I really like her idea of using photos that you like and using the colors in the photo to select fabrics that will work together.
I must say that Nancy has a much nicer stash than I do. At some point I got into a blue phase and so I have tons of blue fabrics that now are not very exciting to work with. Perhaps I could add a little orange to spice up the blues. However, I have very few orange fabrics. So perhaps I will have to make a trip to the fabric store. I do have some yellow fabric and they would work as well.
I am would love to try out Nancy's strip techniques but I am currently making a quilt for the Calgary Flood Relief. Hopefully soon I will get to try out strip techniques.
I have just revamped my material storage and it is true that we can see quilts in the colourful photos.. I noticed that I have A LOT of blues too. Do you like the craft classes?
ReplyDeleteI have just recently been looking at classes thro craftsy but have not signed up for any, my stash is in the process of being reduced (ALOT)and as my fabrics dwindle I am luckily? having to worry less about what goes with what... Not sure if that is a good thing or not, tho.
ReplyDeleteSusan, glad your stash is decreasing. Mine has as well however it still have some ugly fabric which I should give away. Try craftsy free classes. You get to see how they work.
DeleteI have a lot of blues in my stash, too. And I love working with blues, but not everyone likes to get a blue quilt! Looks like you could be making a few, and yes the yellows and oranges really balance it out. You might try picking up a couple of 2 yard pieces to get quilts made. And when I find I have a surplus of one colour, I piece them together to make backings. They sure get gobbled up that way.
ReplyDeleteI have been using my stash for backs. I started piecing them after I took the free craftsy class on Pieced Quilt Backs. Unfortunately, I am not making that many blue quilts these days so the pile is not decreasing as fast as I would like. I do like my quilt backs to coordinate with the quilt front.
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