Green or Purple?

January 14, 2009 in Baby Jane Quilt by emily | 16 comments

I can’t decide on the sashing color for Jane.   The green would be the more traditional option but the purple makes the blocks pop.  I’m also going to do the tiny cornerstone squares in the sashing.  Those can be green, purple or red.  I’m so, so, so ready for this quilt to be D-O-N-E!!!  Please vote in the comments!

  1. ginger’s avatar

    ginger on January 14, 2009 at 4:08 pm

    I agree… go with purple! The blocks get too lost with the green.

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  2. John’s avatar

    John on January 14, 2009 at 4:10 pm

    Purple, for sure … for the exact reason you mentioned. It shows off all of your hard work. And who wants to be traditional, anyway??! : )

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  3. Carrie’s avatar

    Carrie on January 14, 2009 at 4:57 pm

    Purple. Too much work to not show off your wonderful work.

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  4. Joyce’s avatar

    Joyce on January 14, 2009 at 5:33 pm

    Purple, Purple, Purple. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    I love the green too, but the purple really talks to you.

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  5. kristin’s avatar

    kristin on January 14, 2009 at 7:52 pm

    Purple is my vote. From the sample you show and what I think I remember seeing, there are a lot of blocks withe light green background. The purple really makes them sing! Maybe the green would work as the corner stone. Beautiful quilt.

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    Debbie on January 14, 2009 at 7:54 pm

    I saw a Dear Jane at the OKC Winter Quilt show last weekend and the sashings were dark navy. The blocks just popped. Go with the purple. You amaze me…..already doing the sashings…wow! Can’t wait to see what is next.

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  7. Robin’s avatar

    Robin on January 14, 2009 at 8:46 pm

    I’m with everyone else– the purple would look amazing!

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  8. Cathy’s avatar

    Cathy on January 14, 2009 at 11:17 pm

    I’m with purple too!

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  9. christi’s avatar

    christi on January 15, 2009 at 6:14 am

    another vote here for the purple!

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  10. Heather’s avatar

    Heather on January 15, 2009 at 9:46 am

    Hum, well, I guess I’m just too traditional ’cause I’m going with green. I do like the way the purple looks, the blocks surely stand out more with it as a background. But, the green looks so smooth and I’m not one for “super bold” in my quilts.

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    Melissa on January 16, 2009 at 12:51 am

    my first reaction was green – love that shade of green and don’t really care for purple in general, but really, the blocks just pop off that purple and really shine. It’s gotta be purple I think!

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  12. Diane’s avatar

    Diane on January 16, 2009 at 7:55 am

    I think the purple makes the blocks pop while the green the blocks just blend. I am amazed how fast you are doing these block. Kudos to you.

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  13. Cara’s avatar

    Cara on January 16, 2009 at 9:44 am

    Definatley the Purple! :)

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  14. Shirley’s avatar

    Shirley on January 16, 2009 at 10:48 am

    The blocks get lost in the green and don’t show the work that went into each block. I’d go with the purple.

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  15. abby’s avatar

    abby on January 16, 2009 at 2:01 pm

    Purple! No question. Green is tooo traditional for your style.

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  16. emily’s avatar

    emily on January 16, 2009 at 4:28 pm

    Thanks everyone! I think I’ll go with purple. I agree with Heather about the bold quilt thing… I don’t like too bold but with only 1/2″ of purple showing hopefully it won’t be too bold.

    Now to figure out how to quilt it…

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