Need suggestions for similar fabric
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Need suggestions for similar fabric
A fabric I would like to use is sold out and I have been unable to source any leftovers. I'm hoping to find something like it I can use instead (I need 1 1/2+ yards).
The quilt I'm working on has light blue (leaning towards pale aqua), teal, white, charcoal, and apple green in it. I'll attach a photo of the one I had hoped to use - a small-scale botanical-ish print that has light blue and teal on a white background, with some charcoal as well - in hopes folks here might direct me to something similar (I prefer more of a modern print to a very traditional one).
Ideas/suggestions?
Thanks!
The quilt I'm working on has light blue (leaning towards pale aqua), teal, white, charcoal, and apple green in it. I'll attach a photo of the one I had hoped to use - a small-scale botanical-ish print that has light blue and teal on a white background, with some charcoal as well - in hopes folks here might direct me to something similar (I prefer more of a modern print to a very traditional one).
Ideas/suggestions?
Thanks!
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Have you looked at the pattern to see if this fabric could be used somewhere else in the pattern and then use a solid or blender in a coordinated color for where this pattern is intended? Of course, it's hard to do online. Hopefully someone else has a better idea of a solution. Just wanted to say, I have done the same thing.
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The unfortunate thing is that all but 12 blocks of the queen size quilt are completed so I actually don't have enough of any others available to swap. It's for a large square front and center of the block, and I absolutely hate the fabric (the one pictured above is a different fabric in the fabric line and not elsewhere in the quilt).
I've searched my stash for something else but nothing I already have feels right.
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I am a fan of google images. I did a quick search - there are several in this link that might work - but no knowing what you are matching it is hard to tell.
https://www.google.com/search?tbs=si...w=1242&bih=577
https://www.google.com/search?tbs=si...w=1242&bih=577
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Could we please know the pattern name? Maybe a picture of one of your blocks. Even though we know what you had planned to use, if we can't find something very similar, then we are looking for a needle in a haystack.
Thousandsofbolts.com has many blues to choose from. The creams seem to have some better choices.
https://www.thousandsofbolts.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=product.display&product_ID=204950&ParentCat=57
or this one:
https://www.thousandsofbolts.com/ind...2&ParentCat=57
Thousandsofbolts.com has many blues to choose from. The creams seem to have some better choices.
https://www.thousandsofbolts.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=product.display&product_ID=204950&ParentCat=57
or this one:
https://www.thousandsofbolts.com/ind...2&ParentCat=57
Last edited by Barb in Louisiana; 03-22-2020 at 10:36 AM.
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https://www.connectingthreads.com/ta...nload/p/12605D
The fabric I'm wanting to replace is the large on-point square floral with a grey background. As you can see, it's a fairly dominant element and I really don't care for it. It seems to fight the other fabrics.
Kind of looks like a 1930 feed sack fabric, I wonder if you might find something similar in 1930 reproduction fabric?