Richmond
This was one of the first ones I made. Not sure why I missed posting it!
Star of the West
Annie made this one. Love the colors.
True Blue
This one we determined needed to take a "blue" spot, given its name!
Port and Starboard
A "Red & Blue"
Blockade
Another "Red & Blue"
Now that our blocks are almost completely finished, we've filled the design wall with them. We think we have a pretty good idea of what we want to do for the layout, sashing, borders, etc. I messed around in Photoshop with pictures of our blocks and tried different background colors, different borders, and so forth.
My biggest challenge was trying to get the blocks to "pop" and not blend into the sashing and borders. What seems to work the best is to edge each block with a strip that is lighter than any of our other "lights" which separates it from the dark background and from the colors in each block.
Annie had thought that 4-patches would be a good addition at the corners of each block, and I came to agree with her. I added them to the Photoshop layout and it really dressed it up.
So, this is where I think I'm going with mine. Dark blue background, red and taupe 4-patches at the block corners, a red inner border and blue outer border. I like how it makes the blocks "float." Annie is thinking of doing something similar, with a lighter blue for the background.
So, there's an update on where we are. I think things will slow down even more as we coast into fall here. There is much on our plates with the change in the seasons and the holidays fast approaching. At least they seem to be to me when I look at the list of things I hope to get made before then!
Happy Stitching!
