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Old 09-07-2013, 06:26 AM
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With the large scale you might want to look at the 5minuye block using the grey as the smaller part. Check u tube for its done . Its quick and easy and versatile as well.
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Old 09-07-2013, 06:41 AM
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Love your fabrics! Do you have the designer/maker and collection name that you could share? I think i 'need' to get some of these in my quilting room too!

Do you like traditional patterns or modern or contemporary? Are you wanting to make a throw or bed quilt?
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Old 09-07-2013, 08:48 AM
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I had the fabric on the right and used it in a sampler with other fabrics/colors pulled from that. I did use a solid green with it. I wish I'd had the other fabrics when I made that quilt.

The colors are wonderful in just about any pattern. Scale might cause some issues. But the addition on a solid "pop" color will give you some symmetry, I think.
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Old 09-07-2013, 01:38 PM
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I agree a larger block wpuld be nice - D9P would work....also agree with suggestions to add more green and blue to your fabrics ( which I LOVE BTW)
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Old 09-07-2013, 03:22 PM
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Originally Posted by squires1042 View Post
With the large scale you might want to look at the 5minuye block using the grey as the smaller part. Check u tube for its done . Its quick and easy and versatile as well.
I like this idea combined with using the wavy fabric for the border.
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Old 09-07-2013, 05:19 PM
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Oh wow thank you for so many replies, Yes this will be my first quilt and im making it for my 9 year old. Like it to be a bed quilt. I was thinking about getting solid white and blue. There is just so many ways to make this i starting to feel a little over overwhelmed lol.
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Old 09-07-2013, 05:49 PM
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forgot to add that i think the D9P will work, cant wait to start
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Old 09-07-2013, 06:30 PM
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Originally Posted by jennifer06 View Post
Oh wow thank you for so many replies, Yes this will be my first quilt and im making it for my 9 year old. Like it to be a bed quilt. I was thinking about getting solid white and blue. There is just so many ways to make this i starting to feel a little over overwhelmed lol.
I would suggest that you consider the darker color (chocolate or black?) as a solid--every qult needs a "deep,dark" as Jinny Beyer recommends to really get things to pop--you have lovely fabrics (I especially like that gray paisley and the wavey one) but I bet if you looked at them through a red lense, there would not be the contrast that you need.
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Old 09-07-2013, 07:25 PM
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I was just thinking that having some solids in the same color families might help the OP decide on a design.
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Old 09-07-2013, 07:28 PM
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Welcome. Love your fabric.
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