Lesson Learned-Not Enough Fabric
#11
That is one of the reasons I like to scrap up my background with projects like that, using assorted nuetral squares instead of all the same fabric. That way even if I do run short, it's not a big deal to get more.
Right now I do most of my shopping in my stash, and I rarely have enough of any one fabric with enough yardage for background is there is a lot needed.
Another option I"ll use is to do a gradient look, either from top to bottom, or from the center working out.
Right now I do most of my shopping in my stash, and I rarely have enough of any one fabric with enough yardage for background is there is a lot needed.
Another option I"ll use is to do a gradient look, either from top to bottom, or from the center working out.
#13
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Montana
Posts: 565
Yep I am in that dilemma at the moment. I am short about 1 yard and can't find more. I don't know enough about the fabric to trace more down. So I am going to sash what I have to make a whole quit. I guess I learned a good lesson.
#14
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Join Date: Jan 2020
Location: Oklahoma
Posts: 193
Your quilt is beautiful. Why not fill the top right corner (where the background is missing) and bottom left corner (where you could remove some background) with squares from the fabrics that make up the seashell - like a partial frame? You could put some going across and some down in the corners and it would look like part of the design.
#16
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Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Florida
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Your quilt is beautiful. Why not fill the top right corner (where the background is missing) and bottom left corner (where you could remove some background) with squares from the fabrics that make up the seashell - like a partial frame? You could put some going across and some down in the corners and it would look like part of the design.