Iceblossom

The indecision is real in this one! Yikes, hit the brakes, just when I thought I had it all figured out....

I started thinking about the fabrics we have/choose/use and how my back influenced the adding of the purple to the quilt as well as the polka dots and bold fabric choices. I went to look at how my aquas went with the back and they were all pretty horrible But then something one of my Tuesday ladies said clicked in my mind about purple.

I don't think it photographs well, it is a basic royal purple and not as blue as it appears to me.

That's the back at one side of the top, the aqua choices on the other and some random blocks on the dark purple background.

I like contrast -- my pale choice had a lot going for it in a lot of ways. The other shot is a background I pulled back at halloween as a "dark horse" potential for the aqua. Had I chosen softer more traditional florals for the pinks that this actually holds up to the white just fine. It's shown at a 2" grid.

joe'smom

Iceblossom, looking at this last pair of photos, the left hand photo, I would eliminate the group of three greens that sit under the aqua. I think the brightness of the aqua and olfa greens make them compatible with your backing, even though they aren't represented in hue. I don't care for the print in the photo on the right.

So my finalists are the aqua and olfa; I don't really care for the purple, because I think a contrasting hue for the sashing gives more punch.

I think my own preference is the aqua, but I think both olfa and aqua work well.

Siodach

aawww, you say the nicest things, lol. But you’ve left out half the story! All the wonderful things you've done for me!
That first meeting was awesome, we discovered we had so much in common, despite living half a world away from each other. I’m sure I’m a better quilter because of the lovely extras you’ve sent my way. I think the single thing I treasure the most is no bigger than a matchbox - a wee box of double-headed pins which reminds me of you every time I use them (which is often, lol). Such a simple thing, but so useful.

You’re also partially responsible for what has become a minor obsession in this house. If I were to whisper the word “featherweight”….. To come back on topic, this mystery has so far been pieced exclusively on one of (too many) I’ve tracked down during lockdown……

hugs to you Sandra
K

SusieQOH

Sandra and Kate- what a wonderful story! Thanks for sharing it.

Mumto2

Sandra and Kate, what a lovely story! I met one of my best friends thanks to a homeschooling board. Our family’s have gotten together many times over the years and have a wonderful time together. We have actually spent time together in Scotland when my family was living in England.

audsgirl

I agree with everything you said, joe'smom. I don't have a horse in this race, since I'm not participating, but I know how difficult it can be sometimes to arrive at a solution that feels perfect, so I hope it helps.

Leslie

Sandra-P

Well what is worse than seeing that you put an hourglass block in wrong? Ripping it out and resewing it and seeing you put it back in the exact same wrong way! Yes, I did this last night. I was just laughing telling hubby that I had done such a thing before in other projects then I go and do it! Put it away till this morning and got it right. Geez. Progress so far. I am getting kind of tired with this part. Want to move on to the flying geese. Is anyone else making this larger by putting a border on it and if so would you please share with me how you are doing that?

Iceblossom

This morning I am back to leaning towards the Olfa green. The biggest issue is the purple is too close to the garnet and it gets muddy around the cornerstones. Hoping my solid white arrives today... maybe having the setting triangles will help me out. On the non-artistic side of design considerations, I have a cousin who believes I should work more in purple (her favorite color) and then give her the quilts and this quilt doesn't have a designated home yet.

I'm thinking today I'm going to do something different and start putting my border units together. That also might make a final sashing decision a bit easier.

Sandra-P -- I do the fix/make the same error so often it isn't even funny... Is even worse that I prefer to do all of a step at a time so typically I have tons to redo.

For me and the Butterflies -- I've spent so much time picking up and putting down blocks that I can see/understand the design issues. When I step back though, whether I have them turned "correctly" or all the same way, or even different ways, what I mostly see is the diagonal lines and it takes me quite a bit of effort on what doesn't look right. I tried to do my layout correctly, I'll try to put my blocks together correctly -- but most likely I'm going to leave it in if I make a mistake.

SusieQOH

Sandra, I'm going to copy your way of arranging the hourglass blocks. I like it a lot better.
Oh yes, I've done the same mistake twice many times lol.

toverly

Sandra-P, I am slogging thru this part too. I am finally at the second corner. It's raining today so maybe I can get thru it. I am debating about the outside border. It doesn't seem to need it. But they are made so maybe? Still on the fence.