tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3816121512164080677.post6848168010199698843..comments2024-03-27T20:05:01.726-04:00Comments on Rebecca Grace Quilting: Jingle BOM Alternate Pieced Block: 54-40 or Fight!Rebecca Gracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14801489818836195754noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3816121512164080677.post-53601396000886501332014-01-10T13:42:48.660-05:002014-01-10T13:42:48.660-05:00Thanks, Carrie. I'm deliberately trying to br...Thanks, Carrie. I'm deliberately trying to bring in more green in the pieced blocks. In a lot of the early blocks, where the pattern designer called for green in the block I selected prints that had green in them but that read more muddy brownish from a distance. The original idea is for each of these blocks to be set on point with red setting triangles, and when I laid them all out on the red fabric I felt like I didn't have enough green to get that Christmasy vibe that I'm going for -- and I really love the emerald green fabrics I've been using throughout the applique blocks. So that's another reason that I'm reevaluating my completed pieced blocks and thinking about replacing some of them. I do agree that I need to have one or two more "mostly green" pieced blocks to balance that one out -- I just really like the stronger, brighter blocks better than the "muddy" ones and feel like they look better with the applique.Rebecca Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14801489818836195754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3816121512164080677.post-40529512173135395482014-01-10T11:22:37.437-05:002014-01-10T11:22:37.437-05:00I like what I see so far except for the one block ...I like what I see so far except for the one block below the new block. To me there is too much green. My eye keeps going to that block. Carrie P.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10063988589711911820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3816121512164080677.post-67519545270227906272014-01-09T12:13:13.650-05:002014-01-09T12:13:13.650-05:00I agree with Marian but I think you've already...I agree with Marian but I think you've already figured it out-just add more of the alternate blocks to make it look more deliberate. Thanks for the comments on the rulers. It's always a gamble to buy a "Specialty Ruler"-will it really rock my world or sit around long enough for me to forget why I bought it or how to use it?? These rulers sound very useful.Jenny K. Lyonhttp://quiltskipper.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3816121512164080677.post-64689513373189274072014-01-08T22:06:15.972-05:002014-01-08T22:06:15.972-05:00Honest is GOOD, Marian! Thank you! I meant to...Honest is GOOD, Marian! Thank you! I meant to use a variety of different cream and gold background fabrics in my pieced blocks, but ended up using that squiggly fabric in 5 out of 8 blocks. I don’t want it in every pieced block because that feels too matchy-matchy to me, but I thought that if only two blocks had different fabric it would look like an accident, like I ran out of fabric instead of doing it on purpose. I am using the same gold/cream background fabric as the 54-40 or Fight block in my last pieced block, Pieced Block 6, and the block that I really dislike has the squiggly fabric, so there should be a better balance once I swap that block out. I am also not opposed to making MORE alternate star blocks and possibly swapping out some of the others. I can make the leftover blocks into a table runner or something, but I think I will have an easier time figuring out my borders and setting triangles if I am not locked into only 8 pieced blocks to choose from. I would have done several of these blocks differently if I had been able to plan out the whole quilt ahead of time, so next time I take on a BOM project I’m going to wait until ALL of the blocks have been released before I start on it.<br /><br />Thanks for your honest opinion, Marian; I really do appreciate that you took the time to share your feedback with me. If I just wanted people to lie to me, I'd ask my husband if my jeans make me look fat. ;-)<br />Rebecca Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14801489818836195754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3816121512164080677.post-59820340375802612942014-01-08T21:53:16.985-05:002014-01-08T21:53:16.985-05:00I hope it's ok to be honest :)
I do not like ...I hope it's ok to be honest :)<br /><br />I do not like it .. I like the block, but not with the quilt.<br /><br />The reason being I do think it stands out.<br /><br />The cream background with the curliecue print that you've used is not in that block, but it's in most of the others and it seems to be consistent thru your quilt. I think if you put that in your block it would blend in more with the quilt itself. <br /><br />I hate being honest sometimes, and you may not like me for it, but it really is how I see it. Marianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04054876068777979332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3816121512164080677.post-23857127685052340662014-01-08T20:31:53.704-05:002014-01-08T20:31:53.704-05:00I think it is beautiful!! Love the colors! I don...I think it is beautiful!! Love the colors! I don't know what the original block looked like but the alternative one is very pretty. I haven't started mine yet...long story so hectic. But I was thinking of making it not with Christmas fabric so that I can use it year round. I love your color choices so thinking of using your colors but not in Christmas fabric Yours is awesome!Blinkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11911823582815287977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3816121512164080677.post-43407881160194341662014-01-08T20:31:00.309-05:002014-01-08T20:31:00.309-05:00I think it is beautiful!! Love the colors! I don...I think it is beautiful!! Love the colors! I don't know what the original block looked like but the alternative one is very pretty. I haven't started mine yet...long story so hectic. But I was thinking of making it not with Christmas fabric so that I can use it year round. I love your color choices so thinking of using your colors but not in Christmas fabric Yours is awesome!Blinkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11911823582815287977noreply@blogger.com