Help. Ugly first quilt
#32
Nothing ugly about this quilt, dear. Love Love Love the white, it gives it a clean crispness and makes it more "airy" and open in a room, kinda like extra lighting! I envy your eye for "color". Beautiful!!! :)
#33
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Originally Posted by leonajo
I have started my first quilt. It is a Blue and Yellow 4-patch scrappy. It's ugly. I am trying to fix it with sashing but do not know what color to use? Is the blue to " medium" ? I tried a white sheet? a lighter blue? Would it help to put little blocks in the sashing?
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You are being way too hard on yourself. That is not an ugly quilt and you should be proud of such a great start on your quilting career. The blue sashing looks best to me but then I like lots of colour. Many first time quilters wouldn't even attempt sashing. My first quilt was just 8 1/2" scrappy blocks stitched together and I thought it was beautiful. Finish it up, enjoy and start quilt #2!
#36
I would not use sashing at all. I think the blocks will look lovely together. Use the other fabrics to make narrow white inner border and a wider blue outer border, then bind with blue, white, and yellow scraps. A quilt takes on a totally new look (always for the better) when the blocks are sewn together and quilting is added. I recently quilted a 4-patch comfort quilt that another guild member put together from miscellaneous blue and red squares of donated fabrics. I didn't have too much hope for it when I first saw the top, but you wouldn't believe how pretty it was after it was finished, and I didn't do anything fancy with the quilting. (Sorry, I forgot to take pictures.)
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If you are wanting to another way...
Here is a great tutorial that starts with a four patch! You could just designate all the blue as the blocks you cut (or all the non blues)..make sense?
http://www.modabakeshop.com/2010/08/...aths.html#more
My personal preference would be white sashing with this pattern
Here is a great tutorial that starts with a four patch! You could just designate all the blue as the blocks you cut (or all the non blues)..make sense?
http://www.modabakeshop.com/2010/08/...aths.html#more
My personal preference would be white sashing with this pattern
#38
I like the blue. I don't think it's going to be ugly, but maybe you don't like it because there is so little contrast? If you want more pizzazz or drama, pick a sashing color that's way darker and different--maybe a rich chocolate brown. And please post when you've finished.
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