These are not quite finished up, as I still need to add the borders and quilt them, but I have 2 days until the next one comes out.
The first one is ok and although I prefer it over the second one, it seems boring to me. Perhaps the red borders will add some pop? Maybe?
And the second one - ick! I really feel that this block design was made for solids and since I am not doing solids it is just too visually stimulating and the eye can't rest, except on the red diamonds. That is all I see when I look at this block. More importantly on this one, I think the red borders will tone it down. It is disappointing to not see the actual block design. Lesson learned - don't use such loud fabric. After all, this is to build my skills and I am learning, just suffering through some ick to get there. I was really trying to think this through though. I used white with black and black with white (for contrast). Sigh...
