinion the top red is too busy with all the rest u have going on..it pulls away from the pictures and etc..if u do a border..I would stick to small print..or u could use the top red for the border.

Originally Posted by Kassaundra

I like the picture album layout w/ the solid background /sashing the best. You could accentuate that idea by putting a narrow border around each block (maybe ocre yellow ) and a corner triangle in black in each corner like the old scrap album corners

Like these.

Thanks Kassaundra! What a great idea for enhance the picture frame for each block! I love it!

I like the top one - red With an added border