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    Old 10-20-2010, 05:49 AM
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    Hey, I like them both.
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    Old 10-20-2010, 06:08 AM
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    I have to say WOW...I think it's beautiful!
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    Old 10-20-2010, 06:10 AM
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    Originally Posted by Prism99
    These are beautiful quilts!

    In terms of a wow factor, think about using additional colors. Blue is calming in practically all of its incarnations, and especially in florals, so using all blues and whites pretty much guarantees a calm quilt. I always offset blue fabrics with pink fabrics to add a little dynamic "tension". You might look to add pink florals to your stash, and also fabrics that have both pink and blue flowers (so you have some transition fabrics to work with).

    It seems to me that many of your florals are of large flowers in one color. Try adding in some smaller sized florals, and also some non-floral fabrics for variations in texture. For example, even if you wanted to stick with all blues, some ocean blues and sky blues would add a lot of textural variation.

    Or, consult with my sister. She consistently comes up with Wow! quilts using fabrics I would never have considered purchasing, much less combining into a quilt. I still haven't figured out how she does it.......
    Beautiful quilt...but I agree with the above but I would use yellow instead of pink as it's a contrast complimentary color and makes blue pop.
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    Old 10-20-2010, 06:24 AM
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    They sure look beautiful to me!!
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    Old 10-20-2010, 06:31 AM
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    I love them they look great
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    Old 10-20-2010, 07:13 AM
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    I really don't know what your seeing,but I'm seeing wow and wow :-D
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    Old 10-20-2010, 07:13 AM
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    I think they look wonderful. Great job :thumbup:
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    Old 10-20-2010, 07:44 AM
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    I think they look great. I don't see anything wrong with either. For a big POP you could have put in one color other than blue, like yellow, green or something contrasting.
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    Old 10-20-2010, 07:46 AM
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    It looks very nice. But I think what happened is that the florals are too large scale to give it a graphic punch. But they look 'water colory' and that's still lovely. Next time, use fabrics that are one or 'read' as one color for more contrast. That said, this quilt is very beautiful as it is!
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    Old 10-20-2010, 07:53 AM
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    I think they both look great !!! Absolutely love the first one.
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