Originally Posted by Lucia
Another thing I do is to check the wrong side of the fabrics. Not all of them work, but for me, fabric always has two sides and I use the one that best fits my needs.
That is a great tip. My DH is has watched me quilt for several years now and has been my trusty assitant at times, so he decided to venture forth and make a quilt himself this fall. It is a great quilt. He had 2 black fabrics he was using, but he needed them to contrast, so he used the back of one... it looks like a whitish gray with black dots. It is great!
Here is a picture: