Floral Applique blocks all assembled
04-17-2011, 11:55 AM
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Well I've got them all together and now I'm stumped by how to finish this. It's already 80 x 65. I'll finish the raw edge by continuing the narrow dark green edge all around. Beyond that I don't know whether to go Brown, tan or green Floral? All the greens I have seem a bit agressive. Suggestions?
And while you're pondering this joy let me pass on the LIFE lessons I learned since I last posted the individual blocks.
NEVER SEW WHILE YOU HAVE THE FLU.
Tired of lying in bed... stay there.
1. If you get up to pursue a leisure hobby ..... hubby assumes you're going to make dinner.
2. Trifocals make ALL straight lines curved.
3. While some blocks are omnidirectional, alphabet blocks can only go in one way up.
4. There always were and always will be 26 blocks in the alphabet. Left overs are not allowed.
5. Material can only be riped out so many times before its begins to disintigrate before your eyes.
Thus endeth the lessons from the month of March.
ps. My husband thinks the pansies look angry!!
And while you're pondering this joy let me pass on the LIFE lessons I learned since I last posted the individual blocks.
NEVER SEW WHILE YOU HAVE THE FLU.
Tired of lying in bed... stay there.
1. If you get up to pursue a leisure hobby ..... hubby assumes you're going to make dinner.
2. Trifocals make ALL straight lines curved.
3. While some blocks are omnidirectional, alphabet blocks can only go in one way up.
4. There always were and always will be 26 blocks in the alphabet. Left overs are not allowed.
5. Material can only be riped out so many times before its begins to disintigrate before your eyes.
Thus endeth the lessons from the month of March.
ps. My husband thinks the pansies look angry!!
04-17-2011, 12:01 PM
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Looks fabulous! The green is vibrant. Aggressive?-must be the flu talking. I agree with a narrow deep green inner border. Then audition your other border options. Chuckling at how family thinks sewing/quilting means all better, full-service mom is back.
04-17-2011, 02:08 PM
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Do you have more of the white? I'd sash the outside edges just like the rest of the quilt. That sashing would take well to leaf quilting, I think. Then I'd finish with a small tan border that could be beautifully quilted with flowers.
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