Originally Posted by Jaos
Originally Posted by grammy Dwynn
Picking colors for me, is fun. (I guess I was in the correct line :) )
Another thing that can help you, those colored dots/numbers that are in the selvage. Use them to help you choose your color(s). Line up your choices, stand back 5 feet or greater and SQUINT (or remove your glasses). The squinting helps you see just the colors and not the prints.
Like most of our quilting endeavors, it does take practice.
How do you use the colored dots/numbers?
The dots represent all the colors used in that piece of fabric. Sometime a few dots others lots and lots of dots. Like on some busy floral fabric there might be 15 or so dots. The dots will help you see what color of blue/red/pink/green would 'match' the fabric. Say you pull a bright blue out of you stash, hold it next to the dot, but the dots blue is a gray blue. So back to the stash for a gray blue. So keep pulling and match the dots. Then stand back and squint and before you know it you colors and quilts will be looking wonderful.