Navajo Nation Diary
Pattern Modification
I’m still plugging away at making the Round 2 Navajo squares. At the same time, I’ve been making some modifications to my design.
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My original pattern called for a 3-inch sash border after the Round 2 Navajo squares. I realized this created a problem for my final round of 9-inch squares. The horizontal rows for the final round were made up of squares a different size than the vertical rows for the round. Since I plan to paper-piece this round, it resulted in two different patterns for the round. I realized I needed to increase the sash border to 6 inches and reduce the final round squares to 6 inches to accomodate using 1 pattern for the final round. The result being all the squares are identical in size…6 x 6 inch squares. |
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Once I increased the sash size to 6 inches, I decided that a solid brown sash was too much for the overall look of the quilt. So I divided that round into 2 sections. The first is 4 inches wide with a series of big and little diamonds. The second is 2 inches wide with 1/2 inch strips of cream surrounding 1 inch of the blue fabric.
The overall size of the quilt remains the same. And I like the additional interest of the diamond borders between the two square rounds. The blue sash border breaks up the predominant browns on the outer edges of the quilt nicely. |
