Kassaundra

Siodach I love both of your layouts. If your intent is to have the daggers "pop" your right they do not w/ your current center color placement.

sewbizgirl

Lovely block and colors, Siodach....

joe'smom

Siodach, the block works beautifully in monochrome! I've been working with those clue #7 QSTs also, trying to come up with something I prefer. I saw the 4-patch as an attempt to connect the blocks, so I've been thinking in terms of making a smoother connection, but maybe I should be trying to separate them.

I concluded that the 3-D dagger effect relies on an indistinct block center. When a darker color surrounds the inner square, it defines the center and becomes the focus. A blended effect there helps pop the daggers. I wonder how it would look if your QST colors were reversed, with the star points being in your 'lavender' solid and the lighter color surrounding the center.

NZquilter

[QUOTE=Carol in WI;7733024]NZQuilter I love your design...can I copy you?[QUOTE]
Of course you can It's Bonnie's design really; I just replaced the clue 7 for some tri-rec triangles.

Belfrybat

[QUOTE=NZquilter;7733079][QUOTE=Carol in WI;7733024]NZQuilter I love your design...can I copy you?If I hadn't already gotten the yellow QSTs done, I'd probably follow your example also. But I hate to waste 40 blocks that I have no other use for.

KalamaQuilts

would whoever I promised the threads to please PM me?


I didn't even think about it, but I am doing it for the 365 quilt, same big Iris vase. I'll do a weekly image on that tread.

joe'smom

These are the best options I've been able to come up with for the QST unit in clue #7, which I wasn't loving. The first (left) keeps the purple 4-patch and changes the QST colors to purple/lavender, for a joining of the blocks. The second uses the constant and yellow in the QST, along with a yellow square to separate the blocks. I'm leaning toward the first option, as I think the yellow separation might detract from the blocks themselves and interrupt the flow of the quilt.

Jeanne S

Kate, I love both your blocks!

Kassaundra

Lisa, I agree I like the purple that joins the blocks better.

joe'smom

Unfortunately, it doesn't work, because the blocks look too hulking when they are done in a row like that. So once again, after spending a day experimenting, I end up back where I started. I could have been done with clues 6 and 7 by now, LOL.