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Sometimes when I am auditioning fabric for a new project, I think it looks great.....until I start sewing and then I wonder if other people will say to themselves, "those don't go together".
How often do you say "not everyone is going to like this"? On a scale from 1 to 10, how high do you put your choices?
Of course I know that there are no quilting police, but I was just wondering.
Life is not a movie. No one is going to yell "CUT" when you make a mistake. - Anne L. Fulton
I am pretty confident in my sense of color and selecting fabrics. But much LESS confident in my ability to piece and quilt it!!!
I am the opposite.......Originally Posted by Jeanne S
same here. lol
Margaret
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Jeanne, you're gifted! I've seen some of your work and complimented you on a work in progress. I wish I had a good sense of color, the values and all. I've been shown in a workshop, but as a few things with me, I am challenged to "get it" yet. Jeanne, a straight quarter inch seam is a straight quarter inch seam...there's no more to it. Joining the blocks takes some practice...no more to that one, either. Quilting= practice. Ah, but the color thing...now that's a challenge to so many people. It's not something you can check by using a ruler to make sure it's accurate. The quilting...if you make a goof, that's what seam rippers are for. But the color thing.....it's one of those areas that can't be measured for accuracy, or ripped out to start over. You are blessed to understand colors. Bravo!
Hello from Shenandoah Valley, VA. Quilting a few years. Love the process of creating the quilt top, but don't like making the sandwich of top, batting and backing as much. We have two Labrador Retrievers, a yellow and a chocolate. Blessings to all!
Sometimes I doubt my color sense even when other quilter's say my color selection is excellent. I keep fabric up on the design wall reviewing it over and over again until I am sure the fabric will work.
A Good Friend, like an old quilt, is both a Treasure and a Comfort
I know I need help with color. But sometimes that has to do with the lighting. It would always upset me home and find the fabric looked totally different to me. So I try and take my daughter to help pick out fabric.
I'm very confident in my color sense. I don't think I've ever had a quilt that I later thought was the wrong color choices.
I never doubt my color choices. However, that doesn't mean everyone else will like them, we all have different tastes.
I'm getting better with my color sense so I'm starting to get braver.
I've been a digital scrapbooker for years. This helped me a TON. Scrapbooking has much less investment (time wise) involved in the finished product so it's been a wonderful medium to develop my color expression. Art journaling would be a great way to 'practice' too. In a way I've found that working in a couple different art mediums really strengthens both. I would encourage you to experiment in ways that help you expand and develop.
Kristi
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