As I mentioned in my last post, there are endless options for layouts. You just have to use your imagination. A lot of people did a simple sashing and borders and let their blocks stand up on their own. Others did different things. I thought they were all very nice, in all their variations.
This is my layout of the Stashbuster's Ugly Sunshine quilt. The quilt is king size. As I have also mentioned in previous posts, that I like stars. I wanted to incorporate a star in the quilt to tie all the blocks together. The star turned out to be a plus, because it allowed me to put some blocks on point and others straight.
When I tried to put the blocks together this way I realized that the on point blocks would be too small for the corners to match the straight blocks, so I had to come up with a solution for this. My solution was to frame them on two sides to make them big enough. This created a secondary pattern by creating a border, also on point, that framed the whole thing. It really made things stand out.
The colours I used for the quilt were selected because I had my nephew in mind for this quilt. His favourite colour is orange, which is why I did the star in that colour and also why I chose the blue background. Unfortunately, I was told later that I can't give it to my nephew, because the block fabrics have flowers. They are thought to be too feminine.
This is my layout of the Stashbuster's Ugly Sunshine quilt. The quilt is king size. As I have also mentioned in previous posts, that I like stars. I wanted to incorporate a star in the quilt to tie all the blocks together. The star turned out to be a plus, because it allowed me to put some blocks on point and others straight.
When I tried to put the blocks together this way I realized that the on point blocks would be too small for the corners to match the straight blocks, so I had to come up with a solution for this. My solution was to frame them on two sides to make them big enough. This created a secondary pattern by creating a border, also on point, that framed the whole thing. It really made things stand out.
The colours I used for the quilt were selected because I had my nephew in mind for this quilt. His favourite colour is orange, which is why I did the star in that colour and also why I chose the blue background. Unfortunately, I was told later that I can't give it to my nephew, because the block fabrics have flowers. They are thought to be too feminine.
So, I have had this quilt top done for a long time. It just sits there waiting to be quilted. I even have the backing and batting waiting with it. Two things are stopping me from getting this quilt done. One is that now the quilt does not have a purpose, no one to appreciate it. Secondly, I wanted to quilt this with numerous small fill in quilting and I never felt my experience in this technic was ever good enough.
I am slowly building my confidence in my quilting using this technic, but I still feel the quilt needs to have a purpose. So, it sits and waits....for someday.
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