In your current projects, do you find that you're using more blenders than last year? The same amount? Or less?

Do you prefer marbles/mottled fabrics, or tonal prints?

Are your tastes changing?

We've been noticing a trend, in our shop... but I wanted to ask "The Quilters" before I share what we've been seeing.

I tend toward marbles or mottled rather than just plain colors. Is that what you were inquiring about?

I use all 3 a LOT LOL I can use other fabrics that are harder to find matching prints, and they are becoming more readily available here. :D:D:D

I like the moda marbles for blenders but I do use more "prints" as blenders than I used to. Adds more interest to the quilt.

It was a sort of vague question, wasn't it? Really I should have asked marbles vs. solids vs. tonal prints that "read solid".

I also prefer the marbles over solids any day. Maybe that is also why I like batiks so much because there is nothing plain about them.

Solids are not my thing. I really like the blenders.

I read an article somewhere that solids are the thing now. I just wrote it off as the manufacturers trying to get us to buy solids. I did see a quilt made of all solids but I felt that if they had used marbles it would have been prettier. I still prefer marbles--seems to have more depth.

marbles/mottled fabrics

If I were only allowed to buy this type of fabic the rest of my life I would still be happy.

It depends on the quilt what seems to fit.

As a rule I do tend to gravitate towards mottled/marbled 'solids' rather than true solids. Sometimes I will also use a tone on tone print.

The exception so far being when I'm doing a really bright print that begs for equally bright solids to go with it...like the 'girl bugs' fabric with the bright lime background and bright pink and yellow in the print. I used a slightly darker bright lime and a bright yellow solid on that one. Wished I had added a bright pink piping, but I was already done when I thought of that!