Saturday, June 8, 2013

Thank you!

Many sincere thanks to Julierose, Raewyn, Kelly, Teresa, Vivian, Grace, Regan, Annie, and Joanne, who took their precious time to consider my border options for Dulcinea and leave me a comment.  I so appreciate each one of you!  Your opinions really did help me make my final decision.

I played around a LOT more with the triangles and framing borders, and still couldn't come up with anything that appealed to me.  This afternoon I finally put all the half-square triangle squares into the 2 1/2" box and settled on the simplest border.  The original has a pieced border, and I was trying to come up with a different one using the fabric I had left.  We all know that sometimes simple is truly the best way to go, and I think that was the case with this quilt top.  After all, it was the border fabric that drew my attention to this fabric line to begin with.



It's always hard to show any detail in a picture of an entire top, so here is a close-up of the border for your viewing pleasure.


This is the fabric I fell in love with.  And despite looking to the contrary, there are NO solids in this top.  All but the narrow border and yellow background are prints from "Posh" by Chez Moi for Moda.  The background is a pale yellow pin dot, even though it looks like a solid.  Here are closeups of a few of the blocks.





Again, thanks to my nine commenters -- your input helped me make a decision that I really didn't want to make.  If it weren't for you I probably would still be playing with a pieced border that wasn't meant to be.

8 comments:

swooze said...

I think the only way your segments would have worked would have been to cut them down. Maybe two little HSTs then two squares. Not sure after that but good effort dear. Very pretty.

swooze said...

I think the only way your segments would have worked would have been to cut them down. Maybe two little HSTs then two squares. Not sure after that but good effort dear. Very pretty.

Vivian said...

Simple is always better! When we are trying too hard to look for a "solution" most often the best solution is to dial it back a bit.

It looks great and I can't wait to see you in the next Schnibbles Parade!

Busy Little Quilter said...

It's beautiful! You made a great choice.

Teresa said...

Thanks for the close up shots. That border fabric is really beautiful and I did not realize that all your fabrics were such lovely prints. Great job!

cityquilter grace said...

it's beautiful patti and i too love the border fabric, so glad you decided to show it off big time...

Glenda said...

Glad you put the triangles in the box LOL. It is a stunning quilt now and the fabrics have the wow factor with out the triangles taking away from them, great great boarder finish. I take photo's when I'm stuck and email them to my self, it's surprising how quickly you see the solution when it comes up on your screen after even 10 mins break from the sewing room. Love that quilt. Cheers Glenda

Michele said...

Your Dulcinea looks lovely! The border is great on the quilt :-)