I am making a civil war quilt and wondering would you use all material from the civil war collection or would others look OK?
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you can use any fabrics you like- it's your project.
one year i made 3 underground railroad quilts- one done in 1800's reproduction fabs, one done in 30's fabrics and white... and one done in batiks.... all 3 are beautiful! when i work with 1800 repro's at times i need to add other fabrics- i try to stay in the same color range/or i stick with adding solids instead of prints that look too modern- if i find a print that looks from the right era i use it. |
Anything goes if you stick with muted colors. I made about a dozen Civil War quilts - Log Cabin quilts - and just looked through my stash when I ran out of a fabric. Just stay away from modern BRIGHT colors and you'll be fine!
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Thanks, thats the hard job deciding on colors. I am not good at that.Most always take someone else along for their opinion.
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I think you could use any fabric you want. Just stay with the muted shades.
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Originally Posted by ladycaller
I am making a civil war quilt and wondering would you use all material from the civil war collection or would others look OK?
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I'm making on myself right now and I'm using anything that has the "drabbish" tone of the Civil War line of fabrics.
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I've done three and I've taken classes with then all. I've only used reproduction material. I did not always use the material supplied in class because I really enjoy using alot of colors so I did a search for the reproduction and now I have a good stash so I just started on a new one and will probably make one block with the shops material and one with mine choice. We had one lady make one using all Christmas fabric; it was pretty wild but all of her grandchildren fought over who would get it. It's up to the individual; if it's important to use all reproduction then do so if not make it to suit yourself or the one who will get it in the end.
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I have some cheddars, blues, purples and greens that are civil war reproduction and they are difinetly not muted.
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That is real nice. What size are the blocks?
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