Red OBW dilemma........
The 6 columns at the left have been sewn together. I was getting ready to sew the triangles from the ends of the strips onto the top and bottom edges and found out I have all rights and no lefts so I decided to go ahead and sew and will have to unpick a few stitches if I do add triangles.
The only thing I could figure out to do was to look through my Kona cotton solids and see if I have a red close to the color in the quilt. This one looks good at night but I'll have to check it in the daylight. This means that all of the left triangles would be solid and the right ones would be the same prints as the quilt. The other option is to just trim off the points top and bottom which will make it a little shorter.
Meanwhile it was another beautiful day so I did a little more clean up in the backyard. The Brunnera plants are big now and full of little blue flowers.
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So... what about making all the triangles from the red??? and maybe for interest throw a couple of the prints in the mix??? Weather here is nearly summer! and the only thing that keeps is pleasant is the delightful lack of humidity!!! The coreopsis is blooming, and so is an azalea and a lilac variety. Everything else is preparing to bloom... setting flower stalks! A pair of doves have hatched the first brood and I saw them prepping for booting from the nest yesterday. These are in a flower basket on the front porch. Last year they only did one brood... in it, but I guess they liked it well enough to try again this year. As soon as it is empty I am putting flowers in.
Wanda, Just finish the OBW with the points....no rule that it has to be squared?? Some quilts have scallops and others have triangles!!
I am not sure what you mean "all rights and no lefts". I would probably do some rearranging, but in my last OBW, I used tone on tone color triangles. This is why I am loving the octagons because they sew together as squares- no sawtooth edges. This one: https://artinsearch.blogspot.com/2019/02/figuring-it-out-finally.html
This quilt top is really challenging you! It is like it has a mind of it's own. It was beautiful last evening here too.
I tried to convince myself once that a half-rectangle is just like a half-square and could be turned either way. NOT! I vote for all red, but I know it will be beautiful whatever you decide.
Why not all solid for the edges? Boy, this quilt has not been kind to you!
I think any of the options, all red, some red and cut off would work beautifully The final arrangement with cascading grouping is wonderful. I'm just about to start on another OBW and roped my sister into making her first.
I enjoyed looking back over your previous One Block Wonder posts. You have made many beautiful quilts using this technique. The current red one might be my favorite. I have a large scale directional print that was intended for backing but the print is really skewed so it doesn't look good when used whole. I thought it might be a good option for a OBW. I'm curious what size triangles you cut and also roughly how much yardage is needed for a small sized quilt. I think I have 3 yards of this skewed print.
I enjoy reading all the comments with their solutions. And ~ I know you will design what looks perfect for you.
I think we have spring here too.... But we never know what will come over the west mountains tomorrow.
JJM
I would go all red for the triangle pieces (but never having made an OBW I really shouldn't be giving advice).
I think it might be fun to have the left ones red and the others the fabric! It might give it a unique look along the edges! I just love all the reds!
I was thinking about this last night. I'm working on my first OBW and decided to throw some cubes into the mix for interest. I wonder if you'd consider doing some cubes and pull out the hexies you need to make up for the edges?
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