Color advice?
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Color advice?
I'm about to embark on this dinosaur quilt for my three-year-old, but I'm having some trouble choosing colors. I got three prints from a line of dinosaur fabric but to me they don't really look like they belong together. I got some greens to go along with them and then I shopped my stash for some blues, but I'm still not sure.
I know it's tough to tell exactly what colors actually look like from a photo, but I think you can at least get an idea about how they compare to each other? Anyway here's what I've lined up. Any advice? Any fabrics you would take out of the line up or any colors you might try to add?
Thank you!!
I know it's tough to tell exactly what colors actually look like from a photo, but I think you can at least get an idea about how they compare to each other? Anyway here's what I've lined up. Any advice? Any fabrics you would take out of the line up or any colors you might try to add?
Thank you!!
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cute fabrics! If you have a bit of warm colors yellow/orange/red to pull from the dinosaurs, that would be fantastic! I happen to like contrast, but not everyone does. If you aren't sure about fabrics during the design phase, take your main print or potential block fabrics and place them together on your washer. Every time you go in to wash, take a peek, rearrange as needed and edit when you're ready. It's amazing what a little distraction and time does for the creative process. Your little one is going to love your project!!
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I think so, like this one though not this exact same pattern: http://www.allpeoplequilt.com/projec...f-color_1.html. The blocks are 8".
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I agree. I would definitely add a splash of the dinosaur color. You can see how great it would look with your other choices because the background color in the photo is perfect and makes the others really sing!
You might want to reconsider that striped yellow one. All the others are very organic and that's the only hard edged geometric one. Just something to consider.
You might want to reconsider that striped yellow one. All the others are very organic and that's the only hard edged geometric one. Just something to consider.
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To me, some of the blues have too much gray in them. Gray "dulls down" the color whereas usually you want bright and/or vivid colors for a child's quilt.
The greens seem too much in the same range for me -- all middle range greens. If at all possible find a really light green (or even better, a bright yellow) to add to that group, and also a little dash of very dark saturated green.
But honestly I think my biggest problem is with the two blues next to the blue dinosaur fabric; they are too grayed down. I would use the blue dinosaur fabric as the "main" fabric and then pick colors from that fabric to add to the mix -- especially some orange, red and maybe a dark brown (all colors that are int the dinosaurs themselves).
I would also take out some of the greens -- there are too many of them compared to the other color(s). I agree about taking out the green stripe for sure.
Just my 2 cents and how I would approach this at home......
The greens seem too much in the same range for me -- all middle range greens. If at all possible find a really light green (or even better, a bright yellow) to add to that group, and also a little dash of very dark saturated green.
But honestly I think my biggest problem is with the two blues next to the blue dinosaur fabric; they are too grayed down. I would use the blue dinosaur fabric as the "main" fabric and then pick colors from that fabric to add to the mix -- especially some orange, red and maybe a dark brown (all colors that are int the dinosaurs themselves).
I would also take out some of the greens -- there are too many of them compared to the other color(s). I agree about taking out the green stripe for sure.
Just my 2 cents and how I would approach this at home......
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I think so, like this one though not this exact same pattern: http://www.allpeoplequilt.com/projec...f-color_1.html. The blocks are 8".
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