Originally Posted by oksewglad
Originally Posted by earthwalker
Clever...they are very pretty. Thanks for sharing the tip..I think it could be very useful. I was just thinking, you could maybe use a very light coloured dye, maybe pastel blues or palest pinks to make randoms more cohesive? Hmm...this group always inspires so many ideas!
What would happen if you used a touch of food color to get that lighter color? Hmm another inspiration!
Yesterday, I was looking at a tutorial, on this board, for making beautiful Tiffany stained glass quilts. There are very good directions, within the tute, for coloring your backgrounds. I'll see if I can find it...be right back :-D
Here you go:
http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-110571-1.htm
If you scroll down a little in her 1st post she explains how she "paints" the background using watered down fabric paint on wet fabric.