When you make a quilt top, do you plan out each step or make it up as you go along? I tend to do the latter. I have a basic idea of borders plain and pieced as well as colours but everything can change as I go along. I guess it is different if a person uses a pattern but as I don't then it can be trial and error.
For example, I am making a crib quilt. The top has a centre panel. I wanted it to be bright because the panel itself isn't. I did a yellow border and then a red one but I didn't want just plain strips so decided to add alternating yellow and lime green squares. The second row would make it a checkerboard. However, when I laid out the second row, it seemed to overpower everything else. I am now going to leave it at the one row, add a red strip, a wider black to match the panel background and perhaps another narrow red. I will use the unused block strips as binding. Or , at least, that is the plan. It could change again.
I will post a photo when it gets done.
Blessings,
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