My blue and yellow string quilt has me just as discombobulated as that poor bear was over his hat choices. The blocks have been sitting ever since I finished them. They started out as twenty smaller blocks, but they weren't big enough for a baby quilt and I didn't have enough blue and yellow strings to make more blocks. So I decided to set them with muslin blocks with some sort of applique. I found a cat in one of my quilting books, got the pattern enlarged to the right size for my blocks, then let the whole thing sit while I worked on other projects.
Tonight, I decided to make the first cat block. I'm not sure I like it.
So I laid the blocks out with blue fabric
and yellow fabric
and muslin
and then I went back to the cat block
Maybe I should just take the big blocks apart and put them back into the too-small version and add a wide border?
6 comments:
I really like the yellow alternate blocks if that helps any :)
I've learned through lots of "should I do this or should I do that" that the outcome when finished always looks like it should have been the only choice. But then I see another quilters choice with a totally different outcome and voila--a whole new look. I like either the yellow or the blue! It'll be a fun quilt when finished. Just have fun with it and throw caution to the wind and go with your gut--or your heart--or just start sewing! It'll be great!
I prefer the blue, but they are flowers so if it's going to a baby boy, no. Then I'd use the yellow. I think it looks planned that way.
I vote for the yellow blocks with your strips. It just looks warm and inviting to snuggle up to.
I would have to say the yellow is best. It's a simpler fabric and that lets the string blocks really sparkle.
I like all your choices - but am leaning toward either the blue with a yellow border or the yellow with a blue border. These are my favorite colors!
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