Fabric Selection Lessons
Alex gives you lessons on stash busting as she focuses on different ways to select fabric for your quilts.
- Color Choices
- Holiday Fabric
- Focus Fabric
- Using Just One Color
- Selecting Neutral Fabrics
- How to Work with Solids
- Stripes, Polka Dots, and Pokey Bolton's Wedding
- Digitally Printed Fabrics with Jennifer Sampou
This class was originally created during multiple Facebook LIVE sessions. These are recordings of those sessions.
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Color & Fabric Choices Reimagined
Alex has been taking classes and has had to take another look at how she chooses fabric and colors. Alex explains the basics of complementary, analogous, and tertiary colors plus stripes, dots, and patterns. She then gives her thoughts on the fabrics she chooses. Quilting fabric choices are part of the fun and a big part of how the quilt sings to the world.
Holiday Fabric Choices Reimagined
Holiday Fabrics can get very busy very fast. So how do you mix in color changes and patterns? Alex tells her approach to these fabric choice decisions.
Focus Fabric Choices Reimagined
Alex loves focus fabric. She chooses it not just because it is beautiful, but because it acts as a catalyst for making decisions about other fabrics you can use in your quilt. In this session, she talks about how she makes those decisions and what she considers a true focus fabric.
One Color Quilts - Fabric Choices Reimagined
One Color Quilts. Monochromatic Quilts. However you say it, these quilts can be challenging and stunning. How do you get the subtle changes, the movement, the feel? Alex has some suggestions.
Neutrals Reimagined - 3 Keys to Success With Neutral Fabrics
Learn about the 3 keys to success when working with neutral fabrics. What should you look for in a neutral fabric? What makes a neutral quilt POP? Find out why it is important to buy fabric when it is available and why you should have at least one neutral in your portfolio. Alex gives you the answers.
Solid Fabrics Reimagined
Solid fabrics look fantastic in quilts, but how do you pick the right ones? How do you make them sparkle and enhance the quilt? Watch Alex and get some "solid" advice.
Batiks Reimagined
Alex talks about batiks. Learn how batiks are made and how to use them, We love batik fabrics and they can make quilts sing. Alex also talks about a wedding she attended in Napa Valley.
Stripes and Polka Dots Reimagined
Alex continues her tips on using and choosing different fabrics to work with. Today, she talks about working with fabrics that have stripes and polka dots. Plus, Alex will be sharing pictures and stories from Pokey Bolton's wonderful wedding.
Digitally Printed Fabrics with Jennifer Sampou
Digitally printed fabrics are coming more and more into our quilt shops and our collections. But what are they? How are digitally printed fabrics made? What are the benefits? Jennifer Sampou has beautiful lines of Ombre fabrics made using these techniques and shares her knowledge with us.
