And they all said, "eeewww!"... are the fabrics really THAT bad?
#33
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I like them all, too~! :D Love the pink/gray-silver combos .. would make a beautiful baby-girl quilt!
With a name like *Putting on the Ritz* they fill the bill *perfectly*~!! :thumbup:
Different strokes, different folks ... :lol:
With a name like *Putting on the Ritz* they fill the bill *perfectly*~!! :thumbup:
Different strokes, different folks ... :lol:
#34
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I think sometimes people look at too big a swath of fabric. We're quilter's! Some of our pieces are less than 1" square. I think you could use all those fabrics and make a beautiful quilt (if not necessarily all together)! If you were dedicated to the baby/ nursery theme I'd probably add an appliqué or more "cute" print, but I think those fabrics are great!
#39
The first set would be the hardest to work with, but the rest all have their uses.
The trick with any fabric is to find a pattern that complements the color and style- a lot of those would lend itself to a fussy-cut or a stack-and-whack method, or a tessellation flower that where all the pieces were fussy-cut to have the same section on them.
They are not so bad, but they all have a theme- bland or plain, or rather, muted- you are missing the bright colors. Mix them with some yellow or eye-popping colors and you will create a contrast for the whole quilt. Again, it's all in how you use these fabrics.
If, in the end, you can't find uses for them, try Bonni hunter's scrap quilt methods- I bet most of those fabrics would produce a stunning quilt once cut up and arranged properly.
Other than the "words" prints, I can picture uses for every one of these fabrics.
The trick with any fabric is to find a pattern that complements the color and style- a lot of those would lend itself to a fussy-cut or a stack-and-whack method, or a tessellation flower that where all the pieces were fussy-cut to have the same section on them.
They are not so bad, but they all have a theme- bland or plain, or rather, muted- you are missing the bright colors. Mix them with some yellow or eye-popping colors and you will create a contrast for the whole quilt. Again, it's all in how you use these fabrics.
If, in the end, you can't find uses for them, try Bonni hunter's scrap quilt methods- I bet most of those fabrics would produce a stunning quilt once cut up and arranged properly.
Other than the "words" prints, I can picture uses for every one of these fabrics.
#40
Originally Posted by franie
I think they are way cool but I probably would not buy them. They don't really speak to me but I would probably drool over something someone else made with them.
And that's it EXACTLY- many times we don't like a fabric because we can't see an end project in mind. I have worked with collections that came as a set (either 5 in squares or 10 inch squares) and there are always fabrics in there the scream "ugly!" to me- but several times I have been really pleasantly shocked at how well they play together in the final project.
Not something I would have bought based on the print/coloring alone, but looks good in the end.
I think of it as an orchestra- you may not care to hear a single instrument by itself, but in a concert with all the others and the proper arrangement of music, any instrument has a place. People go to hear the combination all put together, and so it is with quilts. I am learning not to judge individual fabrics so harshly, but rather learn how they should be used for a beautiful finish that others will drool over.
Only you will know that pieces of that fabric started life as an ugly duckling. LOL :-)
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