Movement

Lots of guinea pig stories, but not so much sewing.  I hope that will change soon.  I have finally made progress on the pastel strip quilt.  These are the vintage fabrics I picked up in March.  I changed my mind on what block to make; changed my mind on what colors to use before going back to the original block and color combo.  I've put together and pulled apart a few test blocks.  It's ridiculous.

But...

I've got blocks.

I swear that the dang fabric keeps changing color.  Honest.  That blue triangle on the bottom is the same color as the strip next to the bright blue.  It goes from almost baby blue to truly purple periwinkle, just depending on what it's next to.  I have the same problem with the blue-green.  Which was part of the reason I kept ripping apart blocks - they looked so different sewn together.

I freaked myself out this morning trying to find a missing block (I had the full 58 blocks, but I couldn't get them to match up correctly).  Then I realized - I need 28 of one block, 30 of another because of how this is set on point.  I had 29 of each.  Whew.  

This is the pattern I decided to try for thees blocks (not sure if it has a name).  I made the blocks without much thought for the setting triangles.  There's tons of periwinkle, so I thought to use that; but it fades away once it's put near the blocks.  I'm now down to the nest fabric (far left), the black, and the cream (center).  Then nest fabric is really busy close up, but is better at a distance.  The black is such a shocking contrast, but right now that's my favorite.  I tried a dark grey, but it seemed to make everything washed out.  The cream isn't bad... it's just kind of bland.  I plan to bind in periwinkle, but that may change depending on how it looks all put together.

Do you like any of those for setting triangles?  Or think there's another color I could try?

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