Grandma does really good work. She used to always have hand work going whenever she was still and her stitching is amazingly even. I'm not sure she had a full quilt planned when she started. She could have just been doing blocks she liked and planned to figure the rest out later, but there is clearly marked stacks of 3 sets of four. This is flannel fused with an iron with buttonhole stitched edges and some french knot details (there might be more, but mostly french knots).
I also apparently need to start making quilts fast. These cardboard boxes she covered with contact paper are her main organizational system and this isn't the only "quilt in a box" she has.
I've been looking at different sashing styles and layouts. She has implied that she finds "traditional sampler" styles a bit boring. We also agreed that while we loved the blocks on point on the cover of one of her books that I might not be ready for that. The other thing that she mentioned is that there is a bright orange/pink/coral in the autumn set that she hasn't worked with much before and is really enjoying. So I'd love to bring some sunset colors into that set of blocks and really accent that.
So while I've been searching around for the perfect sashing combination that isn't too boring or too loud I have this other idea in the back of my head of an Irish Chain style giving the illusion of blocks on point. I've thought that it was too complicated with a 10 inch block and kept coming back to it a few times, so tell me what you think and feel free too be blunt
So I saw these
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And I remembered I could get the look of on point without triangles. I also thought of this quilt
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And thought it could be the perfect combination of air space and color that could bring out those bright coral colors. Basically I would do chain squares with cream/off white tonal background that doesn't necessarily match the background of the embroidery but blends. I was originally thinking each stripe one color, but the scrappy general brightness of this I think might be better at letting the blocks be the star.
This is the closest I could find to what I'm envisioning.
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So let me know your thoughts. Do you think that not having the background material match will spoil the look? How difficult is this going to be with 10" squares (if they were 9 this would be a no brainer) Anything else that I'm possibly not thinking of?