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I think you must be too young to like it...lol It reminds me of a studio couch we used to have when I was a kid...love the print...lol oh, the good old days...
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I agree with Vicki W. A deep rose or a deep green to match the green in the flowers would be very pretty.
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I LOVE it! Roses are my favorite.
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It is a lovely shabby chic quilt and when you add the borders it will be a very pretty quilt. Don't toss it or bury it in a ufo basket, I wouldn't take it apart either, just border and quilt, it is sure to find a home.
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Originally Posted by Jan in VA
(Post 5194738)
Is this still 'just a top'?
If so: There are things you can easily do with this, but it WILL require some work. Keep telling yourself it will be worth it in the end. 1. First, take the quilt apart into blocks. 2. On the 3-strip block add a narrow border strip at the sides of the block like the graphic below. Use a much darker color that will accent your medium value fabrics, perhaps a deep/dark rose. 3. On the plain green floral blocks, add a deep/dark strip of perhaps the dark green in the leaves on 2 opposite sides of that block. 4. Reassemble the quilt as you pieced it before. 5. If you have any of the green floral fabric left, make a narrow border all around the top, about 2/3 the width of the cut strips in your blocks. 6. Add a dark green then a dark rose border. 7. Bind with the pale pink floral fabric which will be pretty against the dark rose border. I’m betting you’ll love it after this effort because all you really need in it is contrast! Jan in VA |
Originally Posted by Rubesgirl
(Post 5194204)
I made a top that I thought I would love, but it turned out so ugly (to me). It reminds me of my grandmother's awful flowered chinz sofa when I was a child. I don't know what to do with it. I have tried to find something to border it, but I have been dissatisfied with all the fabrics I have auditioned. I strongly suspect that is because I find the fabrics so awful when put together. I know, I picked them out and really thought they would be beautiful together . . . what was I thinking?!?! Was I just blind or does this happen to others, too. Does anyone have any suggestions or solutions? I can post a photo of it if necessary. Maybe there's someone out there who will love it, but I can't help but think this will be my first UFO. :thumbdown:
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Originally Posted by Rubesgirl
(Post 5194246)
Ok, here's a photo of the ugly quilt.
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Thank you all for your invaluable expertise and input. I will carefully consider each option and if I still think it's ugly, I'll send it to someone who will love it. I don't mind putting in the work, and I WISH I was young enough not to remember when draperies and sofas were made in the big floral patterns, but this just didn't work for me. I'll repost when I have decided on a solution and finished the borders. As for the quilting aspect, that's unfortunately something I don't do at home. As my good friend and class instructor says, "I quilt by check." I was already considering the red/rose colors and also red and yellow. You can't really see the yellow in the photo, but there is a beautiful shade of buttery yellow in the florals. I'll keep the faith and forge ahead. Thanks for your kind words, I don't feel like it's quite so hopeless now. :^)
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Originally Posted by Buckeye Rose
(Post 5195729)
Agreed.....the fabrics work, there just isn't any contrast.....add a darker, solid fabric for sashing and I think you will be much happier with the quilt.....yes, it will be more work, but well worth it in the end.
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One other possibility------ the square that is framed is the same as the square that isn't, which causes the contrast problem.
IF YOU HAVE more of the rose fabric available, how about FUSSY CUTTING a clump of roses for each framed block and appliqueing the fussy cut. You need to create contrast--------and that might do it. |
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