So my brother sends me 40 pics he wants on a quilt, and wants it done in blue flannel. You can tell a man picked the pictures, none of them really sweet and cuddly, but things that are important to his wife. So, because the flannel ravels so badly I use a full 5/8 seem. Because there are so many pics, I just treat each one as a
block, centering each on a 9x9 white block. kinda looks like an old fashioned photo album. putting them side by side with sashing between. Matching the blue to the most common blue in the pics. I get it all assembled, and quilt police (aka my nieghbor who has never done a quilt) come in. She starts in: why not use this yellow or this green instead of blue? or how about a nice floral? Why so many pictures? that makes the quilt look too busy and fussy! NO ONE uses 5/8 seems in a quilt! YOU need to take A QUILTING CLASS. you know NOTHING. But my dsil loved it, cried as she identified each picture. Quilt Police, GO AWAY!