HELP WITH HIDEOUS YELLOW
#14
Originally Posted by ghostrider
I would stay with the marbles, not adding any florals or prints at all. And, in my opinion, beige and/or brown would just look like mud with those brights.
I'd go with the same dark blue as sashing then a narrow border of the light blue and a wide border of the dark blue again. Another obvious choice is a black marble in one wide border with the dark blue as sashing. The blue will balance the yellow without making it look sickly (or sickening).
I actually like the colors. :oops:
I'd go with the same dark blue as sashing then a narrow border of the light blue and a wide border of the dark blue again. Another obvious choice is a black marble in one wide border with the dark blue as sashing. The blue will balance the yellow without making it look sickly (or sickening).
I actually like the colors. :oops:
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Originally Posted by Lisa_wanna_b_quilter
I think black would look good, but I don't think the yellow looks bad. I love bright colors bordered with black. They really pop.
#17
Remember when it all gets quilted that the color of the thread used there can also help detract from the yellow.
A friend just finished a similar BOM project. She used a solid sorta marbled color for every other block, used one of the block colors [not yellow!] as sashing, and put the whole thing on pointe. It came out looking great. The every other blocks and sashing really toned down the yellow.
Then the quilting will also help.
ali
A friend just finished a similar BOM project. She used a solid sorta marbled color for every other block, used one of the block colors [not yellow!] as sashing, and put the whole thing on pointe. It came out looking great. The every other blocks and sashing really toned down the yellow.
Then the quilting will also help.
ali
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Originally Posted by quiltmouse
LOL! Sorry! what a prediciment. So you have blocks for complete quilt, but no sashing? Or is the pic all the blocks you have?
The fabrics are all blenders, do you have a stash fabric that has 2 or more of the colors? A blue? A green? Sash it in that? No stash? buy a bold geometric or a floral that picks up the colors.
If those handful of blocks are all you have, sew them together & give as a baby gift. I like to make tummy time mats. Very heavy quilts that wont scrunch up when baby wiggles. Usually back with denim for the weight/stability. A baby will love your bright colors. (and won't know they are "ugly" :-D )
sorry about duplicate info, see I was typing from the first post only....
The fabrics are all blenders, do you have a stash fabric that has 2 or more of the colors? A blue? A green? Sash it in that? No stash? buy a bold geometric or a floral that picks up the colors.
If those handful of blocks are all you have, sew them together & give as a baby gift. I like to make tummy time mats. Very heavy quilts that wont scrunch up when baby wiggles. Usually back with denim for the weight/stability. A baby will love your bright colors. (and won't know they are "ugly" :-D )
sorry about duplicate info, see I was typing from the first post only....
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