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Monday, May 28, 2012

Design Wall Monday #19 - Broken Dishes

I have returned to working on one of my HST projects because I was tired of moving it from place to place in my quilt studio! I posted about these blocks in April when I was trying to figure out a layout - click here to read about it. 
The block design is called "broken dishes", and the idea that came to me when I was sewing the blocks was to sew 4 broken dishes together to look like dinner plates.
Although I liked the look of the plates on pointe,  the ohio star block jumped out at me too much, so I decided to just keep them in a straight setting. I like the secondary pattern when they are joined together, but then it lost the look of plates, so the final decision was straight set, with sashing. 
But what to do about this sashing?  Do you like any of these sashing options? I leaning towards the middle row - cornerstones of scrappy diamonds.
BTW - Bonnie's new quilt uses the same broken dishes block and lots of string piecing and it is gorgeous!
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20 comments:

  1. Teresa in Music CityMonday, May 28, 2012

    Pretty! Definitely prefer the middle sashing option. It flows nicely with the design and has a nice clean look.

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  2. soscrappyMonday, May 28, 2012

    I agree about the center sashing, the diamonds float in the center and allows each plate to show.

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  3. julieQMonday, May 28, 2012

    Love, love! Top sashing for me, but all would look very nice!

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  4. Barb in MiMonday, May 28, 2012

    It looks beautiful! Middle sashing for me, but all 3 would work.

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  5. SusanMonday, May 28, 2012

    Without a doubt...... The middle row.... Love that quilt......

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  6. beaquilterMonday, May 28, 2012

    uhhh lovely! I like the sashings on all of them, first I had to do a second look and didn't know what you were talking about, then realized it was the sashing! I think the more traditional one is the 3rd row.... I don't know, they all look good

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  7. sunnyMonday, May 28, 2012

    I like the little corner stones! And I like your reasoning for working on this particular project. That's how I sometimes choose projects, too.

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  8. MichelleMonday, May 28, 2012

    That is *gorgeous*! I think I like the top sashing best.

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  9. AnnieOMonday, May 28, 2012

    I like the midle one too for the sashing. These look great and sure use up a lot of scraps!

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  10. KateMonday, May 28, 2012

    Love these blocks! I like the middle sashing option too.

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  11. Deb Robertson WritesMonday, May 28, 2012

    I love this! I have a broken dishes on my to-do list!! I love the top row myself

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  12. Judy D in AZMonday, May 28, 2012

    I like the middle sashing. I think the squares on point cornerstones echo the HSTs adjacent to them.

    Great idea.

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  13. FlossMonday, May 28, 2012

    Veery pretty, I like the middle sahsing option the best too.

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  14. Teresa F.Monday, May 28, 2012

    Great looking quilt. I'd go for the little diamonds in the middle.

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  15. Janet O.Monday, May 28, 2012

    I'm voting with the herd, here. Definitely love the middle sashing--but none of the options would ruin this quilt. It is beautiful!

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  16. CandaceMonday, May 28, 2012

    I'm going to put in my vote and then read the other comments. I'm partial to the little middle diamonds with the different colors. Now I'll see if I'm a minority.

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  17. HeatherMonday, May 28, 2012

    middle row

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  18. Cathy TommMonday, May 28, 2012

    The quilt is coming along nicely. I kind of like the centre sashing too.

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  19. KarenMonday, May 28, 2012

    I agree that the middle row with the parts on point. It gives more interest to the setting.

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  20. JoQuilterMonday, May 28, 2012

    I agree, the middle one is the best.

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