Kas

You've started down the road to a gorgeous quilt! I put mine together by sorting the main center colors, then sorting by edge color so they would "run" together.

plainpat

You know, I've seen ppl using an ugly fabric(to me),yet end up with a great OBW.Think my fabric didn't have enough colors, so it just all runs together.Oh,well....live & learn.

cutebuns

I you post it maybe someone can help you with it.

plainpat

Thank you.I have some medical stuff coming up, but maybe someday I'll get ambitious & try again.You are sure good with the help/directions you offer. :-D

cutebuns

Thanks!

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Dee

I finally finished putting the hex's together, now to put backing on and quilt. I will not be making another any time too soon. 4 years in the making.

nancia

there's been so much talk about the obw's that i've decided to try one. i was in nyc today and went to MOOD fabric, where the project runway designers shop. omg- i could spend all day there! but i was good and went right to the cotton prints. found several that look like good candidates, SO, when i finish my baby quilt (first grandchild, due aug. 4th-a girl!) then i will move right on to this obw. see, your posts have opened up possibilities for at least one quilter, sew onward and upward! p.s. swatch was not there :o(

ljorange

You'll be surprised how good it will look when you get toward the end and can arrange them different ways.

pawebdoctor

They are beautiful... kaleidoscope looking!
Haven't tackled it myself yet... have a few other projects to get into first... not to mention the ones I still have to finish.

KPALM

I separated my OBW motifs with triangles of solid color fabric. I couldn't stand to mush all those motifs together. Each motif deserved to stand on it's own. IMHO a fabric with both straight and curved lines makes great OBW motifs. Mine seemd to come out in two categories: Stars or Circles. I alternated stars and circles in the lay out. The fabric is a tan and dark blue Tiki shirting with tikis and palm trees and hawaiian designs from JoAnn's last year. I am making quilts for twin teen boys. So I want to change the second OBW quilt of the same fabric... Possibly group the motifs by color and separate color areas by solid triangles for interest. The motifs are sewn together by half hexagons in long strips. It's fun and I love opening each motif after it is cut. Every one is a surprise, especially if you off set the first cut on a row by just a tad. I have about 91 motifs cut and I can't find two alike.