Advice needed!
11-29-2010, 05:43 PM
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I am in the middle of this project and it is not quite as I expected!
This was a mystery quilt project and I absolutely love the colours I chose which are a cream with light purple, a pattern and two lovely purple fabrics one light and one dark.
The sections have been going together very well but as it was a very complicated design I got a bit behind so a lot of mine is not yet sewn together into the larger blocks which are then set on point. I am grateful for this! I have just seen the final project and all I can see are.............................. I will leave you to decide!
Now my question is how do I go about working out a new design with the fabrics as they are all cut and some put together? I cannot afford to just 'file' it away as a ufo as the fabrics cost me over $100 canadian! I love the ribbon border but the rest is ........just a bit spooky! lol
Any suggestions on where to start will be most appreciated!
This was a mystery quilt project and I absolutely love the colours I chose which are a cream with light purple, a pattern and two lovely purple fabrics one light and one dark.
The sections have been going together very well but as it was a very complicated design I got a bit behind so a lot of mine is not yet sewn together into the larger blocks which are then set on point. I am grateful for this! I have just seen the final project and all I can see are.............................. I will leave you to decide!
Now my question is how do I go about working out a new design with the fabrics as they are all cut and some put together? I cannot afford to just 'file' it away as a ufo as the fabrics cost me over $100 canadian! I love the ribbon border but the rest is ........just a bit spooky! lol
Any suggestions on where to start will be most appreciated!
11-29-2010, 05:50 PM
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I see what you mean as well. Looks like little aliens. If I understand you correctly, you have made the blocks but not pieced them together yet. Place them all on a table, design wall, whatever you have and start turning a few of the blocks around. Rhonda has a great tutorial on turning blocks and you can see how many different looks you get with the same blocks and just turning them around. The ribbon border is great and I am sure you can make this work.
11-29-2010, 05:53 PM
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Good advice.
Originally Posted by np3
I see what you mean as well. Looks like little aliens. If I understand you correctly, you have made the blocks but not pieced them together yet. Place them all on a table, design wall, whatever you have and start turning a few of the blocks around. Rhonda has a great tutorial on turning blocks and you can see how many different looks you get with the same blocks and just turning them around. The ribbon border is great and I am sure you can make this work.
11-29-2010, 06:00 PM
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LOL if you look at just the pointy row of blocks look at the single green square it looks like a lady sitting with a cone bra on! I love the border but see what you mean I would try turning that row of blocks in different ways for a different look too.
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