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Old 08-11-2017, 01:37 PM
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Prism99
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Of the 3 patterns you posted, I think the first one would work best for your fabrics. However, an easier pattern that would look very good with your low volume fabrics would be "bricks". If you scroll (it's a long scroll) down the following page until you get to the "value bricks" photo you can see an example here:
https://jacquietps.wordpress.com/page/5/

Here are directions for a brick pattern:
http://www.allpeoplequilt.com/quilt-...nd-blue-bricks

The above bricks are quite large (5" x 8.5"). Larger bricks make for less sewing, so go faster. However, you could also make the bricks smaller -- say, 4" x 7".

A fast way to make a brick quilt is to sew strips of bricks together into rows, line them up, then shorten the end brick on every other row to get the stagger effect. What is nice about the bricks pattern is that there is no matching of seams.

Of the 3 patterns you posted, the first would work; however, it can be a bit tricky to sew that many seams together, especially when sewing one column to the next column. Even though you don't need to match seams, there are many opportunities for the edges to stretch and distort while you are sewing. Bricks would be easier. The second pattern would work, but again would take longer to make. The third might work, but the original relies on a lot of contrast between the middle and edges. It will look considerably different with your fabrics, because you have very little contrast in value. I'm thinking it could still look good in low volume fabrics -- just different.

Edit: A jelly roll pattern would probably work really well too. There are lots of Youtube videos that show how to do a "jelly roll race" quilt. (The race part is optional!) The only tricky part of a jelly roll race is the proportions you end up with. Best to research that before starting.

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