Originally Posted by IBQLTN
Originally Posted by thrums
Originally Posted by Bamagal
I love to piece. I love to quilt. I love to pick blocks!! I hate to pick colors. I can't look at fabric and mix up colors and prints. So my quilts tend to be two colors. White and either a print or a solid. I can mix a solid and a print, if I have a solid color that is also in the print. Then I guess I have three fabrics. I can't seem get the concept of color ranges. I don't know how to mix two prints. I can pick fabrics I like, but I can't mix them up. I've tried light, medium, dark, but then is one a solid, one a small print and one a big print. Do you see the problem?
I'm color-impaired too. Recently I gathered a few tips on colors.
:arrow: Select a print you really like. Look at the selvages and you'll see a series of dots that indicate the colors used in the print.
:arrow: Select some fabrics you like (or you think you like :wink: ), place them on a table, step back and squint at them. Do they do what you want them to? Also, the colors may work but you're not sure--it may be a matter of moving the colors in the stack.
:arrow: Lastly dealing with color-value from fabric in your stash, place them together on your printer and print in B/W. The value will become more clear.
Hope this helps.
I see this note fell right after one with the previous advice. :roll:
Yes, but you said it without ramblin' on like I did!
:lol: I restrained myself. :lol: