Originally Posted by carol45
So I did a bit of redesigning based on your input. I'm attaching the new design.
As far as the colors go, one thing that everyone seems to be in agreement on is that it will be difficult to find all the blues that I need. It seems to me that the tone on tone fabrics will be more difficult to find than solids. I looked on the Hancocks of Paducah web site and there are many solid blues--I counted about 26 between the Moda and Kona solids that might work, so maybe I could find the 12 that I need since someone said that the Kona and Moda solids work together. The question is, how can I do that? Does any place send swatches? Does any place carry them all? Any ideas? I figure that I will need about 1 yard of each fabric (I haveuggice tone on tone fabric for the white border) since I'll probably make some curtains and shams to match and I don't want to run out of anything.
If you have a quilt store nearby, chances are they have the color cards they might be willing to let you see. They may have several of the blues you'll need. I don't like to mix prints and solids becasue I think it makes the solids look boring - even if they're a bright color. I would suggest finding all the shades you can, and then perhaps adjusting the design to accomodate them.