Originally Posted by BarbaraSue
If possible take a quilt class from a local quilter or LQS. Learn from another quilter how to make the choices of value, not color for your contrasts to really work in the pattern. Simple designs can be stunning when done with bold colors with great contrasts.
Excellent tip!!!!! And this is something you may never work out on your own (unlike accurate seams, for example). Contrast makes the pattern and Value makes contrast!
I knew 'sweet fat aiths' about contrast before being shown by someone who knew. I would spend money on that before paying to have someone show me how to cut.