quilting nurse

Looks good without sashing.

busy fingers

Nice blocks and great colour combo.

Please show us the finished item.

wildyard

If I were going to bring in another color, I would find a print that has that color mixed in with either the brown or the beige used in your blocks. Using that print for sashings and first border, you could then add a more saturated print of your color for a second border. Perhaps even a solid of your added color for cornerstones if you wanted.
I would go for the blue because I love blue with browns, but you could get away with so many different colors; red, orange, green. I would stay away from purple just because the purples and browns could tend to muddy each other.

piker6ca

Thanks so much for all the help.
I started to sew the blocks and then stopped I feel like my eye is looking all over and hope the sash on the out side is going to stop it.
Then i trying putting a cream colour between the blocks still not sure .May be I have to put this aside for a rest lol.
I attacked a picture . Does it seem busy to you .
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quilting cat

I kinda like the lighter color of the table that is showing through! How about sashing the width of the rows in the blocks, including around the outside, then bind it in one of the dark browns?

klswift

I agree that you do not need sashing. But I would swap the top right corner with the second row second from right. That way you would not have 2 dark brown edges together. Depending on size (and what you have left), I would opt for 2 borders. The first would be the same size as the strips and the second could be the same or larger. My personal preference is usually a medium for the first border and a dark for the outside so they both give a good frame. Love the mix of prints.

wildyard

I like it better with the sashing. I agree it looks very busy to my eye without it also.

Dina

I also like it better with the light sashing. Gives the eye a place to rest.

Dina

Northern Sue

very nice! You could indeed sew the blocks together as is. However, I am always drawn to sashing that makes the blocks "pop", so I would maybe use a dark chocolate brown or a black, then each block is "framed". Would love to see the finished product!

Prism99

I like the light sashing. There are a lot of dark strips in the quilt. Adding the lightest color for sashing really lightens up the quilt and calms down the busyness. I never would have guessed this from your original photo. Makes me realize that I really need to "test" a variety of ideas before committing to an opinion.