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leonajo 09-28-2010 04:54 PM

the reason the blocks look so different is case it never felt
"right" and so I kept buying more fat quarters lol. I am going to do the" Irish chain" or try and match the blocks up. Then put dk blue and a yellow border around it. not sure with order till I get my crayons out....I finally got some graph paper to try and plot this thing. Lots of lessons have been learned on this adventure. The most important ! Have a Plan!!! and don't buy 10 yds of blue fabric that u don't need.

SandyMac 09-28-2010 05:04 PM

I vote for the white and I thik your quilt is lovely. so there :-D

sash 09-28-2010 05:18 PM

my favorite color combination; it will be beautiful.

#1piecemaker 09-28-2010 05:18 PM

I like the blue. White is nice, too. But, I vote for blue.
And it's definitely not Ugly! You've done a good job. It is very Spingy.

ione 09-28-2010 05:34 PM

You are a very sweet person to give the ugly quilt person a link to such a nice blue/yellow site . Not everyone would think to do that.And of course the quilt is not ugly.

penski 09-28-2010 05:41 PM

first of all it is not ugly !! it just is not done yet !! my first choice would be the white maybe because i like white but both would look good
i think once you get it all done you will change your mond on how it looks

Cheshirecatquilter 09-28-2010 05:44 PM

How about very pale yellow sashing and a dark blue binding?

Calico Grammy 09-28-2010 05:48 PM

I LIKE THE BLUE. MAKES IT LOOK WARM AND COZY AND IT WILL BE BEAUTIFUL WHEN YOU ARE FINISHED....YOU'LL SEE AND BE SURPRISED!

theresa.redington 09-28-2010 05:51 PM


Originally Posted by dunster
I would not use sashing at all. I think the blocks will look lovely together. Use the other fabrics to make narrow white inner border and a wider blue outer border, then bind with blue, white, and yellow scraps. A quilt takes on a totally new look (always for the better) when the blocks are sewn together and quilting is added. I recently quilted a 4-patch comfort quilt that another guild member put together from miscellaneous blue and red squares of donated fabrics. I didn't have too much hope for it when I first saw the top, but you wouldn't believe how pretty it was after it was finished, and I didn't do anything fancy with the quilting. (Sorry, I forgot to take pictures.)

I was thinking on the same lines. No sashing! I like the idea of the borders and the binding will look great because I've done scrapy bindings on several quilts and it looked great. But whatever you decide it will look great (not ugly). Believe in yourself.

tmsrich 09-28-2010 05:59 PM

NO definitely NOT ugly!!!
I prefer the blue- but you should just go with your own gut feeling!!


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