Hi Dina. The quilt came out great with all your kerchiefs. I am not sure what you have as far as fabric but I would use the darkest kerchief fabric you have. I always seem to like framing my quilts with a dark value fabric. Good Luck !!

What you have on the floor looks good to me - the white picks up the white in the bandanas- and the wood look seems appropriate

I only put a border on if the quilt top needs to be a little bigger. I like the no border look and if you can I would make it without one. If it needs it I would use more of the red bandana fabric.

Love the denim idea whether you use it for sashing or for a border . Can't wait to see it done! :)

I like the denim Idea

Is there a pattern for this. Looking at all the different shapes it looks hard. I would love to try it though with all the stash I have.

It is quite pretty just as it is.

I am not sure there is a published pattern. I attended a workshop years ago, and the instructor just told us how to do it. It should be fairly easy to duplicate though. It is made with 9 fat quarters, though I just bought fabric and "made" fat quarters.

Create a "pattern"...I just taped computer paper together until I had it the size I wanted. In this case, I started with a piece 15 inches wide and 17 inches deep. Then I drew lines, dividing it however I wanted. I made 9 pieces, because I had 9 different fabrics. I also wanted the pieces sort of diagonal-like. I stacked the 9 fat quarters on top of each other, put the pattern on top, and cut the lines. I then shuffled the pieces and sewed them together. There is a lot that needs to be trimmed off, or at least there was the way I sew. I did sort of chain stitch....sewing two pieces from each block together....only nine times. Ideally I think each block should have 9 different colors. That doesn't matter so much to me, as you can tell by looking.

I haven't trimmed these blocks yet, but I think the final size will be something like 13 x 15.

This probably is too confusing to be any help. I have seen a quilt like this in a quilt shop too, though it had much smaller blocks and probably wasn't started with fat quarters.

Dina

Thanks, Joellyn, that is currently what I am leaning towards. Thanks also for the compliment. I have delayed starting this quilt because I couldn't decide for sure what fabric to use....I have two bandana colors I didn't use...but finally I just dove into it. :)

Dina

I just love it just like it is. It is definitely not too busy. I wouldn't sash it. I'm no help with a border either, but I wouldn't sash it.