Help with sashing color please
03-29-2016, 09:50 AM
#32
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Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Saskatchewan
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Ok, it's a slow day at work, and I love your blocks!
In case you don't have easy access to a fabric store, I added in a few sashings digitally. These might give you a rough idea of what you're looking for.
I like the darker colours more; I find the light/bright ones draw attention away from the blocks.
Light navy:
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Medium blue, similar to the background of the blocks:
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Dark green, close to the dark part of the leaves:
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Medium green:
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Dark yellow, similar to the dark parts of the flowers:
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Light yellow: (almost white... actual white looked unnaturally bright because of the lighting in the photo)
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In case you don't have easy access to a fabric store, I added in a few sashings digitally. These might give you a rough idea of what you're looking for.
I like the darker colours more; I find the light/bright ones draw attention away from the blocks.
Light navy:
[ATTACH=CONFIG]546384[/ATTACH]
Medium blue, similar to the background of the blocks:
[ATTACH=CONFIG]546385[/ATTACH]
Dark green, close to the dark part of the leaves:
[ATTACH=CONFIG]546386[/ATTACH]
Medium green:
[ATTACH=CONFIG]546387[/ATTACH]
Dark yellow, similar to the dark parts of the flowers:
[ATTACH=CONFIG]546388[/ATTACH]
Light yellow: (almost white... actual white looked unnaturally bright because of the lighting in the photo)
[ATTACH=CONFIG]546389[/ATTACH]
03-29-2016, 12:45 PM
#33
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Join Date: Dec 2012
Posts: 1,857
I agree with using white as a basic sashing. If it is going in a particular room (or to a particular person) and the main color is one of the colors in the quilt, you could use it. I personally like the idea of white sashing and framing with an outer border of the darker green and bound with the darkest green. What are you going to use for the backing?
03-29-2016, 02:20 PM
#35
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Location: Florida
Posts: 1,585
Originally Posted by kayluvs2quilt
Jennifer23 has done wonderful work to show what the different sashings would look like. Personally I like the dark green.
I think the light navy makes the blocks "pop". So does the dark green.
03-29-2016, 11:06 PM
#40
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Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: Chiang Mai
Posts: 84
Originally Posted by JudyBsquared
I too vote for the light navy. The digital samples are wonderful. They make it so much easier to decide.
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