Originally Posted by luvrazz
I have the same fabric and I loved it as fabric, but not enough lights in it... What can we do??? I have just started sewing my hexagons... I also like each block but I am afraid that it is just to dark... I will send photos when I get more done...
If it's too dark for your liking here's a couple of things you could play with.
You could turn the rarity of strong highlights into a design feature. E.g. place the block with the strongest highlight in/near the centre (in bailey's case I'd give the one with the small yellow flower a go), and huddle all the other black ones around it, darkest inwards and lighter outwards. Then go lighter and lighter towards the edge, and maybe use a black border to set off the lighter values nearer the border.
If you have more fabric, you could cut more blocks to give you more of a choice about which ones to use.
Leaving out the very black ones will make the whole thing a softer medium.
Leaving out blocks with lots of grey will let all those beautiful subtle colours shine a bit more.
Having more blocks in total (if that's an option for you size-wise) will allow you to blend them all more into each other.
Not saying any of this is needed! Just following your wish for light... :-) Looking forward to your photos, too.