I couldn't sleep last night, and so I thought I'd play around with the quilt design. It occurred to me (after having sewn together the entire lower leftmost block) that the strip placement can get confusing when doing a block this size and if the 1/4" seams aren't consistent, it could make piecing the top pretty difficult. So I came up with a way to incorporate that full block with a number of smaller blocks made with the same strips. Here are a few examples: (Note, the blocks are not square, as this was just playing around with some photos and not drawn to scale.)
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| Quilt #1 variation with random stripes |
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| Quilt variation #2 with larger, more lumpy stripes. |
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| Quilt variation #3, using the diamond motifs. |
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| Quilt variation #4, with more even stripes. |
In playing, I found I liked the teal as sashing. The pink was just not enough contrast. The teal color and smaller blocks seemed to calm things down a bit. We don't have teal fabric, but I would be willing to donate some if the group likes it. Or maybe someone else has another idea. I'll try to have a design wall so that we can play a bit on Thursday.
See you then.
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