Anyone Else Do This?
#21
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Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: Maryland
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I'm making a scrappy with blues and neutrals right now. Turns out most of my leftover blues have a royal/bright tone to them and I'd imagined this one being more dark/sedate blue. So I started mixing what I had (since it was supposed to come from leftovers in my stash ie:scrappy) and ended up purchasing more 1/4 yd pieces to cut up for strips, to mix in. As of last night, I was starting to like the look of the mix, but yesterday morning I was thinking I'd end up splitting the blues and making two smaller quilts, one bright and one dark.
This is definitely one of the reasons I have such a big stash. I change my mind on colors as I'm going. I just don't have the ability to envision what all the fabrics will look like when they're cut up and put next to one another. Not a bad problem to have in the big scheme of things though...
This is definitely one of the reasons I have such a big stash. I change my mind on colors as I'm going. I just don't have the ability to envision what all the fabrics will look like when they're cut up and put next to one another. Not a bad problem to have in the big scheme of things though...
#22
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Join Date: Aug 2013
Posts: 9,299
I once saw a quilt titled "A Glad of Blues." That name has always stuck with me. The quilter had at least 9 different blues, ranging from navy to turquoise to powder. If I were to "dissect" the blues, I would second guess whether they "went" together. But seeing it all together in A Glad of Blues convinced me: the turquoise (which I would have left out if I'd been to critical) really was the one that gave it the zing.
#27
I've decided I really am my own worst enemy. Been gathering fabrics, for a couple of D9Ps. Sounds easy enough, right? Well, one is to be different blues . . . so I gathered together about a dozen blues but then discovered there were actually two different blue sets, neither really "feeling right" with the other. Back to the store, for more blues. Okay, that gave me 8 out of 9, which "felt right" together. Back to the store, for the last one. It looked great with "most" of the set but then one of the original 8 didn't seem right. Back to a different store. Found a couple new blues and decided one worked but not with the "old" new one. Today, I went back to the store again(!) and found one more hopeful blue. I'm almost afraid to set it next to the others. It's in the washer, right now. Luckily, I only need about a yard of each blue. I've exhausted Hobby Lobby, Joann's, and WalMart (WM was a major disappointment, this time). This is just a casual quilt, so I don't want to pay LQS prices. One way or another, I WILL make this work!
Oh, during this last trip, I found several coordinating purples! They may go with the purple paisley, I recently bought . . . or I may be forced to go back for the violet paisley (slightly different shade). I'll also need a few more purples . . . but am afraid to think about that, just now!
On the bright side, nothing will go to waste.
Oh, during this last trip, I found several coordinating purples! They may go with the purple paisley, I recently bought . . . or I may be forced to go back for the violet paisley (slightly different shade). I'll also need a few more purples . . . but am afraid to think about that, just now!
On the bright side, nothing will go to waste.
I want to see when you are finished - it will be gorgeous.
#28
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Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Florida
Posts: 5,965
When I find myself looking for that "perfect color", I find that I just need to stand back a little. Usually, I have one that will do fine. I have also used that trick where you photograph the fabrics to see if something stands out as being "off". But then it never hurts to have a good stash.
#29
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Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Carroll, Iowa
Posts: 3,479
Been there, done that. I'm glad I have a fairly decent stash to pick from. When I need to add more fabrics, I take my entire selection with me to match up. Sometimes I end up with a whole new collection as my eyes tend to wander over all the beautiful fabrics and if one of them speaks to me, I grab it with no idea what I'll do with it later. I'm my own worse enemy in a fabric store.............:-)
#30
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Northern California, Sonoma Co.
Posts: 2,814
I've had exactly the same experience with blue fabrics. For me it's an issue with the neutrals – some blues pull toward being matched with creams, some more towards white. It's the difference (to me anyway) between the subdued and the bright. Yes, you could probably throw them together, but you are right, the feeling isn't there...
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