When busy quilts attack - please help me de-busy this Batman quilt!
#1
A few months ago, I purchased Superman and Batman fabric to make matching quilts for my 2 friends who are dating. I made the Superman quilt (http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-106192-1.htm) and love it. I finished the individual blocks for Batman, laid it out to start pinning, and OMG it's busy. And I don't think it's tolerable busy, but more of a shield your eyes and run away busy :cry:
So I would appreciate suggestions on what to do. I don't want to start seam ripping perfectly good seams. I'd rather find a way to adjust the block layout or ...? to calm this baby down.
Pictures: 1st one is the whole quilt. The borders will go all the way around, I just wanted to get a rough idea if they would be enough to calm the quilt.
Pic 2: Close up of one section, showing the blocks in greater detail.
Pic 3: The individual block. So whatever adjustments happen, I want the blocks to be left in tact.
Thank you!
So I would appreciate suggestions on what to do. I don't want to start seam ripping perfectly good seams. I'd rather find a way to adjust the block layout or ...? to calm this baby down.
Pictures: 1st one is the whole quilt. The borders will go all the way around, I just wanted to get a rough idea if they would be enough to calm the quilt.
Pic 2: Close up of one section, showing the blocks in greater detail.
Pic 3: The individual block. So whatever adjustments happen, I want the blocks to be left in tact.
Thank you!
OMG, shield your eyes and run away!! I think the bat signals look like ants :D
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Not so busy
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Really nice
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#3
Originally Posted by IrelandDragonQuilting
How about putting a black strip between the blocks perhaps that might work?
Here's with a black border too
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#7
Originally Posted by kathy
I agree, it needs some solid dark somewhere within the body so I guess sashings , unless you want to use a solid dark as alternate blocks, maybe quilt the batman logo in it.
#8
Originally Posted by LucyInTheSky
Originally Posted by IrelandDragonQuilting
How about putting a black strip between the blocks perhaps that might work?
#10
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I know you want to keep those blocks intact, but that black border really needs to be around the Batman squares in order to be effective.
Leaving it where you now have it, around the blocks. just makes breaks up your one busy quilt top into 20 busy blocks.
All three fabrics are the pretty close in value, which is why you can't distinguish any one of them.
If it were my quilt, I'd surround the squares with black and them maybe blue to give it some more interest.
Then put the the other fabrics around them to make a bigger block.
You might have to do some recutting, but those squares would really show well.
Leaving it where you now have it, around the blocks. just makes breaks up your one busy quilt top into 20 busy blocks.
All three fabrics are the pretty close in value, which is why you can't distinguish any one of them.
If it were my quilt, I'd surround the squares with black and them maybe blue to give it some more interest.
Then put the the other fabrics around them to make a bigger block.
You might have to do some recutting, but those squares would really show well.
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