Quilt pattern for monochromatic quilts?
07-03-2016, 02:25 PM
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I just started putting green sawtooth stars together. It's making a nice cheerful quilt. Here's a closeup. The distant photos don't show the colors as well.
One thing I've noticed with this monochromatic quilt is that sometimes even monochromatic colors can clash. I attempted to put yellowy-greens into a quilt with blue-greens and it just got too busy. It's possible that if the values were the same for each shade of green it would work, but with light and dark values all over the place it's better to stay on one end of the spectrum of a given color.
Here's a closeup of my stars.
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One thing I've noticed with this monochromatic quilt is that sometimes even monochromatic colors can clash. I attempted to put yellowy-greens into a quilt with blue-greens and it just got too busy. It's possible that if the values were the same for each shade of green it would work, but with light and dark values all over the place it's better to stay on one end of the spectrum of a given color.
Here's a closeup of my stars.
[ATTACH=CONFIG]553359[/ATTACH]
07-04-2016, 03:40 AM
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I made a beautiful rail fence quilt in all purples. When using all one color, it's important to use any version of that color. In mine there was a purple that was very light to a purple that was almost black, clear colors and greyed purples, bluish purples, pinkish purples, and reddish purples. Anything at all purple went into it.
I made mine after seeing one at a quilt show where my two friends and I all agreed it was the most gorgeous quilt there, because of the colors. I studied it for awhile before I realized why it was so beautiful, and that was because of all the variations of purple that were in it. So I made mine the same, with the same results.
I made mine after seeing one at a quilt show where my two friends and I all agreed it was the most gorgeous quilt there, because of the colors. I studied it for awhile before I realized why it was so beautiful, and that was because of all the variations of purple that were in it. So I made mine the same, with the same results.
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07-04-2016, 07:46 AM
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It's still in the cutting phase, but I took a 1000 Pyramids class (60 degree triangles) with Mary Fons & that pattern looks very striking in one color, many tones/tints/shades. I designed mine with light greys pointing up & charcoals/blacks facing down. I've been thinking about adding a few pops of Parisian Pink, but haven't found the right fabric just yet so I'll either have to dye it myself or leave it tonal.
I was the only one in our class that picked a black & white scheme. The rest all picked a color (& its variations) & that looked good, too.
EDIT: As others have pointed out, be sure to audition your fabrics. Even among the greys, some have a bit beige & others have almost a bluish cast. I personally didn't like those together.
I was the only one in our class that picked a black & white scheme. The rest all picked a color (& its variations) & that looked good, too.
EDIT: As others have pointed out, be sure to audition your fabrics. Even among the greys, some have a bit beige & others have almost a bluish cast. I personally didn't like those together.
Last edited by Bree123; 07-04-2016 at 07:50 AM.
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