Grandpa's Bridges with or without orange??
 

I'm finally trying to get this quilt together, I was thinking a splash of orange? What do you think yes or no??

Thanks

I like the orange, but not ness. where you have it. I think I would either put a narrow border of it between the panel and the brown border, or as the binding.

Agree with this idea.

Everything you have has texture in the fabric but the orange doesn't. How about just a 1/4" of orange around the brown border of the embroidered block?? You might try a tree green with you blocks of sashing instead. Give it a try and see how it looks.

I agree with using the orange, but as a narrow accent.

Thank you, I was gonna add in different spots in the strips. These strips are cut 2" sewn together in strips of 8 and should measure 12 1/2" but mine are about 13 1/2" 8=16" sewn together there minus 2" so they come out 14" so have to sew them again? make sense?

I understood your plan to put random orange rectangles in your piano key sashing. I think the real focus point should be the beautiful needle work panels and any "pop" of color should completely enhance and draw the eye to those, not serve as a competing focus point. It is going to be beautiful however you decide though.

Okay, I am sorry, but I can't see where it sets off the bridges which took hours and hours to do. If you want an orange how about a soft coral? Or going the other way, adding a accent colored orange into the barn blocks? Or maybe use it sparingly to surround the blocks?

I wrote this before I read the second page. I am thinking we had the same reaction Kassaundra.

I would also use a very narrow orange in the sashing, AND for the binding. That bit of color gives life to a very brown quilt. I'd also eliminate the top brown fabric in your stack, because it is too similar to your sashing.

The orange is nice, but I would replace the plain beige with a richer looking chocolate.