That is close to what I was thinking. Or use a darker neutral for the sashing......... But I do like maple leaf blocks on point.
I also like the first one, but would put a narrow sashing between the four blocks in a unit, and a wider sashing between the units of 4......
Pati, in Phx
Lisa Ellis wrote:
I vote for the last arrangement. I always like on point settings! If you
> wanted to have the leaves look as if they are floating, you could light colored
> sashing. This would work even through you have different back grounds in each
> block. If you wanted to play and really complicate things, you would use
> different light materials for the sashing.
>
> lisae
>
> "M. Wetmore" wrote:
>
> > I settled on a Maple Leaf block, on a whim, to construct on my first
> > camping/quilting experience. I really didn't think about how I would
> > use the blocks in a quilt.
> >
> > Most of the Maple Leaf quilts I see have the leaves on the same light
> > colored background with sashing the same as the background block
> > color. This makes the leaves look like they are floating.
> >
> > But, I have a different beige fabric as the background for each block.
> > So, I'm not sure how to arrange them on a quilt.
> >
> > If you go to
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> you will see some arrangements I am considering.> >
> > The first is kind of interesting in that it creates secondary patterns
> > with the beige fabric.
> >
> > The second is how it would look with a beige neutral used as the > > sashing.
> >
> > The third is how it would look with a complementary color as the > > sashing.
> >
> > And the last is how it would look on point with complementary color > > sashing.
> >
> > Does anyone have any preferences here or other ways I could construct > > the quilt?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Mardi
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