I'm making a lap quilt out of Maywood Woolies flannel (wonderful fabric by the way) and here's my dilemma: I have a 6" block that I bordered with green and the green is just too dark - the block doesn't "pop" and I don't want to rip all 9 blocks apart and start with a new color. (I'm kicking myself for not rehearsing other colors before I did all that work, but that's another story.) My idea is to use ribbon to make a flange with a brighter color so that just 1/8" of the green shows, then there would be the ribbon flange, and then I would continue by adding on another border. I thought the ribbon - maybe grosgrain? - would be a nice texture and would add some interest. I don't want to use more flannel because the flange would be pretty thick.
Has anyone ever used ribbon as a flange? Or, any ideas on how to minimize my mistake and make this block pop without having to rip out the green border that's already on?