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    Old 01-05-2014, 01:47 PM
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    I have this wonderful fabric but I'm having a hard time trying to find good colors to go with it can you please help me find a some fabric that will go well with it? Here is photo.
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    Old 01-05-2014, 01:50 PM
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    Some shade of orange or rust?
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    Old 01-05-2014, 01:58 PM
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    I like the colors you have together at this point so just keep up with shades of darker browns, golds, oranges. What is your plan going forward, to repeat this same block in different shades or will it be like a sampler done with different blocks in similar tones. What are you trying to accomplish? Knowing this we can maybe help you better. IMHO, I really like what you have put together in your first try.
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    Old 01-05-2014, 02:05 PM
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    I love your fabric/color choices so far! What are the colors in print? Find a blender or solid that goes well with one of them, and then see if it works well with all of them.

    If you have enough of the 3 fabrics in the block, just use that for the quilt. I think if you alternated the squares/rectangles around the white fabric, you'd have a very striking quilt. Or put a white block between each 6 patch. You could also simply sash around each block with the white fabric and that would look great!
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    Yeah you could add lighter shades of what is already there.
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    Some shade of orange or rust?
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    Old 01-05-2014, 02:19 PM
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    What is showing looks good. I might do some dark brown embroidery work in the cream square to tie it all together.
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    Old 01-05-2014, 02:45 PM
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    Which fab is the one you aren talking about...I see three.......what is on the opposite side of a color wheel? That would be a good contrast.....
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    Old 01-05-2014, 03:29 PM
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    I'm thinking green. Is there any green in the small floral print? How about a sage green, you know, the one that looks sort of grey. I would also look for a darker cream or tan.
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    Old 01-06-2014, 05:08 AM
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    Not sure which color you are looking for help. If you have the selvage to that fabric (provided it's not one of the solids), you'll have dots of color on the selvage. This will give you a guide as to what colors were used to make up the patterns/overall design of that fabric and you can use that as a guide as to what will coordinate with it.
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    Old 01-06-2014, 05:18 AM
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    I love old-timey calicos! I'd look for similar calico prints in different colors for the smaller blocks. Pull a color out of each one for the rectangular blocks (yellow in your sample) and pull it all together by keeping the brown blocks as sashing throughout.
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