Choosing fabrics
#22
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Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Homosassa, FL
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Sewing with Nancy had a quilt block that used 12.5" squares. and strips to make a large block. Also you could cut a panel and use in the center and make blocks to go around it.
#24
I pick out a print I want to use then look for fabrics with those colors. I do like matchy matchy quilts.
I have used a lot of fabrics up. Now I am into scrappy quilts and nothing has to match. That does make it easier to choose. I am making quilts to donate.
I have used a lot of fabrics up. Now I am into scrappy quilts and nothing has to match. That does make it easier to choose. I am making quilts to donate.
#25
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Lowell, MA
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The hardest part for me choosing colors for a quilt is finding the right color in my stash. I've tried for years to organize my fabrics by color, but have only been successful in separating out Christmas prints on a consistent basis. I will pull out totes of fabric knowing that the piece I'm looking for is somewhere, I just can't remember where. The up side is that as I'm on my search, I will find a fabric I'd forgotten I had and it's the perfect one. What can I say? I'm disorganized, compounded by limited space since we moved from a 3-bedroom house with full basement to a 2-bedroom apt. It was a necessary move, however, I couldn't bring all the fabric I wanted, so I passed it on to a dear quilting friend, so it went to a good home.
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