Help me pick a color, please?
 

Or maybe two colors. I have so many UFO's and WIP's that, of course, I've been happily playing in my scraps and avoiding all those projects. I started out to make a crumb quilt, inspired by Bonnie Hunter http://www.quiltville.com and by a "Crumb Along with Me" project on the blog Jo's Country Junction (http://www.joscountryjunction.com/?page_id=4906).

So, out come the crumbs and strings. But I had trouble just sewing pieces together randomly....and I made a bunch of four patches, wonky flying geese, etc. My only rules were: (1) 6.5 in blocks and (2) some red or blue (or both) in each block. Now I have almost 70 of these blocks and had a lot of fun playing with scraps. The first photo shows the blocks on my design wall.

The second photo is from a Bonnie Hunter quilt and it is the setting I want to use....a 14" block composed of four of the crumby blocks plus sashing, and then wider sashing between the 14" blocks. I wouldn't do the HST's around the blocks like Bonnie did.

What I can't decide is the colors for the two sashings. To my eye, the dominant color in the blocks is the dark blue. To DH, his eye sees mostly the reds. I don't care for the gold in Bonnie's block but I'm thinking maybe a dark or burnt orange for the sashing within the blocks. And I'm clueless about what I want for the sashing between the blocks.

Help me out with color ideas, PLEASE!!

AnitaSt

Sorry I agree with husband I see red frist!!! Sew love your blocks!!! Good luck

i would use maroon or navy blue. can't wait to see the finish pic :thumbup:

I see a lot of red too. :) What about a tan, khaki, or a brown for your sashing? As for your border(s), you could do a thin red border and a thicker navy border. Hope that helps some. :)

Or you could use a gray for the sashing...

blue, but go light, not dark!

I see red first. I also suggest a lighter sashing to highlight the blocks.

I would take a dozen or so of the blocks and head for the quilt store. I don't think either red or navy is the right color for either of the sashings but I'm not sure what would work. A green might even be the right choice since it's complimentary to both red and blue but you'd have to lay some blocks out and find just the right green.

Red appears to be the dominant color to me. I agree with a grey or Tan sashing... Unless you want Blue to be your dominant color. Then use Blue - it will drive the red back.