Need help with fabric for a Bargello quilt

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05-21-2010, 12:38 PM

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quiltmom04

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Originally Posted by Michelle

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Originally Posted by Rachel

I would try to put them in order from light to dark, then take a black and white photo. That should really help you make sure they're in the correct order for the fading you're looking for.

You can easily convert the pictures you've already taken to black & white using Paint.net. It's free to download & fun to play with. I use it often for printing black & white pictures on fabric.

Here are your fabric arrangements so far. I think the 3rd is the best.

Plus 8 & 9 are so very close in color and in value, that if this is the number of fabrics you need, I'd replace one of them and get another value in there between 8 & 5 in the last photo like someone suggested.

05-21-2010, 02:05 PM

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I'm reading this thread and laughing because I was the one saying at the beginning about how cool it is to have all these people to help you make decisions and by the end, Tabsmonsters must be thinking 'leave me alone people, enough help' with the multitude of suggestions. :-D :-D :-D

I LOVE converting the picture to black and white. That was genius!

05-21-2010, 02:16 PM

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Yeah, it's like be careful what you wish for, you just might get it! :lol:

05-21-2010, 03:30 PM

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Originally Posted by mytwopals

Here's how I see them from darkest to lightest (blues to yellows):
11, 9, 8, 5, 2, 6, 3, 10, 4, 1, 7.

reverse the 6 and 2. :-)

05-21-2010, 04:10 PM

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tabsmonsters

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Thank you for all the suggestions! I like that website for doing the B & W because my camera doesnt do that.

Thanks and I will add new pics when I get the chance.

05-22-2010, 09:31 AM

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I went to Friendly's for Sun. breakfast a while back and they had the "3-D" glasses (like the old ones--made of cardboard with the red paper lenses. I happened to have my photo album out-it is very colorful large dots of many colors. The glasses made the color disappear and the dots became light, medium, and dark grey--the color values. A really quick way to grade by values!

05-22-2010, 09:33 AM

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Ps. I told my guild about this--hope I didn't cause a stampede. LOL

05-22-2010, 11:06 AM

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Sorry. I have not made one yet. God bless. Penny

05-22-2010, 11:16 AM

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I have a couple of those fabrics (#1 and #8). I wish I had more of that #1. I used most of mine to make a bathroom curtain. Darn! I'm about ready to pull it down and rip it apart into fabric again! :lol:

BTW, I don't have a clue about the arrangement but what the others say is fine with me. Those are such pretty fabrics.