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Friday, November 20, 2009

This May Be It

Yesterday someone suggested putting the dark squares on point and using the background fabric for the triangles in the harlequin pattern. I think this may be the one or at least it's the one that I like best so far! Again, a case of "less is more". It still needs something (maybe a colored border on each side of the pieced border?), but I'm definitely getting closer to the look that I want.

15 comments:

Jean said...

I like this one best, with your idea of a darker border on either side. there is a lot of background otherwise. Of course if you leave them like this, they "float".

Anya said...

Yes, this works nicely.

Rene' said...

Yes, I like this one best too.

Lori said...

Yes! I like this a lot!

McConnell Investigations said...

Love this...

marlene@ByTheSeam said...

That one does look best. I have to lay them out and look at them for a few days before I can tell. Maybe keep it simple is the best.

ktquilts said...

I have pieced a border like this, only there were different colors on each side of the squares. Clear as mud? You can check out the pictures here:

http://ktquilts4fun.blogspot.com/2009/10/heritage-quilt.html

Maybe that would give you the color that you are looking for!
Blessings,
KT

Joyful Quilter said...

Yup, like that one the best too. I also like your idea of a colored border on each side, maybe just a thin pop of color.

Anonymous said...

I think you are getting close Susan. I like your idea of a narrow plain border to the side of this one.

Barb said...

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSsssss that loooks great!!

Hazel said...

This is the one ,I really like this
one the best .

Jackie's Stitches said...

This one is nice!

I love that you're showing us all the borders that you are auditioning. As a newer quilter, I'm learning a lot from this process. Thank you!

Anonymous said...

YES!!
This is nice ... as I thought it might be!

quilting gail

jovaliquilts said...

I like it a lot!! Thanks for posting all the auditions, it was really fun to see them and figure out what was working (or not) and why.

Janet said...

Just about there but I can tell you want it to have just a little more tweaking. It's working for me too.

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