Dyed Whole Cloth

I’ve been working on incorporating a variety of motifs and colors into one piece of dyed fabric and I finally got one I really love.

Mabye I Need a Crystal Ball. Dyeing fabric with Ellen Lindner, AdventureQuilter.com/blog

I rotated it 90 degrees and put it up on the design wall. Now what?

I had a lot of fabrics with the right colors, so I pulled them all out and pinned them up on the design wall. Lots of options here!

(This is my typical process, followed by lots of editing.)

Dyed Whole Cloth. Ellen Lindner, AdventureQuilter.com/blog

Perhaps this green-on-green piece would be a nice counter point. Not bad.

Dyed Whole Cloth. Ellen Lindner, AdventureQuilter.com/blog

Next, 2 questions:
1 – Could the first fabric hold its own? Would it need some more contrast? It looked pretty awesome by itself.
2 – Regardless of the answer to the first question, should I alter the original fabric? Maybe move the chevrons around?

Dyed Whole Cloth. Ellen Lindner, AdventureQuilter.com/blog

I decided that I should add some contrasting fabrics to the original one. Something dark and maybe green. Back to the green shapes. I liked inserting them between the chevrons.

Dyed Whole Cloth. Ellen Lindner, AdventureQuilter.com/blog

But, maybe the chevrons shouldn’t all start at the top. What about this? I was missing the darker green. And maybe the far right chevrons are too far to the right? Lots more trial and error needed.

Dyed Whole Cloth. Ellen Lindner, AdventureQuilter.com/blog

At this point I was folding fabrics and pinning them in place. No firm decisions or cutting yet. Soon, though! Check the next post for more progress.

Ellen Lindner

 

 

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