Update on learning to sew curves - layout help
07-13-2011, 12:16 PM
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Originally Posted by QuiltnNan
i think the bottom 2 blocks are too close in color/dark compared to the rest of the layout. maybe just turning the last block half way around will lighten it up some. you've done a great job with the blocks.
I was thinking that along the same lines. the top seems very blue and the bottom looks very green. I would maybe move the bottom middle block somewhere closer to the top. But that is just me.
07-13-2011, 01:02 PM
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I always lay my blocks out on the board and then back away and do the "squint test" where you close your eyes almost all the way which magically allows you to see your variations of dark/light. When I do that with yours I see a defined line of dark in column #1 and also in column #5. So for me, I would try to break up that color definition a little bit. You did a great job on the curves by the way !!!
07-13-2011, 01:25 PM
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Thank you all. Did the squint and see what you are saying. Moved a few blocks and I think it is better. Now time to sew them all together. I can't wait to start on the "real" one, using oriental fabrics for that one. I did this one to learn how to sew the curves. I think I have the hang of it now.
07-13-2011, 01:59 PM
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I agree.
Originally Posted by QuiltnNan
i think the bottom 2 blocks are too close in color/dark compared to the rest of the layout. maybe just turning the last block half way around will lighten it up some. you've done a great job with the blocks.
07-13-2011, 04:55 PM
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Originally Posted by ontheriver
Thank you all. Did the squint and see what you are saying. Moved a few blocks and I think it is better. Now time to sew them all together. I can't wait to start on the "real" one, using oriental fabrics for that one. I did this one to learn how to sew the curves. I think I have the hang of it now.
07-13-2011, 07:12 PM
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Originally Posted by CoriAmD
Originally Posted by ontheriver
Here's the rest of my blocks completed and ready to go together on my practice curves quilt. Any thing jump out at you that I might need to change or rearrange?
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