Originally Posted by melhuff
I'm still curious about your selection. As I'm new to quilting and am overwhelmed when in a store WITH material, I dont quite understand how you figure out how well material will flow together when you are online shopping. Does this question make sense??
Thanks!
Melinda
melinda
i think this is a common issue with new quilters. i believe it really just comes down to you haven't found your style yet.
i, too, find many fabric to be beautiful but i don't buy it all nor do i work with it all.
i have a rather narrow range of fabric designs that i enjoy working with and i buy them all the time. then the rare bird will peek my interest and i'll just buy that.
when trying to match fabrics it always easiest when you buy all the pieces from the same line.
once you spend more time with fabric and quilting you'll realize that all colors and fabrics actually go together quite well and that its value and tone that makes a quilt sing.
this concept becomes very apparent when you look at scrap type quilt - the only thing that matches in a scrap quilt is value and tone.