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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.
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.
I love this idea of the background for the hunter's star. you could call it "night sky"
Jenny B
WOW!! That is a very dark looking collection. Red does work well with blacks. I would lay out the fabrics and start adding red, lighter grays and maybe a white or two.
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Maybe HSTs with white? It's a beautiful collection. I can see hsts with the blue halves all on the same side, a triangles quilt.
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Using idigo, I would audition a tan or harvest gold tone like blue jeans? That is a classic look. White would really pop!
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I think I would use it in a 2 color quilt - blue & white, blue & yellow. I like the half square triangle idea, then you could put them into a log cabin type design.
I love that collection! I would either do a sailboat quilt block with those as the sails, or an orange peel quilt as the peels.
Jenny B
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.
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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.
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