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  1. 10-18-2012, 05:17 AM #1
    Lori S
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    Sometimes when I get "stuck" on color .. ask at the local quilt shop for assistance. If that is not available I use photos or magazine clippings for color inspiration. I have a large bulletin board over my cutting table where I clip and post color combos of interest to me. I once saw a instructor tell a group always pick a light and dark and a medium in the colors of interest. She went on to say most beginners fill quilts with medium and lack the contrast. Additionally she stressed a variety of scale of prints. I can still hear her voice when I go to pick fabrics.
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  2. 10-18-2012, 05:28 AM #2
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    I have found the folks in the local quilt shops to be very willing to help - they are a great resource. Of course, it does depend on the shop but generally, they enjoy helping you choose fabrics.
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  3. 10-18-2012, 05:46 AM #3
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    I do the same as Tartan does with the little dots on the selvage. Or I just take all th ebolts of fabric I like and lay them all out and then mix them up in different order to see if anything clashes. Sometimes the one I loved the most is the "clasher"and has to go!
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  4. 10-18-2012, 06:21 AM #4
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    I will sometimes use fabrics from the same collection. However, if I find a fabric that I love and want to use, I just go throught the LQS with the fabric in hand and try on different fabrics. When I pick my fabrics this way, I rarely go with "matching" but more of a "Go with" mentality. I look at different colors and values and sometimes a fabric that is standing by itself and not a color/print/pattern I would normally pick will actually look wonderful with my focus fabric. I go with colors that compliment and enhance each other. I've always had a flair for colors and picking the right colors to go together and that just spilled over into my quilting.
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  5. 10-18-2012, 06:43 AM #5
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    I usually pick out a print - main fabric I want to use and just try to pick colors from that. If I don't have any to match, then I just try to pick out other colors to look okay with it. I am starting to like scrappies more, much easier.
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  6. 10-18-2012, 06:56 AM #6
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    I first find the focus fabric, then carry it around with me, looking for the others. Right now, I have a bunch of fabrics (to use together) and no pattern.
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  7. 10-18-2012, 07:38 AM #7
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    Relax, this is something you can learn. You can download a color wheel if you want. Yes, by all means take a friend who knows color but ask her to comment after you make each choice, so you learn ... being told what to pick isn't doing active learning.

    Look around you at nature, house designs [including furniture upholstery colors,] magazines, and books. Silently critique the quilts shown at your quilting guild/group. You'll find you know more than you thought.

    If color choice problems persist please get an eye exam. Loss of color can mean cataracts and the eye doc may not even ask you about this. So tell the doc.

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  8. 10-18-2012, 07:49 AM #8
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    I've finally learned (mostly from a Jinny Beyer book) that 'go with' or 'bridges' is a lot more interesting than 'matching exactly'

    For example - one has a royal blue and a kelly green - picking a turquoise or teal that 'bridges' the two colors usually is more interesting than trying to match exactly the blue or the green.
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  9. 10-20-2012, 04:47 PM #9
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    bearisgrey, Do you know the name of the Jinny Beyer book? The idea of "bridging' colors is new to me, and it would be interesting to check that out. Interesting conversation.
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  10. 10-18-2012, 07:58 AM #10
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    I still have a hard time with this also. I don't usually buy them all at once. I will buy fabric that I love that I don't have a project for. Then i use from my stash or when I decide on a project go looking.

    I seem to not get either the right contrast or the color that will make it pop and provide movement and end up with a blah quilt.

    when I am stuck though, I ask someone who makes quilts I admire.
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