Sunday, October 5, 2014

Design Wall Monday

I am currently working
on sewing my Hawk's Nest blocks
into a top:
the 4 bottom right diagonal rows 
have been sewn together.
Then I came across
this border fabric:
The photo doesn't show the exact colors,
but hopefully you get the idea.
Please let me know:
Do you like the border fabric?

The original quilt has a million HST 
in the outer border
which I won't manage 
to sew in my lifetime...
So I thought the effect 
of this busy chevron-arrow fabric 
is similar
and perfect for the quilt...
Maybe I need not a cheddar, 
but different color smaller inner border?

Well,
will be linking up to Judy's
Barb

6 comments:

  1. It's so hard to tell by just the little pictures - but if you're wanting to keep the busy-ness of the HST border, this print looks like a really great way to go. Do you have a little bit darker orange? I'm thinking that would keep the centers of the blocks from sitting on the same plane as the stop border - make them float a bit on a different level? But the cheddar's not bad.

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  2. I like the cheddar in the border and love that border print! You buckled down and got this quilt done! It looks great.

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  3. Love the border fabric! I don't know if I would use cheddar as the inner border. Maybe the turquoise blue that is in the outer border? I see a lot of that in your blocks. This is going to be one gorgeous quilt!

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  4. I think your border fabric is splendid!

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  5. Lovely quilt! While you're auditioning fabrics for your inner border try one of your neutral whites to make the whole center float. Another fabric to try would be a solid black - but make it a narrow border so it doesn't look too stark.

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  6. Oops, I thought the cheddar was the floor showing through. I do like your border fabric. But I think a stronger color is needed in the inner border. Or maybe I just want to see a darker color. Audition a few until something really strikes you. (unless of course, you really love the cheddar.)

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