What should I make with this fabric collection
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What should I make with this fabric collection
I have a FQ of every fabric in this line Indigo by Henry Glass
http://www.rivercityquilts.com/fabri...ues-fabric.cfm
They offer a free pattern but it looks so dark. How can I feature these unique prints, but add contrast and lighten up the overall appearance. Thanks for your help.
http://www.rivercityquilts.com/fabri...ues-fabric.cfm
They offer a free pattern but it looks so dark. How can I feature these unique prints, but add contrast and lighten up the overall appearance. Thanks for your help.
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A silver gray or perhaps a nice red will brighten the collection. Treat those fabrics as your black background in Hunter's Stár blocks? I love using textured darks instead of solids as backgrounds.
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Your fabric reminded me of a bag pattern I have that uses strips of the same type of fabric:
http://pursepatterns.com/index.php?m...oducts_id=1416
Maybe you could made a bag out of the left over scraps. They are ironically the same colors.
http://pursepatterns.com/index.php?m...oducts_id=1416
Maybe you could made a bag out of the left over scraps. They are ironically the same colors.
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Are there any "lights" in this collection?
I think the prints are interesting - and I would try to pick out a pattern that would showcase the individual prints.
I would try to get a "light" that blends with the light part of those prints for contrast. I think white white might be too stark of a contrast for my taste.
I think the prints are interesting - and I would try to pick out a pattern that would showcase the individual prints.
I would try to get a "light" that blends with the light part of those prints for contrast. I think white white might be too stark of a contrast for my taste.
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The prints are beautiful but very dark - sometimes indigo-style prints have more white in them. I would either fnd some similar which have more white, use more of the lighter ones so the darker ones stand out, or just go for white and solid navy for contrast. HST's? If I were to add another color I would add a clear mid-green, on the blueish side. Not sure. I didn't go grazy over the Glass pattern either when I peeked at it.
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