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Monday, October 15, 2012

Choices. choices, choices............for Diane M.

For her CQJP Diane M. is using ties to make fan blocks.... lots of fan blocks and they are just gorgeous.  At the retreat she was lamenting the difficulty of picking out a background color.  She wants to use it as a wall hanging... Even with a design wall you still need a large area and lots of fabric to see the entire project.

So I offered to put them in photoshop and try out some different colors for her background... I wasn't concerned with the arrangement of the blocks.  She'll have to give that some more thought after a decision is made on the background...

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I used the color picker feature.  You hover the pointer over colors in the image and it gives you an exact color match... I love this feature and use it a lot.  Personally I liked the blue backgrounds the best and I'm not a blue person...  As a wall hanging I like the lighter, mood-elevating combination below...and I think the lighter background with fancy quilting in the empty triangles would make the blocks appear larger... They are truely gorgeous...



Or maybe play with inner borders? A bit busy....

Now let's hear from Diane...
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9 comments:

  1. DianeOctober 15, 2012 at 7:12 PM

    Thanks so much Gerry for doing this. I really like the white background, it seems to make the blocks look a bit softer and delicate. My second choice would be the dark maroon, one of the middle photos looks like a maroon/purple, and I think it would bring out the darker colours in the blocks.

    How would the arrangement look if it were narrower across and longer? Feel free to use blocks twice if you need extra. I still have two blocks to finish.

    Diane

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  2. Susan ElliottOctober 16, 2012 at 3:59 AM

    These fans are lovely. I like either the blue or white background. It's going to be beautiful! Congratulations Diane!

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  3. gocrazywithmeOctober 16, 2012 at 5:47 AM

    Beautiful fans Diane made, and I'm so glad you're back at doing the Block Talk blog. It's such a great CQing lesson every time.

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  4. MarilynOctober 16, 2012 at 6:02 AM

    I like the lightest blue or the white as they seem to bring out the colours of the fans. I find the darker backgrounds draw my eyes away from the fans and its them I want to see.

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  5. MarilynOctober 16, 2012 at 6:03 AM

    I like the lightest blue or the white as they seem to bring out the colours of the fans. I find the darker backgrounds draw my eyes away from the fans and its them I want to see.

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  6. LorraineOctober 16, 2012 at 7:51 AM

    Will be interesting to see what Diane chooses - I like the darker backgrounds personally.

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  7. ConnieOctober 16, 2012 at 12:42 PM

    I like the blues also. (-; Good luck Diane!

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  8. NickiLeeOctober 16, 2012 at 4:12 PM

    Me loving Blue would choose the blues - but boy does Diane have a big choice ahead of her - her blocks are gorgeous!

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  9. DianeDecember 24, 2012 at 2:06 PM

    Well it's Christmas Eve 2012, and I've made my choice of background colour. It's going to be cream. The empty triangles will be embroidered lightly with fans in subtle colours.

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