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Make a Quilt Monday

Basic How to Pick Quilt Fabric’s

COLOR is always on Quilter’s mind, And here is the way that I was taught in the 1990’s !

And it really works good for a basic color palette for a quilt. It’s the light, medium and dark fabric way, you can’t go wrong.   Make a Quilt Monday

Pick your Quilt Colors by The Quilt Ladies1) Start with one fabric. Take this one fabric and work from it. Is that one fabric, a dark, medium or light color?

 

 

This is a Dark

Pick your Quilt Colors by The Quilt Ladies

 

 

Add the light and medium.
Move and change it until you like it.
Lay them out in front of you.

 

How to Pick your Quilt Colors by The Quilt LadiesThen add, a dark medium, a light medium, until you have the mix of what you like.

 

 

2) Choose colors and patterns you love. An average a twin size quilt will take me about a week to piece together, and if hand quilted another, 3-4 months. If tied or machine quilted 3-4 weeks, you have so much time and cost involved you have to love it.

3) Natural or background colors. These are the corner stone. More often than not the background color is your light color. Your background color helps bring the blocks together. It does not always need to be a light either, dark or medium work well to, any color can be used.

Pick your Quilt Colors by The Quilt Ladies

4) Color Wheel. I’m not a big fan of the color wheel, I do like when colors pops and on most of my quilts the start fabric is not the most prominent color used it in, it is just a starting point.
5) Make one block. This should always be done, a Quilters practice, cut only fabric for one block and live with it for a few days. Especially, if it’s something you’ve never tried before. Most times you will know right away if you like it or not.
6) Have fun. This is the best way I’ve found to pick colors, enjoy the process, your quilt will be fantastic.
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My Paisley Quilt

Maybe Old, But Perfect

Today is “Ask a Stupid Question Day” so the questions is, “Do you like paisley?”
OF COURSE, I love paisley fabric and this is my vacation quilt. It’s a perfect size to pack and take with me. I like a bit of home when I travel and this is my go to quilt. 
I used a very different palette of colors and patterns, it’s just fun.
Some times, it’s nice to cuddle in a quilt no matter what the temperature is outside. This quilt is washed and dried all the time, it’s soft and lovable.
Paisley Quilt

It’s a very simple pattern, a 2 inch center square and then just log cabin around the outside with 1 inch strips. It’s the paisley fabrics that give it all the movement and fun ! 

Paisley Quilt

The finished size is a square 50″ x 50″ a good size for curling up on the couch. It machine pieced and I used a 100% cotton batting and hand quilted.
Paisley Quilt

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