Originally Posted by
Calmclam
Still a newbie - do more research than quilting! I've been avoiding solids, they seem so impersonal yet I know they must have a place. How do you use them? Are there certain places you think they are better than prints? I know some prints "read as solids" from a distance yet up close they have personality. Please give me food for thought on this journey.
Thanks!
I don't use solids a lot when quilting but am very lost if I don't have a color in a solid when I do need them. One of my favorite and "keeper" quilts is made with all solids. I wanted a quilt that had an Amish flavor of all solids but with Paper Pieced Stars. The result is stunning. The solid stars came to life and 'sparkle' off the quilt. Another use for solids is in sashings between blocks. You may find them very good to offset your blocks so the block is not occluded by to much color patterns surrounding the blocks.
Happy quilting.