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03-30-2011, 08:33 AM

jillaine

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When you are searching in online stores for fabric that would work well for OBW/Kaleidoscope/Stack-and-Whack designs, what do you search for? I tried "kaleidoscope" and got nothing close.

Thanks.

03-30-2011, 08:34 AM

amma

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I usually search for large scale prints and large scale asian prints :D:D:D

03-30-2011, 08:37 AM

gal288

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equilter.com has great fabrics for OBW's.

03-30-2011, 10:18 AM

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wide Stripes,or Border prints

03-30-2011, 10:23 AM

icon17

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I'm loging off this is to annoying can't 'quote reply' or 'repy' with out a lonnng wait....... :) but maybe thats the plan?

03-31-2011, 08:50 AM

deanna.r

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It really helps to get a fabric with quite a bit of "movement" in it. I made one from an Asian fabric that had wavy lines as part of the design. It also had a fairly large scale print. I was really happy with the way it turned out.
If you use a small print, you won't have much variety in your blocks.

03-31-2011, 09:13 AM

Bluphrog

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I know that The Cotton Club has some OBW fabrics.

03-31-2011, 09:35 AM

fabric_fancy

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this site has a section devoted to one block wonder fabrics

http://mybluebamboo.com/cgi-bin/Stor...oduct=2011_obw

even if you don't want to buy from them you can get a good idea about print size, style, and color