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Just lovely! I like your flowers too. They fill up the background nicely.
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color and value ... What pairs best with brights
What color as a background would you suggest to put with REALLLY BRIGHT COLORS... REDDEST REDS, BLUEST BLUES, CARIBBEAN SHADES...lime, lemon, turquiose etc. Any saturated intense true color. I have in the past teamed it with black but am unsure if I should team it with pure white or can I use an off white, cream, ecrue etc.
Can the same brigts be used with batiks? My daughter feels the batiks are greyed / muddied and tone down the brights making them dull.
Does fabric style ( Retro, CW, Moda, thimbleberries, 30s, brights, etc) dictate the type of fabric that can be paired as background?
If anyone has an opionion please let me know.
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Here's a very informative blog on choosing colors that I'm sure you will find helpful
http://www.ohfransson.com/oh_fransso...r-schemes.html
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With all those bright brights, I wouldn't want to dilute the colors by pairing them with off-whites or grays, etc. Clean, pure white would be my choice. I made a red and black quilt, using beiges, tans, etc. as background and it looks totally different than one I've made using a white background. Hard to explain how "the look" differs, but it just doesn't sparkle -- and that's what I think you're looking for!
Brita
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In the lost regions of my mind... I have to separate brights from batiks and even hand dyes. To me the batiks and hand dyes have a softer muted look, I tend to pair them with either hand dyes or batiks in light fabrics... ecrue / creams tend to blend well.
Having worked several blocks with the brights I found I liked the brightest white and the blackest blacks to work best to acheive the looks I am going for this upcoming project.
I have been experimenting and since this is the Memorial Weekend and most quilt shops are closed, I raided my stash of Kona Cottons to make some of my experimental blocks. I am not sure if the experiments would be the same using other styles/types of background fabrics. I am making BRAVE NEW WORLD and 1000 Pyramid blocks using the brights and various backgrounds. I am not even sewing them together but rather laying them on the design wall. I found MIDNIGHT/ NAVY BLUE, A REALLY PURE, TRUE RED and a dark HUNTER/ FOREST green to give an interesting look to the blocks. Not sure if I would like it for a whole quilt but it is fun experimenting.
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Check out Ritzy's profile photos, especially her Bouquets for a New Day BOM! She is great with pure colors!
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I'm not sure if I will add anymore embroidery....
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I finished my magic garden. This was not my usual colour palette and I am not fond of gnomes so I took creative license...
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Just lovely! I like your flowers too. They fill up the background nicely.
-
Beatuiful choices of colors. Fun and whimsical. Nicely done!
-
Really fun embroidery choices. It looks great!
-
I LOVE the black additions to your piecing. They really attract attention and look great.
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I still have many fans to finish as I’m hand piecing the outside curve. My preference is appliqué and embroidery. For...
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Helen, Thank you so much for your ideas! You have great EQ8 skills! I have 2 Becky Goldsmith books that I have been using...
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Nice work ! Can I ask, did you use stem stitch on the bluebells ? Or have you whip stitched over a back stitch?
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Not a question, but wanted to share the Kona solids I picked out today for the summer version. Excited to start work on...
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I did not use a stabilizer, nor a hoop. Just be cognizant of the tension of your stitches.
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