Choosing fabric and laying out the quilt
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I always have trouble with beginning a quilt. I am not a designer!! I want to make a baby quilt, I have some cute fabric in 4" squares, with baby chicks on a white background. It has some dusky blue, green, and yellow in the print. I tried making a 9 patch with the yellow, green and blue, kind of heavy with the main fabric with the white back ground. I cut the 9 patch to do a disapearing 9 patch, the blue seems to bold. Yeeach!!! I'm getting no where! Any ideas?
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I often have the same problem. Sometimes it helps me to look at a quilt i like or a block i like and use that to help choose fabrics. By that i mean not copying the fabrics in that block but more the tones of the fabric--lights, darks, meds, large prints, solids etc. Maybe you can find a pattern you like using a novelty print like the chicks and see what other fabrics are put with it. Hope that makes sense.
By the way, where in Upstate NY are you?
By the way, where in Upstate NY are you?
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Originally Posted by GagaSmith
I often have the same problem. Sometimes it helps me to look at a quilt i like or a block i like and use that to help choose fabrics. By that i mean not copying the fabrics in that block but more the tones of the fabric--lights, darks, meds, large prints, solids etc. Maybe you can find a pattern you like using a novelty print like the chicks and see what other fabrics are put with it. Hope that makes sense.
By the way, where in Upstate NY are you?
By the way, where in Upstate NY are you?
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Sorry i can't help. Maybe just play around with it until you find something you like. Maybe another shade of blue would be more suitable?
You are way north of where I live, on the PA border between Corning and Elmira.
You are way north of where I live, on the PA border between Corning and Elmira.
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I always have doubts when I am starting but somehow they always turn out. Sometimes I try to match things too well and so many beautiful quilts need a fabric to pop and stand out. Maybe when it is done it will be perfect.
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