The scrap quilt started here has moved on a touch, and I can’t decide whether to make it stained glass style with clover bias or plain, with non-matching seams undisguised (because the strips are of varying widths): 
or with the bias – not yet fixed. There will be a narrow border
What do you think – with or without?
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I know nothing about quilting, but I love the stained glass idea.
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Tricky! The top look is softer but the bias kind of ‘pulls it together’? Probably no. 2 🙂
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Ta. Bias is no fixed and quilting started.
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I prefer the top one, my eye was allowed to meander across freely appreciating the flow of the individual squares. 😀
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Both are beautiful but I’d say my preference is with the majority–the second one. Love the colors…so calming to me.
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It’s pretty either way, but I like the window pane effect the strips give. That dark makes the colors seem even livelier. (love that rust-orange batik)
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I think the one with the bias strips is my favourite too. It has a look of a stained glass window about it.
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I like the one with the bias strips. I find it more pleasing to the eye😊
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I like the look of the lower photo.
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I think that one wins.
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I prefer the one with the bias strips. To my eye, it is more ‘bien arrangée’, perhaps like its future owner…?
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You are absolutely right – that describes Annette to a T.
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I think I prefer the one with the bias sashing. it makes it look like window panes
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I vote for the un-biased one. I like how the lines of the blocks interact with each other. The strips distract me from the pattern. I think the better question is, what would your friend prefer?
Either way, it’s a good looking quilt.
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I shall ask her tomorrow and until then I will gather my forces for the final work!
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I like the bottom one better, visually. More work I know but adds dimension. Just my 2 cents worth. I love it any way you finish it. Just lovely.
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Thank you. The scales are tipping towards the black strips option. I’ll have to pacify the grinch, who is firmly for the plain version.
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😦 Either way, it’s beautiful. You have the strips bought, so you must use them now. 🙂
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Good thinking
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What a great scrappy quilt! I like the black bias a little more, but I have this blackish faze going on just now… If you know who is receiving the quilt, their personality might give you the answer?
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It’s for an 84 year old French friend. She’s very chic, always immaculate.
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I like both but the second one better and have no idea why, lol…
Elizabeth
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Three to two so far!
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I am not a quilter, but I like the top photo. That is my “un-biased” opinion. Pun intended. 😄
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