whitepine

I took the border blocks apart and made them only one deep. I'm still learning a whole lot about color selection. It has a black border that is hard to see.
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Wavecatcher, I love your colors.

Emma S

Whitepine: What an amazing photograph. It really would make a beautiful monochromatic quilt. I wonder how many of Bonnie's quilt designs would translate like this. She really is a master of making values determine the design.

whitepine

Emma, I meant the picture as a joke, but your comment made me think of something. After selecting colors for a quilt, take a B&W picture and check to see if something stands out as not belonging. I'll bet it would show up, especially in a stack of fabric, or in a bunch of 3 1/2 " squares.

sewbizgirl

A perfect "value" study!

joe'smom

whitepine, it looks beautiful in both photos! That secondary block shows up perfectly in the b&w photo.

Emma S

Whiitepine: Can't imagine why you would be interested in the values of 3.5 squares. Could be a "clue" to what you've been doing. I knew you were kidding but it was such a striking picture that my mind skittered off to a different pathway. Black and white photos for value study was a tip I received on FB. I asked a quilter how she did Bonnie's GI in browns and beiges without knowing anything about the quilts design. I know you used the CT fabric consistently for your green. Love the more subdued green you achieved as a result. Some of my favorite GI's are the ones that used a grayish green rather than the true grass green.

SunlitenSmiles

ok, now the backing is pieced and ready and the binding prepared so this little one (+/_ 44X66) will take a place in the line up waiting to be quilted....there are several ahead in line all with their backs and binding ready but this time I have to stop piecing and quilt one because that was the last empty oatmeal box to wind the binding around.

HouseDragon

Your stars are spinning for me!

joe'smom

I think it might be your strong corners that slowed down your spin, rather than, or along with, your blacks. I've been looking at photo quilts with strong colors in the corners, since I have ended up with a dark gold for my yellow (had trouble looking at lighter yellows, they're so bright to my eye), and was concerned about the effect. Defining the block as a square (which is what the strong corner accomplishes) slows the spin and alters the look of the secondary block. But I think it is still pretty, just a bit different than the intended version. I think this is what my will end up looking like, too.

thimblebug6000

Whitepine, although you intended your picture as a joke it actually is a real help! I went & looked at my top so far in a B & W version, thanks for posting this.