see now you ladies are being honest....lol !! thanks for not letting me get too far with a horrid look.. I knew my eyes didn't like it for a reason.. just don't have the training to pick right up on it.... thanks so much

regarding the second version: unless you are trying for a xmas look, I think you should use brown & red tones instead of the greens.

Here's my two cents. The yellow vine print and the red and green triangles just don't fit with the traditional applique center and the tan and brown blocks. It is like you have two very different quilts mixed up.

I think if you try some reproduction fabrics that are in cream, dark red and dark greens it might work better.

The tan and brown blocks are very eye catching, as is the center. It looks very traditional that way, and the brighter colors disagree with it.

That is my opinion anyway!

you are so very right.... back to the drawing board.... i will use the green and reddish blocks for something like,hmmmmmmm,,
a xmas table runner perhaps !!!!!
i will hit on something with the help you are giving me... this is what i get for trying to teach myself,, but i learn fast.
off with the greens... begone i say !!!!

Center looking better with the tea dye. But I do agree with everyone else-the browns and the center look very traditional and the reds and greens are just too bright. I say begone with those too!!!!

see now you ladies are being honest....lol !! thanks for not letting me get too far with a horrid look.. I knew my eyes didn't like it for a reason.. just don't have the training to pick right up on it.... thanks so much

new look is here !!!

sheesh,,what would i do without you all !!!

I felt really uncomfortable with making the comment about the light green, but sometimes on here, I think we tend to be too much "WOW" and not enough "WHOA!" So I really appreciate all you quilters who will make a stand... I really think it is for the best! Constructive comments are easier to take than spending weeks on a project and standing back and wanting to cry at the results!

That's my Rick Mercer Rant for today ( you Canadians might know who I mean... the Newfoundlanders certainly do!)

Lori

i was a lunch lady supervisor for 16 years. i can handle critisim in any form...i don't want you to say it's grand when you are throwing up in the bucket next to your computer!!! lol
i will keep moving forward,,,, make a note ladies that colleen53 loves brutal honesty..... can't learn without it !!

Thats what I was talking about Colleen....putting those next to the center....that looks so much better to my eye! Now, what to do with the corners huh? LOL