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Choosing & placing colours in Storm at Sea quilt
I've promised a dear old friend a quilt for her bed, she has chosen aqua and grey/brown [not a lot of fabric around in those colours eh?] and I would add white. My problem is selecting which shades of colours should go where. I want to emphasise the flowing water-like pattern rather than the central blocks. Can any of you lovely ladies, or gentlemen, advise me of the best placement of colour shades to place where, or know of a website that would show this? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks Gay
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I pulled it up in EQ7 and came up with an idea for you. I don't know how to move the picture from EQ7 to this forum so will try to describe it.
The Storm at Sea consists of (1) a small square (square in a square in a square), (2) a large square (square in a square in a square), and (3) a rectangle (diamond in a rectangle). For the small square, a light center, next the aqua, and the grey/brown on the outside. For the large square, a light center, aqua next, and light on the outside For the rectangle, a grey/brown diamond and a light outside Sorry I can't describe it any better than that. Hope it helps. |
Hi Audrey. I don't have EQ7 so may have to cut some small pieces of fabric to see how it will look, using your idea. My friend doesn't want the darker shades but I think they'll have to be included, for contrast. Will also try using colouring pencils on graph paper. Have I heard somewhere that you can save [or export] your blocks and quilts as a jpg -or whatever- in EQ?
Thanks for your suggestions, Cheers, Gay |
Originally Posted by AudreyB
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I pulled it up in EQ7 and came up with an idea for you. I don't know how to move the picture from EQ7 to this forum so will try to describe it.
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this link has a coloring chart if that helps.
http://quiltinspiration.blogspot.com...ree-block.html |
I found this one online - I think it does what you want, and it's in similar colors. http://www.flickr.com/photos/piece__of_me/1240309985/
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Thank you QuiltnNan! I've always wondered how to do that. Guess I should have asked the forum! Now if I can post the picture here
Okay, I don't know how to post a picture. I'll research it and try again. |
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I couldn't find a grey/brown but close enough and followed AudreyB's color example above... [ATTACH=CONFIG]425016[/ATTACH]
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wow sorry for the big pic
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Oh, thank you. I tried to post a picture but can't seem to do it. I'm still trying but I'm having technical problems.
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