Stumped ....

I'm sure I have something in my stash that will go with those blocks, but given that colours on the monitor are never accurate you will have to send the blocks to me to check they don't clash.

Lizzy

Sandy, here we go again. As I just suggested to Sally, you will want to test. Stretch out a yard of something in your stash. Place the blocks on it with just a little peeping out pretending to be sashing. You will have to find out if you want a sashing that is bold or quiet. Try another and another. Where is your quilt going? Heaven forbid that I ever suggest making a quilt to go with Aunt Hettie's sofa but if your quilt is to be displayed in your front parlor, this is the time to slip in something that will be friendly with whatever's already there. Finally, if your quilt hasn't said a word about what it wants, fix yourself a pot of tea (or a keg of beer, whatever) and turn through your quilt magazines and books. Something will speak to you. Or . . . you can simply send them to me. I'll find a sashing that is just right. I love scrappy. Polly

Sandy, I would be tempted to go scrappy on the sashing and setting tris with more of the light colors you have used, or similar ones. Another alternative would be black, or a dark green. The blocks look great.

Pati, > Some of you may recall that I mentioned taking a class from the

Thanks, Polly. I should have thought of that. :S I just keep looking at the blocks and thinking in terms of what color will go with everything, and that's simply not getting me anywhere.

I have no idea where this one is going yet, but my living room right now is beige. Beige sofas, beige carpet. Beige. Ugh. I just hang quilts to give some color, but I'm hoping for something along the lines of that fake wood flooring, with a more colorful area rug to jazz things up. Someday.

It will have to be wine, Polly. ;) Right now I have no kitchen sink or counters (no dishwasher, either), so tea is out of the question. While filling the kettle in the bathroom wouldn't be so bad, cleaning up tea leaves in there doesn't thrill me. ;)

I knew I could count on you!

Oooh, nice try, Lizzy! ;)

On the outside blocks, I'd turn them around so the light part is in the center of the quilt, because you already have lighter colors in the center. Setting triangles should be same kinds of off-whites / tans you've used in the blocks.

This quilt isn't crying out for sashing to me. If you do sash it, how about a scrappy sashing? Each piece and corner stone could be different, fitting in with the scrappiness of the quilt.

Howdy!

In the style of Sharyn Craig:

and her own Northwind: a neutral fabric for the setting triangles, small, light print that reads as a neutral (or white w/ your blocks) sets off those scrappy blocks, makes them float in that background. Sharyn uses a scrappy, multi-fabric combination for the borders and sashes. Because you already have most of the primary colors in your blocks, I'd think about purple for the sashing; purple won't bump into & fuse w/ any of your blocks.

Good luck!

R/Sandy--playing w/ scrappy tops all summer... is it autumn yet?

Hi Sandy - I have another idea to suggest: if you made up 6 more block portions to combine with scrappy plain portions to make up the setting triangles - - in other words - a 3/4 sized block with 1 pieced section and 2 plain(setting triangles) -- the design area would be carried further towards the border -- no sashing required. If you don't want to do a pieced setting triangle - I would consider a striped fabric to run directionally around the quilt. I also think that the lightest corner triangles need to be turned towards the centre to keep the glow together.

jennellh

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Beautiful job on your blocks.

When I took a class with Sharyn she said "what color do you want your quilt to be? Then use that color". In other words, it didn't matter how many different colors where in the blocks if you want a blue quilt than use blue as the border/sashing/setting squares or whatever and your brain would read it as the blue quilt.

So, what color do you want your northwinds quilt to be?

marcella

After going to the S. Craig site I noticed that she now teaches a new improved half log cabin method. I have her booklet that teaches it the "old unimproved " way apparently. Anyone got a clue how different the "new" method is????...Thanks, Mary / VT where snow is predicted tomorrow !

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I love scrappy! Since you aren't comfortable with scrappy, just send it to me and I'm sure I have some beautiful marble shades that would make nice sashing.

Sherry Starr

Thanks for sharing your lovely work again ! I love the octagon whirl table runner and this time clicked on the url that took me to directions for it

--Thanks so much ! I especially like the way you used two different strips when making it..See..you are good at scrappy !!!! .I think that I'll do the same ( whenever I get around to making it ! ) as I think it looks nicer ! Thanks again !...Mary/VT

Quoting Sandy " no kitchen sink or counters (no dishwasher, either), " uummm.... Sandy did they melt when your ice maker went bananas? Or leave in disgust over getting their little feet wet? Inquiring minds and all that...

Leslie, Missy & The Furbabies in MO.

Thanks, Mary! :) Still, somehow I doubt that using two strips qualifies as scrappy. ;)

Hmmm ... marble, huh? What color marbles? ;)

Thanks, Marcella. Yes, Sharyn told us the same thing. I'm just having trouble thinking that, for example, a blue fabric would look okay, since there's also a blue block. I need to get over that, I guess.

Thanks, Pat! That idea has possibilities! :)

Thanks, Jennell! :) I have been thinking of piecing the triangles, as a matter of fact. I have a photo of one of Sharyn's quilts that has exactly what you describe, and I like the effect very much. But I think I'd probably still want sashing, though I can't think of any particular reason why. And you're right about the light bits needing to be turned, too. :)