When you reach for "light neutral" batiks...
02-24-2011, 08:51 PM
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I am LOOKING and LOOKING for those light batiks. Sat on the computer for hours the other night after running from LQS to LQS. I need 15-25 different lights. Could only find 16. Exactly what you have posted. The watercolors wash out too much. As soon as I get my camera to hook up to the computer I will show you what I am making.
02-24-2011, 09:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Lori S
This is also the HARDEST to purchase online, as those subtle shades read differnent, depending on the monitor. It is sometimes hard to distingush a grayish beige , from a warm beige, to a yellowy beige.
Would it be helpful if the item description said, in words, whether it had areas of beige or yellow or icy blue or gray or peach, to help the viewer decide whether the color overall was leaning the right way for their projects?
02-25-2011, 05:36 AM
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I go for small, overall prints, not the watercolor solids very much at all...though the watercolor dots are good. I want texture and because I work in small scale, the watercolors just don't deliver it. I like several of the Hoffman texture line, Kaufman's elemental line, anything with a tight geometric, botanic, or organic monotone pattern, but then, I don't make traditional quilts much anymore so I'm probably not the target you're looking for. Light neutral batiks are not easy to find around here, so I would eagerly grab a bolt of that Kaufman elemental you have pictured in #3. ;)
02-25-2011, 05:58 AM
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Originally Posted by Favorite Fabrics
Originally Posted by Lori S
This is also the HARDEST to purchase online, as those subtle shades read differnent, depending on the monitor. It is sometimes hard to distingush a grayish beige , from a warm beige, to a yellowy beige.
Would it be helpful if the item description said, in words, whether it had areas of beige or yellow or icy blue or gray or peach, to help the viewer decide whether the color overall was leaning the right way for their projects?
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