I made five new purple gradation blocks, but once I got them up on the wall, I wasn't sure how I liked them together. There are two blocks that are definitely more reddish-violet, two are more true purple, and one has a bluish-grey tone. I'm wishing I had mixed the different varieties of purple together instead of segregating them into separate blocks. Here are some of my options for combining the blocks.
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| Combination #1 |
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| Combination #2 |
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| Combination #3 |
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| Combination #4 |
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Julie in GA
There is no right or wrong. Why not resist sewing them together until you have enough of all colors to do a quilt. Then perhaps their final placement will be decided by their neighboring blocks (the blue-purples next to a blue neighbor, for instance) to give you a more nuanced gradation in the quilt.
ReplyDelete1 & 3 are my favourite as well, with 3 edging ahead slightly. Love the blocks!
ReplyDeleteSorry to Mayeye my eye they all look pretty close to the same. I would just go with what makes you happy.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Cathy - waiting seems like a sound plan. Colors are always influenced by their neighbors!
ReplyDeleteNice, nice, nice!
ReplyDeleteVery nice. I like #3.
ReplyDeleteLovely graduation of purples--I like No. 4 a lot...but they are all pretty--difficult choice for sure--but a fun thing to do...hugs, Julierose
ReplyDeleteYour blocks are so pretty that I am sorry to hear you are not satisfy with your choice of fabric. Let them be; maybe they will grow on you. In any case, once you add some red, pink and real blue blocks to the lot, your eyes might tell you another story about these purple blocks. I think that time will be your best allies here. But that is just me thinking out loud. ;^)
ReplyDeleteI vote for 1 and 3 as well. Keep the blocks as they are; once you have a year's worth of RSC blocks and assemble them all, I think everything will look fine.
ReplyDeleteI like 3 best too, but they are all wonderful.
ReplyDeleteI like #3 but I think they all look great. These are going to make a lively quilt. Thanks for sharing with Oh Scrap!
ReplyDeleteI liked Cathy's advice to wait, too, but scrappy quilts always seem to work out no matter what you do. I think your blocks are so pretty with all the different purples you have! I like the lighter squares running through the middle!
ReplyDeleteThey all look perfectly scrappy!!
ReplyDeleteI like your graduation of color, the first on this page is interesting and more scrappy looking but the graduation adds a different dimension.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Cathy too and see were you stand later, it will be easier to balance out the tones and colors then and you many have a hundred more really cool ideas on placement then.
I would vote for #3. I like the graduated colors in the blocks. The large block looks balanced if you stagger the colors like you have.
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