Tuesday 23 August 2011

Polo Fruity Hexagons!

The bright hexagons have been zigzagged on the machine together!  And now I have to decide what is to go in the centre as at the moment my quilt is full of holes!  




Just like a whole lot of Polo Fruits!














The options I was considering were


1  All one colour throughout the quilt
2  A fabric from each individual hexagon 
3  A contrast fabric from the quilt but not in that specific hexagon 



I had some very helpful comments and some ideas I had not thought of so I had to test them all out.  Thank you all you creative people even if I am not going with your suggestion I appreciate your time and thought!  


I placed some of my Kona solids under the quilt top to see what I liked best and these are my favourites















Well I like them all with some of the hexagons so I am leaning towards option three after all.  I will actually cut out some dotty fabrics next as the centres to see if this will work.  I will report back!


As for the Delft Dreams quilt - again thanks for your input and I will go ahead without a border - haven't tried that before so it will be fun to try something new!  





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21 comments:

  1. the hexagons look fantastic! They look like little flowers. Great job.
    (how do you put your name on your photos?)

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  2. Can't wait to see what happens next. Such a bright and happy quilt. I like it.

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  3. Love the fruity polos! I'm always amazed by how different blocks look once they're joined together - even when you don't think the seam allowances are distracting your eye their 'disappearance' makes such a difference! Looking forward to the next installment!

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  4. Polo Fruits - what a great name for a quilt! I really like the purple and pink backgrounds. Jxo

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  5. Judith is right, great name for the quilt. I am liking the solid centres. Off you go now, we will all be expecting a photo tomorrow of the completed quilt top. ;-)

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  6. Ooh another lovely quilt.
    I am doing a similar thing with my quilt, leaving holes!

    I like the turquoise..but I am a turquoise freak!

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  7. Nicky...that's a holy quilt! LOL! Sorry...I like the blue as well...but I reserve my final judgement until I see the dots! That could be fun!

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  8. Wow again SS. I go away for a few days and look what you get up to. I think you are doing very well and don't really need lots of advice. You are making great choices. Love the hexagons, have tried that whirlygig type hexagon and had big plans to make a huge quilt with that one but made only one block and I love to draft patterns. I am useless at maths so don't know how that one works. Delft Dreams is so beautiful and I shall have it in mind to make me get mine out of its dark place one day. Phew! Have I missed anything out?!!

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  9. Wow! So beautiful! I love the blue and purple options, but you can't go wrong with any of them.

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  10. Looks great and I love all the colour options you have tried behind, they all give it a completely different look from one another

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  11. Your hexagons look fabulous! So colorful and fun! I didn't even realize in that first pic that they didn't have centers.

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  12. Your hexagons are beautiful! So bright and cheerful!

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  13. These look amazing! I really like the purple under them :-)

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  14. I like the red. I LOVE your photographs of the quilt top!!

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  15. What a neat quilt!!! I just adore your design and all the different fabrics you used. I like the third color (blue) a lot. Really pulls all the flowers together.
    ~Kimberlee

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  16. Amazing. I love the varied colors. Good luck with the centres!

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  17. Wow, that looks like quite a bit of work! Good for you, it looks great...

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