Well, I love the design that Melinda did on the Diamonds Chain Quiltalong Progress. I am very happy with the way the dye looks on my fabric. I am also happy with my fabric selections. BUT now I am having a little difficulty with layout. I'll get there... I just don't have a specific direction right now. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Right now I have 23 blocks. All of them are the same and look like this:
Here it is on the dyed fabric (pardon the wrinkles):
I wanted the layout to look like the negative space quilt here:
http://www.filminthefridge.com/2011/04/04/a-smattering-of-greenfield-hill/
But when I do that it kinda looks like this and just doesn't look right. (Don't mind the paisley color in the bottom right, that's the quilt on the bed now.) I am also down to less than two yards of the dyed green, but I am willing to try to dye more.
I also didn't pay attention to how the white bars on the blocks should go. I made all of them exactly the same. I could either make more or rip some of these out to turn them to make corners. I am down to less than two yards left of the dyed green fabric (I dyed SEVEN yards!!!) I lost some to experimental blocks to other colors, but not that much. I am willing to try to dye more. I think it will match because I like the little variations here and there.
I could do the layout in strips with stripes of fabric between each row:
I think the spaces are too big and I'm not sure what color to use yet... It will work itself out. I still just LOVE the block!
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Okay, I'm playing with an idea on my quilt software but I will probably have to post it or put it in flickr. Also, my version is straight up and down so you'll have to imagine it tilted!
I did a whole post for today Kathy! I don't know if it will help or not but maybe it will throw some ideas out there! I was trying to keep you from having to create new fabric.
http://tildastwistedlife.blogspot.com/2011/09/idea-for-kathy.html
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