These bow ties were started a year or two ago with that challenge - one color a month for 10 months. This batch has red, orange, yellow, pink, green, aqua, light blue, dark blue, purple and black. There is one of each of those color ways in each set of the 2 rows (10 blocks every 2 rows)... which is how I spread out my colors when I lay things out on the floor. Then it is moving things around within those 2 rows for lights, medium and darks to try and get it how I think it looks good.
I know Mom.... I do need to trim and finish up Sally's quilt.... which I will just bring with me next month! Maybe Sunday will be that task =) I am debating on big stitch hand quilting it or machine quilting it.......
Linking this one up to the RSC on Saturday.
I love anything done with bow ties--
ReplyDeleteand that is one very pretty quilt top now--
great borders--
Isn't it funny how quilts can talk to us--sometimes they are down right 'bossy' too!!!
luv, di
I love the border - it really adds to it
ReplyDeleteIsn't it amazing what borders add? Love your choice of colors. Can't wait to see the yellow as binding. ~Jeanne
ReplyDeleteEven better!!
ReplyDeleteLooks absolutely perfect Deb! I like it and I think the borders made the quilt.
ReplyDeleteThat looks great! Amazing what a difference those borders make!
ReplyDeleteIf you wanted a smaller quilt with a similar impact, you could have chosen to do a faux-piped binding (or a real one!) Either of those techniques would have provided room to use the dark BLUE and red together without growing the quilt. Just something to thing about for some other quilt that happens to suggest that it needs MORE!
ReplyDeleteLove your Bow Tie quilt, I'm also making Bow Ties each month.
ReplyDeleteLove seeing your Bow Tie blocks each month. The borders were good choices!
ReplyDeleteWow I love this quilt. Especially the blue and RED borders, Awesome!!!
ReplyDeleteGreat bowtie blocks and quilt.
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