your opinion please
09-20-2014, 09:42 AM
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Originally Posted by Barb in Louisiana
I like the border you chose but find that the scale of the border doesn't match the scale of the blocks. In other words, the applique in the border is too small. It just doesn't look right to me. I would pick some of the larger leaves from the blocks you have already done and use that size, even if it means you have to use less of them. You do have small leaves in some of the blocks, but the larger leaves and heavier flowers are what I focus on when I look at your quilt.
FYI....it is an absolutely beautiful quilt.
FYI....it is an absolutely beautiful quilt.
09-20-2014, 10:09 AM
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Thank you all for your input, I think you are right Barb, the scale is small, I think I will applique 3 roses (slightly larger) on each corner and then three sets of roses on the long sides
09-20-2014, 10:34 AM
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Wow....i love your quilt. You just inspired me to maybe...possibly start my Christmas Baltimore :-)
Of course this is just my personal take on this and at the end it is your quilt, your efforts, and you are the owner who will be admiring it every day, but there is something about the border that is distracting me from the blocks. I can't really pinpoint but i guess i am seeing a wall of the prairie points that is separating the blocks from the border (clear as mud?)lol
Hope i made some sense to you and well done on a beautiful work
Of course this is just my personal take on this and at the end it is your quilt, your efforts, and you are the owner who will be admiring it every day, but there is something about the border that is distracting me from the blocks. I can't really pinpoint but i guess i am seeing a wall of the prairie points that is separating the blocks from the border (clear as mud?)lol
Hope i made some sense to you and well done on a beautiful work
09-20-2014, 10:36 AM
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Originally Posted by rosiewell
Thank you all for your input, I think you are right Barb, the scale is small, I think I will applique 3 roses (slightly larger) on each corner and then three sets of roses on the long sides
09-20-2014, 12:03 PM
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Originally Posted by QuiltnNan
the border is great... but put the 'heavy' ends together in the opposite corners. then to tie it in a little more, i'd put a red binding on it.
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