more quilt stuff
so, i didn't mean for my previous post to be compliment fishing or anything, but the comments did give me a boost, so thank you.
my frustration arose because i was trying to make one of the quilts from the denyse schmidt book, but i have this one problem with the book which is that she keeps taking her improvisational style but then gives you these patterns to fake the improv. so i tried to improv, and it didn't work, leaving me with a small pile of awkward wedges of fabric that i really want to salvage into another pattern.
i think my solution is to go back to the kaffe fassett book and either make another squares quilt, or this one:
but in a new color scheme. there is enough overlap with the old quilt though, that i have most, if not all, the fabrics i need.
if i make another squares quilt, i could use some orphan blocks i have that didn't make it into the old quilt. but, the pattern is for a small wall quilt and i really want a bed quilt. not impossible to do, but at least twice as many blocks (unless i just fudge it and make huge borders or somthing) and that's a bit scary. but redoing the squares appeals to me as a way to "fix" my issues with the first one.
if i go with the triangles, i can use most of my wedges but not all. my problem with the triangles is that i feel it would look better in a tighter color scheme than the one i am building.
i'm torn now.
color scheme would be mostly turquoises and aquas, with a lot of chartreusey greens. less amounts of candy pink, hot pink, and hot orange and tomato red to "pop out". some light greys and almost whites for neutrals? either brown or dark grey as my "dark" (i have a lot of brown; although i think it would be nice to involve some grey, it would require purchasing and/or dyeing fabric which i don't know if i want to get into). do i have to use lavender again? i need advice please!!
my frustration arose because i was trying to make one of the quilts from the denyse schmidt book, but i have this one problem with the book which is that she keeps taking her improvisational style but then gives you these patterns to fake the improv. so i tried to improv, and it didn't work, leaving me with a small pile of awkward wedges of fabric that i really want to salvage into another pattern.
i think my solution is to go back to the kaffe fassett book and either make another squares quilt, or this one:
but in a new color scheme. there is enough overlap with the old quilt though, that i have most, if not all, the fabrics i need.
if i make another squares quilt, i could use some orphan blocks i have that didn't make it into the old quilt. but, the pattern is for a small wall quilt and i really want a bed quilt. not impossible to do, but at least twice as many blocks (unless i just fudge it and make huge borders or somthing) and that's a bit scary. but redoing the squares appeals to me as a way to "fix" my issues with the first one.
if i go with the triangles, i can use most of my wedges but not all. my problem with the triangles is that i feel it would look better in a tighter color scheme than the one i am building.
i'm torn now.
color scheme would be mostly turquoises and aquas, with a lot of chartreusey greens. less amounts of candy pink, hot pink, and hot orange and tomato red to "pop out". some light greys and almost whites for neutrals? either brown or dark grey as my "dark" (i have a lot of brown; although i think it would be nice to involve some grey, it would require purchasing and/or dyeing fabric which i don't know if i want to get into). do i have to use lavender again? i need advice please!!