 I had some time Sunday to iron and trim my ice dyed blocks. These are the ones that I chose for my quilt. It will be queen size and will probably have 3" sashing. Next I pulled out some fabric swatches for what I though would be a fast exercise to pick the sashing. I was wrong about the "fast" part. As usual.  My plan all along has been to use gray for my sashing. I also considered medium purple or medium blue. I didn't like any of these. The gray is particularly horrible. I'm also opposed to black for some reason.  A few more samples later I landed on bright green and pale purple. Still not excited, but closer...maybe.  Then I worked my way toward yellow and orange. I was surprised that I kind of liked the orange! After consulting with friends two of them said "use all the colors". Hmmm  Meanwhile, I arranged the "reject" squares for a lap quilt. While arranging them I though that I might try the scrappy sashing idea on this quilt and see how it looks before I make any decision on my quilt. So this is my next step. Cut some scrappy sashing pieces and see how they look.  There's also this! There no way this is going in the trash.
Mrs. Plum
10/16/2019 11:08:36 am
What a fun quilt, Vicki! Can’t wait to see what you decide on.
Rebecca
10/16/2019 02:02:43 pm
At the “purple and bright green” stage I was thinking yellow, which surprised me because I’m not usually a yellow advocate!
Elsa
10/16/2019 10:20:00 pm
I like your white background from the design wall.
patty
10/17/2019 07:54:14 am
I kind of like the green on the right, but the orange is going to be stunning! That pile of scraps is too pretty to trash! 10/17/2019 08:36:57 am
Did you try a yellow? For some reason that seems to be what it needs.
Kristin F
10/17/2019 08:45:32 am
I like the dark purple in the first pic, and the lime green in the 2nd. In my humble opinion, I think you should use only one color for the sashing. I think that would be a unifying factor, as the squares have a lot going on in them!
Mary Anne
10/17/2019 05:57:51 pm
Someone once told me that green goes with everything. Of course, having said that, it depends on which shade of green! Comments are closed.
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I'm Vicki Welsh and I've been making things as long as I can remember. I used to be a garment maker but transitioned to quilts about 20 years ago. Currently I'm into fabric dyeing, quilting, Zentangle, fabric postcards, fused glass and mosaic. I document my adventures here. Categories
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