This is quilt number 3 for me - so I'm looking to you for help. This is the best constructed of my projects - I'm trainable - but is the weakest design. I didn't realize until it was all together how it looks when the solid block is the same fabric as part of the rail block. Yes, I saw it as I was sewing, but didn't realize how it would look when completed. My question is: Would it help to use a red zigzag stitch around each of the blocks when I quilt it? Would this define each block better? Then I could also quilt diagonally through the solid blocks - should that also be zigzag if the rest is? This is not a quilt that will get a lot of use - it's for a secret pal for our Christmas revealing party. It is 46X46 inches. The back is solid red - in the dark shade you see here - with a 5 inch strip of the green border fabric on each side since my red wasn't large enough.
My other two quilts I labored over the placement of each block. This time I thought I had a clear enough image in my head that ... I just sewed away. So ... THAT'S a lesson learned!
Okay - educate me and help me make the best of this, please!
a closer look at the Christmas fabric - Fruitcake/Moda for the body. Walmart for the borders.
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This side looks pretty good. Not sure the greens really match, but close...
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Here's the problem area.
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