my sashing plan for the autumn nine patch has been to use a wheat colored crossweave i have in stash. it looks nice with the blocks, but it also felt a little less cozy to me than jolene's soft, scrappy neutrals sashing in her beatrix potter autumn nine patch from the book. my fabrics are also bolder, more saturated than her choices, so i knew i wasn't going to have the same cozy, vintage look as her quilt. it was mostly the layout idea i was using to guide me.
but then i noticed this beautiful woven fabric i bought to use for a background (possibly for "spinning elizabeths") and it reminded me of the feel in jolene's quilt. so now i'm thinking of using it for the wide sashing in my quilt.
it has a lovely vintage vibe to it, but it's also a tad busy. the quilt would definitely look more cozy and jolene-like, but the blocks will stand out less against the pattern.
this is the wheat crossweave. it's calm, clean, and crisp. the blocks stand out distinctly against this background. it has the right fall vibe to it. but it's less cozy. i wouldn't exactly call it boring, but it does make the quilt overall look a lot simpler.
here's a look at the beatrix potter nine patch from the book. doesn't it look like it's been around forever rather than something newly made? it's quite dreamy.
i like both ideas, but i'm completely indecisive about which to do. i suppose i could just make two quilts? there are very few blocks needed and i have enough fabrics. that seems a little redundant and excessive. better to just make up my mind.
another idea i have is a meet-in-the-middle compromise: place a thin wheat border around each block and use the strip sashing.
decisions, decisions! options can be paralyzing, can't they?
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