DiD I ruin a yard of Fabric? HELP!!!!!!
04-16-2011, 08:51 PM
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Originally Posted by AndiR
Usually for a OBW the repeat should be in the range of 12 - 24". Less than that, like the fabric you have, there is not enough variation. Look for big, large scale prints with more variation like these:
The fabrics posted here are great examples.
Although, I'd be hesitant that the black one may have too much black in the background .... though it may be very interesting. Love the yellow one!
Use two mirrors, to help predict whether a fabric will work for OBW.
04-16-2011, 08:59 PM
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Thank you everyone so far for your help, I guess I'll have to dig up another fabric, like that will be hard.lol Keep the samples coming in re: to what I can now do with all of the triangles I now have and any other samples of fabric that I might use. I'll post later tomorrow what I have in my stash and maybe make a decision that way for OBW with everyones help. Talk about UFO's stacking up. I guess thats what happens when you live a couple 100 miles from Roswell, NM. lol
04-16-2011, 10:00 PM
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Originally Posted by fabric whisperer
the quilt that annaquilts posted is the pattern I was think of :)
04-17-2011, 03:03 AM
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I plan on making one of these triangle quilts. How did you make the white border? Love your quilt!!
Originally Posted by Annaquilts
The fabric is too similar. Maybe make it a quilt with triangles.
04-17-2011, 03:35 AM
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Originally Posted by LindaM
I love OBW's, but I'm not seeing enough variation across the fabric to make this one work ... might have to repurpose the triangles or hexes.
What you *could* do is alternate them with a coordinating fabric that is more bold, that way it is still OBW but it "slows down" the quilt some...
04-17-2011, 12:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Liz aka Helen
Ok here are some of the fabrics that I have in my stash which 1 will work better as a OBW.
If you want to see how they'd look, take two mirrors and stand them together, move them in closer til you see the six reflections. Or of considering 4PP, stand them at right angles to get 4 reflections.
Do you have atleast six repeats?
And are the repeats at least 12" apart?
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