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    Old 05-04-2016, 06:15 PM
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    [ATTACH=CONFIG]549328[/ATTACH]Hi!
    I have this tangerine with white dot and whit with tangerine dot fabric. I am stumped as to what block/pattern I want to make. The only thing I can think of is a herringbone, but I an not sure at that! It will be backed with minky cuddle. This will be for me, and a twin size.

    What are your thoughts? What block do you think it will look good in?

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    Old 05-04-2016, 06:26 PM
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    how about a two color block. any one will do. hole in the barn door, churn dash, hunters star. look up two color quilts and see what speaks to you
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    A pattern called Square within Squares II could be interesting. I think that is the name of it. I will attach a picture of one of mine and see if I can find a link for the pattern. This is the only pattern that comes to mind that uses 3 fabrics.

    I am not really good at visualizing, so I will leave that part to you. Maybe it will spark your creative juices.

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    Old 05-04-2016, 07:23 PM
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    Those would make a fun Potato Chip quilt. You can play with the sizes of the center and outside strips to match your fabrics, but here are a couple of ours:

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    Circle within a square.
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    Old 05-05-2016, 02:38 AM
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    I think that any quilt will be too busy just using those two fabrics. I might add a white fabric to give some breathing room between these wild colors.
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    I love working with 2 fabrics that are just the opposite of each other. I've made simple checkerboards, D9P with either a white or black as the center block and rail fences. My personal preference is just the 2 fabrics. They're wonderful....and orange is my favorite color!
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    I like the idea of adding white to tone down the coordinating fabrics, just a little. Maybe a shadow quilt?
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    Old 05-05-2016, 04:27 AM
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    I'd use these fabrics to make a tumbler quilt with the bright blocks tumbler up and the white blocks tumbler down. I have made several tumblers and they look best with two colors rather than many. If the dots are really large, I'd use a larger tumbler template.
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    It calls for something happy, like an orange Minnie Mouse quilt.
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