Friday, July 5, 2019
OBW Orange you glad it's sewn
After sewing the rows together, I put painter's tape on the rows and sewed the strips together. I used the fork pins for every seam. I put too much work into a myriad of arrangements to endure sloppy row joins. Who cares it took forever?
I measured 3/4" from the end points of the hexagons and drew a line. I staystitched 1/8" inside it and stay stitched the top and bottom also. Then I trimmed the line to square up the sides. I auditioned the width of the top and bottome border and went with 3" unfinished. Sewed that on.
Now I have to figure out what border to end with. I tried this green which is nice, but does not put the focus on the center. I am pulling out some darker green fabric and we will see what happens. Not sure what to use.
I have to say I chose this fabric because I knew it would work for an OBW, I loved the flowers, I loved the designer, but boy, do I hate orange. Even though the orange is not dominant, I can barely look at this without getting a bit nauseous over that fever hot orange. I think time away from it will help me deal with it.
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7 comments:
yeah, that green doesn't help any. Go much darker for a narrow border, and then add a lighter or medium fabric.....maybe.
Great job on squaring it up.
I would be looking in the stash for a darker teal blue green like a couple of the rounds near the bottom of the quilt top. What a LOT of work!!!
That's funny because I absolutely love orange! I seem to try to put some in every quilt that I make for myself. My bedroom is even painted a cinnamon orange shade. I can't wear it though, makes me look very sickly.
I like the orange, that quilt is lovely! But that green is not working. Definitely go darker and maybe a bit less blue.
You've made a fine one block wonder. It's too bad all you see is the orange because, as you say yourself, it isn't dominant. (This is coming from an orange lover. I think orange is like cilantro- you love it or hate it). I see a red quilt, which tells me you need a tomato red border or one of the original fabric, if you're doing a border at all. You could likely do a dark one, like a dark red or navy or black, but I'd want that instead of the turquoise one you've already worked so hard to attach. It would really make the blocks pop and frame them.If you decide to get rid of the blue, you could cut off most of the triangular points, giving you a straight edge to work with, and just leave a few complete blocks that would extend into the border. Someone once told me the colour of the border determines the colour of the quilt, and you certainly don't want that green in there. You'll find the border(s). This is no time to compromise.
Yes, go with a darker green. Sorry you don't like orange. I like that color.
I'm with Julie on this one, a teal would be wonderful I think
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