How do you choose coordinating fabrics?
05-13-2011, 11:10 AM
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I don't have any problem putting colors together, I probably tend to make things to matchy-matchy. My advise would be to lay different fabrics side by side, switch them around, take your time looking at them. I am right now trying to decide on 5 different blues, from dark to light, for a king size dresden plate quilt I want to make for myself. I also take swatchs to the fabric store when I need to match something.
05-13-2011, 11:11 AM
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Originally Posted by Kas
Originally Posted by DogHouseMom
Honestly, I lay them out on my cutting table (which is large). I can see my table every time I pass the room. Sometimes I'll look at them for a few days in different lights until I'm happy.
05-13-2011, 12:06 PM
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Very carefully! .... And I've been cautioned about picking everything from one line of fabrics; they'll all blend, but you may lose the individuality of your own creative juices, like using a cheater fabric (which I've also done on a few occasions when time was of the essence!)
05-13-2011, 02:08 PM
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I definately don't ask for advice from the woman in a gaudy blouse, wearing way too much perfume and capris that clash who's husband is quietly protesting being hauled along wearing 2 different plaids with a base color of mustard yellow
05-13-2011, 03:34 PM
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To make the colors harmonize, I pick them from just half of the color wheel.
I find white or light shades very distracting and difficult to use with many bright colors, so I leave them out to use with a pastel color scheme.
Unlike the rules of putting lights and darks with mediums for everything is - I DON'T. The attractiveness of the 30s colors is because they are nearly all the same value bright colors.
Black will make bright colors pop if it is used as a background or sashing.
I find white or light shades very distracting and difficult to use with many bright colors, so I leave them out to use with a pastel color scheme.
Unlike the rules of putting lights and darks with mediums for everything is - I DON'T. The attractiveness of the 30s colors is because they are nearly all the same value bright colors.
Black will make bright colors pop if it is used as a background or sashing.
05-13-2011, 04:49 PM
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I don't have any rules except if it looks good and I like it then that's what I use. Have a girlfriend who has to match everything. The quilts look good but not my cup of tea. Mine are bright with lots of movement and some fabrics that don't seem to match but they look good when finished and the recipients like them too. ~ Chris
05-13-2011, 05:18 PM
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Originally Posted by bearisgray
Jinney Beyer had this way of doing colors - she would match exactly the colors in the focus fabric - and then she would add "bridge" colors between each of the matching colors - and then she would use the "bridge" colors.
Actually made for a more interesting quilt than being exactly matchy-matchy. Which is kind of boring in the mid-range colors.
Actually made for a more interesting quilt than being exactly matchy-matchy. Which is kind of boring in the mid-range colors.
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