My log cabin needs your help . . .
10-20-2011, 09:07 AM
#23
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Originally Posted by Suzi
Put the dark brown sashing around the 2 cream colored edges and then border the entire quilt. Possibly a thin cream border and then a dark brown border. It's very classic and lovely!
10-20-2011, 06:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Suzi
Put the dark brown sashing around the 2 cream colored edges and then border the entire quilt. Possibly a thin cream border and then a dark brown border. It's very classic and lovely!
10-20-2011, 07:18 PM
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Originally Posted by seaside quilter
I am making this log cabin for my DD's 30th birthday. Once I lined up the blocks, I noticed something is not right. I don't like that 2 sides have the dark brown (looks black) on the outside and 2 sides have the cream. Am I supposed to put a border around the whole quilt with a completely different fabric? or put another row of dark brown around the cream and then a border? maybe rearrange the blocks? H-E-L-P ...
There are sooooooooo many arrangements that I'd try a few to see which I liked best.
EDIT---------OKAY, I looked at the quilt again. Is the very dark, your darkest color or is it sashing. If it's your darkest brown, you went waaaaaaaaaaaaay to dark for the other prints you have.
If it's sashing--------------get rid of it as someone else suggested. If it's the darkest brown, get rid of it and chose a brown closer to what you already have.
10-20-2011, 07:38 PM
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Originally Posted by paulswalia
Do a search on here for log cabin quilts and consider another setting for your blocks. You can find a way to separate those dark browns and come up with an entirely different look.
look here: http://www.quiltingboard.com/user_page.jsp?upnum=2203
look here: http://www.quiltingboard.com/user_page.jsp?upnum=2203
as for the op's sorry I don't know enough to suggest much, maybe try different ways of putting them together?
10-21-2011, 02:59 AM
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Originally Posted by Scissor Queen
Originally Posted by seaside quilter
I am making this log cabin for my DD's 30th birthday. Once I lined up the blocks, I noticed something is not right. I don't like that 2 sides have the dark brown (looks black) on the outside and 2 sides have the cream. Am I supposed to put a border around the whole quilt with a completely different fabric? or put another row of dark brown around the cream and then a border? maybe rearrange the blocks? H-E-L-P ...
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