I got all the blocks done for my Star struck lime green quilt. It was a pattern I found on Bonnie Hunter's Quiltville web site. It is boxing day and Design wall Monday over at Patchwork Times. I think I am going to use the Blue fabric for a 4 inch boarder. I was thinking of using the extra little triangle in pin wheels and do all the extra piecing for the boarder and make it in lime green but now I like the calming of the blue. What do you think?
I hope to make a post about my orca bay mystery quilt soon. I have my white star blocks done but I still have not got one black block done. Maybe on on Tuesday.
Hmm... have you considered a smaller blue border, then the small pinwheels, another blue border and then lime green? Judy L. has a good post on how to calculate border sizes so that the pieced blocks work out.
ReplyDeleteIf you feel that it needs to "calm" down a bit, have you considered a thin sashing? You could even put in the small pinwheels as cornerstones. If you have a design program like EQ7 it sometimes helps to test out options there.
I see a stronger purple/dark blue star and less of a strong green star. It might be the light blue fabric that's throwing me. But it could also be the photo with the light throwing off the contrast.
Hope this helps - Liz
This is super fantastic! Love the colors and the pattern! Toni
ReplyDeleteFun quilt! And, isn't it great it is almost done!
ReplyDeleteI love your quilt...I'm very partial to lime green! Reminds me of wild flowers in a meadow.
ReplyDeleteI love the lime green! At first I started to say I wasn't sure about the blue. But then I thought the blue border would make the blues in the blocks pop.
ReplyDeletethis is beautiful! I think I like the blue border too...but the green! Decisions! The pieced border would be too much tho, IMHO.
ReplyDeleteThis so happy! I really like the blue border.
ReplyDeleteI agree with what Liz said, and would add that a blue border might take more spark out of the quilt than you'd like -- i.e., calm it down too much -- but a narrow blue inner border might give your eye just enough of a break to go back to green and pinwheels in a wider outer border.
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This is a stunning quilt, love the greens!
ReplyDeleteThis is amazing love your fabric selections! You are right I do like that blue as a boarder. but I also love the first suggestion to bring those pinwheels back out, nothing like a little work.
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