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Old 01-19-2011, 07:05 PM
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Jan in VA
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Don't think of these as three "colors" but as three values.....Navy as your dark, pick a red that can be a medium, and the light green can be a light.

Lay the fabric choices out overlapping each other, and squint through your eyes at them to determine how much contrast they have. Or put them in your copier and make a "grayscale" copy, that will show the difference in their value.

Also, just because you will have three color families doesn't mean you have to use only 3 pieces of fabric. For instance, you might use 5 reds, and maybe 3-4 navies, and several greens including very pale fabrics with tiny green print. Lots of different blocks you can make using lots of fabrics.

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