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Old 02-09-2014, 04:54 PM
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My daughter is pregnant and is due in June. She asked that the baby quilt be made in mint green and gray.

I felt that just those colors would be too close in value, so I decided to add orange to make a "pop" of color.

Originally, I had planned to put the orange stripe between the gray stripes on the 4th row down, but ended up making a mistake and putting it in the middle of the green stripes in the middle row.

The blocks are not sewn together yet, so I could remake the 3rd and 4th rows: 3rd row would be green and white just like rows 1 & 5, and then the 4th row would be gray with orange in the middle.

I could salvage the current 3rd and 4th rows by putting them on the back.

I'm posting a picture of the current, but unplanned, layout and I'd really LIKE YOUR FEEDBACK!!!
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Old 02-09-2014, 05:02 PM
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Can we see what it would look like without the row that has the orange stripe?
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Old 02-09-2014, 05:05 PM
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Hmm! While it looks neat as you've sewn it by mistake, I feel that the orange may be more attractive sandwiched into a gray row rather than a mint one as you'd originally planned.
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Old 02-09-2014, 05:12 PM
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I agree that I would like the orange paired up with gray better. Lovely quilt!! If you weren't totally set on orange for your pop of color, I think a bright teal would look good on this quilt too.
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Old 02-09-2014, 05:13 PM
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I don't have a green/white row made up to slip in there. Sorry.
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Old 02-09-2014, 05:19 PM
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I love it, I would leave it!
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Old 02-09-2014, 05:23 PM
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Think I would put it b/w grey. Love your design!
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Old 02-09-2014, 05:24 PM
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Since you asked, if it were mine I would use a softer orange. More like orange sherbet. The intensity of the orange is too much and it's all your eye is drawn to.
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Old 02-09-2014, 05:28 PM
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Thanks for the responses...I think I'm going to remake rows 3 & 4 as I had originally planned and put the orange between the gray stripes. That seems to be the consensus here, too.
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I would not put the orange in the quilt. I like the way it would look without that stripe that sticks out way too much.
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