First of all, here are all of the 12” blocks laid out randomly. The group members could choose to use either navy, royal blue, green or yellow for their blocks.
I’m still trying to decide if I want to add sashing between the blocks, which would look like this:
About mid-September, I pulled out all of my favorite navy blue prints and made this quilt top (it’s still waiting to be quilted). With this version I think I’m really liking the no sashing look.
And just to show you kind of a different look, here are the same Scrappy Susannah blocks but using the fabrics from Mirabelle (designed by Joanna Figueroa for Moda).
And then the same quilt, but without sashing.
And then here’s one more because I was curious what a Christmas version of Scrappy Susannah would look like! This one is made using Solstice by Kate Spain. And again, I think I prefer the no-sashing look. What do you think? Sashing or no sashing??
I personally like the sashing for breathing space but the no sashing version is very pleasing to the eye also! I love how different the block can look depending on the depth of colour in the centre 'square'!
ReplyDeleteI like the no sashing on the Christmas quilt, but for the first one pictured, I would use sashing! :)
ReplyDeleteI like the no sashing version.
ReplyDeleteLOVE the no-sashing look on the navy version and the Christmas quilt, but for the top quilt, I vote for sashing. I think the white helps all the colors "sing".
ReplyDeleteI think you would have to judge each quilt as you finish the blocks. The first quilt and Mirabelle need the sashing. The navy blue and christmas look best without it.
ReplyDeleteLove this block. I am planning to use this for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge at http://superscrappy.blogspot.com.au/ Mine will be in rainbow colours, staring with blues.
ReplyDeleteThanks for posting the tutorial
Dasha
http://patchingpixies.blogspot.com.au/
No sashing is my favorite. Especially in the Christmas version.
ReplyDeletethe top blue one (actual photo of a quilt) is somewhat different from the "pencil" drawings. The pencil drawings appear to have a solid center square with HSQ on each corner. I think I like that way better.
ReplyDeleteHi live2quilt72 - I hadn't noticed that before. When I created this in EQ7 I made that center square solid just to make it quicker to re-color. It would just require one click instead of four ;) But you could totally make the block with the solid center - it's just a different method of construction!
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