Firstly, thank you Mary for inviting me to be part of your Flowering Snowball-Along!
Mary asked me to share some ideas about choosing fabrics for a scrappy quilt with this pretty design.
In all honesty, I have no formal training in colour.
These are just my thoughts about colour, design and fabric from years of experience making scrap quilts!
1. If you are a bit intimidated by going
"all out scrappy"
choose a colour palette,
with something like "Design Seeds"...
That is how I chose mine!
2. Become more familiar with the colour wheel and the theory behind colour. There is an excellent, easy-to-read article here.  |
| Although I'm not sure what happened to pink? |
The "Spring Brights" colour palette (above)
is taken from
different thirds of this colour wheel.
This means, I think, that there will be
balance in the colours.
3. The design of the fabrics also
needs to be balanced,
having large prints and small prints...
deeper tones and lighter ones....
Tone on tones or prints which read as solids...
And every quilt is better with spots,
don't you think?!
4. Consider your favourite fabric lines and what the designer has created...
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| Shelburne Falls by Denyse Schmidt |
Most of the above principals will generally apply.
5. I wrote another post about colour here which suggests instead, starting with a 'inspiration fabric' and its selvedge. 6. Even after I have chosen fabrics for
a scrappy quilt,
I continue to make decisions during
the making process,
asking myself questions such as:
* Is there enough contrast between the pieces?
* Are there too many prints of the same value?
* Do I have a balance of colours from
the palette chosen?
I think the more you play with your fabrics, the more fun you will have picking a palette!
Go on- have some colour play!
Happy sewing!
SUZ
