I had wanted to make it like a rainbow by pairing the ones with a red image next to a red piece of sashing,etc. Similar to this one from jarobichaux's flickr page (Only not quite as awesome as I would use solids, just ROYGBIV and B&W):
I did not want to have the solid squares as large as the I-Spy squares, was thinking maybe 1 inch sewn (1.5 inch cut).
But then I realized that it wouldn't match up if all the blocks weren't the same size. And I have SO MANY blocks it would make a HUGE quilt.
I could smoosh them all together like iris b2007 did here, but I doubt my eye for it (though the more I look at it the more I like it.)
So then I though about doing all one color sashing like this one from the Rice Family's flickr page:
Should I give up on the rainbow and do all the same color sashing? Or should I use fewer squares saving the rest for another quilt? Or do you have a third idea?
I love the second choice. I'm a big fan of smooshing all of the squares together in a ispy quilt, and I have wanted to do one of those rainbow type quilts for ages, and that layout combines both of those together.
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Perhaps you can experiment with a combo approach. Use the idea of the color sashing, but with your original rainbow concept, lay it out on the floor, take a picture and study it. If you find that it doesn't look like your vision then smoosh them all together with the rainbow idea. Yeah, I know, I just added a few hours of work to your quilt, but you truly won't know until you lay it out a couple of ways. I do find that taking pictures helps me decide if I like a combo or not.
ReplyDeleteI love the second choice, but Christy Sews has a great idea. The third picture is my least favorite. It's too "ordered" or formal or stiff or something.
ReplyDeletethe second one has my vote too! I am sure it will be really gorgeous when it is finished!
ReplyDeleteI like #2! DON'T DO SASHING!! (Speaking from personal experience!)
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I had a great time last week looking at I-Spy quilts on flickr. So many options and ideas!