Anyway as we move into the 3rd and final year (phew!) I'm thinking about future directions (workplace jargon slipping in there, sorry). When I see other blog posts of the CCCQ blocks in beautiful green and red I often have a twinge of regret that I'm doing mine in blue and red.
This red and green Baltimore quilt was one of my favourites at the Castlemaine exhibition earlier in the year, it was just stunning.
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| Some of my CCCQ blocks |
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| Baltimore by Barbara Walker |
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| 1860 Album quilt ~ Michigan State University Museum's collections centre |
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| Old Otterbein Quilt ~ Winterthur Museum |
I just love blue and green together, what do you think about adding green at this stage?
Or should I stick with blue and red?
Has anyone seen other examples of blue, green and red in album style quilts?
I would love your help on this.
Tonight I'm linking up to
Hope to see you there!
Oh dear. I think this is one of the problems with really long term projects. It's one of the main reasons I haven't started Dear Jane, I just can't be sure what colours I want to use. Remember that other people may be looking at your blocks wishing they had chosen your colours. I'd probably stick with the blue and red at this stage, just because it may be difficult to balance the green. Would some of the new teal colours work?
ReplyDeletel see a tinge of green in some of your blocks. If you can somehow draw a visual link to a green fabric, wether it has some red or blue in it, it will work. All you can do is audition and see. At worst, you will have a block that does not make it into the quilt.
ReplyDeleteWell done for keeping up! I think you could definitely use red and green, if you spread them out among the ones with blue. If it helps motivate you to continue work on this quilt then go for it!!
ReplyDeleteI love your colourway. Often the greens in old quilts age to blue and I think these are lovlier than the red and green (except at Christmas).
ReplyDeleteIt looks as though you have touches of green in some of your blocks already, so if it were me I would add some more green in sparingly. It looks absolutely so far, keep up the good work! I'm thinking I would love to start a Baltimore quilt soon!
ReplyDeleteI see some green in your blocks or is it my computer. Anyway I think you could add some green here and there and it would look fine, depends on the shade of green.
ReplyDeleteI have always liked your blue and red blocks and wished I had chosen another color for mine. I think it’s just that we have been looking at these fabrics for two years an have grown tired of them.
stick with the red and blue, it looks amazing. I am working on a red and green and I'm thinking it's a bit boring, just like so many other red and green quilts, I should have tried to put my own mark on it.
ReplyDeleteWhen I look at your blocks some of them look blue-green (almost like a teal) so I think if you add those types of greens it would work fine. A grass green or a kelly green on the other hand might not be a good choice. Your blocks are lovely and whatever you decide I think you are going to have a fab quilt!
ReplyDeleteYou've done so well to keep up! I am so very behind, but I'm determined that once my exhibition projects are completed I will be starting up again! As you know, I'm doing modern colours, but I love your version with the blues and reds! I'm not much of a dark green fan - yours are just that little bit different that keeps it interesting for me!
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