Which background fabric would you use?
01-15-2012, 12:27 PM
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Personally, I think the yellow is a bit much,however, truth be told, I'm not a big fan of yellow. That said, I like using a bright white with Batiks for strong contrast. But whichever background, it's your quilt and if yellow speaks to you, t hen yellow it should be, however, the beige is just not right IMHO. Those are some gorgeous batiks.
01-15-2012, 12:36 PM
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Originally Posted by paulina
I think the yellow is too much. The creamy one really showcases the colors in the batiks, the yellow seems to sort of shout over them and drown them out.
01-15-2012, 12:43 PM
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Yellow
Originally Posted by cowpie2
These are the batiks I am using for a BOM. I'm trying to decide which accent/background color to use. The solid will show up in each block and be the border. I making this just for fun with no plan for the finished quilt. So I just want it to be nice.
01-15-2012, 12:45 PM
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Of the two, I would use the cream. But I'm using a similar (but MUCH smaller) palette for my Fiesta quilt and the black background is absolutely gorgeous. http://www.fatcatpatterns.com/Fiesta.html
If you really don't like black, I would find the darkest gray in one of the batiks and go a little bit darker in value than that darkest gray - either a dull Navy, dull brown, dull green, but a very dark shade of whatever color you choose, so that the darkest gray doesn't fade into the background.
A dull, dark color can be beautiful - those applique fabrics will really shine and sparkle when the background isn't competing for attention.
If you really don't like black, I would find the darkest gray in one of the batiks and go a little bit darker in value than that darkest gray - either a dull Navy, dull brown, dull green, but a very dark shade of whatever color you choose, so that the darkest gray doesn't fade into the background.
A dull, dark color can be beautiful - those applique fabrics will really shine and sparkle when the background isn't competing for attention.
01-15-2012, 02:30 PM
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I like the cream one best. Unless you decide to go with black!
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