Yellow Brick Road help
 

I sometimes have a hard time coordinating colors when doing more than 2 or 3; so I would like to ask for your help. I started out with the pink and green summer cloth, then added from them. Should I use all the pinks to the left of the starter, or should I include the red on the right? If I include the red on the right, then which pink should I eliminate? I am making a baby crib quilt, if that helps. Please help me!

If you have to eliminate one of the pinks, I would probably pick the lightest one, 2nd one in from the left. I really like that red in there and would definitely use it. That's going to be a nice quilt.

i would move both the red and the deep rose.... to the right... then the white floral is the far left and the candy pinks are next, pick 1st and 2nd... then multicolor green/pink, deep rose, and then red... but that's me...it's your quilt...whatever you do is right...

Well, that IS a hard question. I like the red on the right a lot with your fabric, so leave that in....or at least I would. Then I guess I would leave out one of the lightest pinks. With a yellow brick road, you probably want at least one light color, for contrast and all that....but, really, your quilt is going to be really cute, however you do it. Nice fabric!!

Dina

Thanks for your suggestions; I think I can come up with something now. Thanks again for your help! Love this board!

I would take the farthest to the left pink! Great choices though! and you could still use that pink for binding or backing!

I like the first 4 pinks!!!! i think you should pick them if you can only work with 4!!!! but i like everything to the right together i dont really like the red!!

I like the red. I'd take out the two next to the red. They're too much the same scale and print. I'd add in a lime green.

re: lime.... great idea, but remember, all colors are not equal... the tiniest flange border would probably be enough green but it would really add to the overall look of the quilt.

I love the idea of adding in the Lime Green. I also agree to take out one of the pinks and leave the red in the quilt top. If you do not want to add a Lime Green in with the pinks and red, at the very least add a small boarder with it. It would add so much to the top. Can not wait to see what choices you come up with.

After a little food in the stomach and time for the brain to start working, I took another look at your choices. I am kind of liking the idea of using the print fabric for the boarder of the quilt. The center of the quilt use some of the pink fabrics from above and the red but for a twist, put in the lime green and/or the yellow. This would add so much to the finished top. The other thing is that when doing this, you will need to add a small second boarder between the center and the outer boarder. If I remember the pattern correctly, it does not call for this little boarder but it will keep it from looking to busy. Here is a link to one that I did this fall, hopefully you will get the idea I am trying to get at. http://www.quiltingboard.com/members...36-282334.html

With this one, I pulled all the colors from the boarder. There was just a hint of the green in the leaves put I put more into the center. In person the boarder fabric was mainly purple with some blue, it is more vibrant in person. The green just added that little punch that was needed. I also used the inner boarder fabric for the binding, which just finished it off.

Hope you have fun with what ever you decide to do and can not wait to see the finished quilt.

I have made two big Yellow Brick Roads and I used all scraps. I like what you have there. I just think the pinks are too much alike. I would take out one pink and add another red pink.

Don't know for sure but your red looks like it has a lot of black, JMHO I wouldn't use it.

I like the red, pops it a bit. I don't like the lightest pink though. I don't think you can go wrong with whatever you choose here though.

It needs the green. Otherwise the green in the focus fabric is ungrounded. She's pulled the pink and the red out and needs to pull the green out too.

MoanaWahine made a good point about your "focus" fabric. I don't think I would use it in the squares themselves as it will cut up into totally different looking colours with the design it has in it. A perfect finishing border though for the other colours.