Originally Posted by illinois
Would you like this better if you put the light strip in the middle so the brown frames the larger block? Maybe the white is too strong compared to the other colors.
I thought about that too, and I think I would like it better with the white in the middle...but I don't have the time or energy to not only tear apart the rows already sewn together, but also tear apart all of the other blocks too...*sigh* My reason for putting the brown in the middle is because I saw a WW quilt where one of the bordering fabrics was very similar to the large block fabric and they really blended together, which in my eye, defeated the purpose of the pattern. I didn't want that to happen to my browns, thus the white. I'm going to bind it with the white too, and I'm thinking it will maybe pull some of the drama out of those white framing strips! LOL
Now that I have a bit more of it sewn, and the pattern is showing through more, I'm liking it better, and starting to see the bigger picture...I'm going to finish it and hope the love returns. I really do love each of the fabrics separately, and I really think my MIL will love it, too.