I’ve really been having fun playing with these fabrics. This photo shows my initial fabric audition.
Aren’t they great? They’re all dyed by me.
I did a little editing and thought I was ready to compose. What now?
I tend to arrange fabrics vertically when auditioning, so I decided to stretch a few horizontally. Just to see.
I didn’t think that worked so well, but it did get my brain to move away from the purely vertical pieces. What if I arranged the two dominant fabrics in a diagonal arrangement?
Yes, that seemed better.
Time to audition a few accent colors. Since my accent fabrics were so much brighter than my main ones I knew I’d have to use them in very small amounts. Otherwise, they’d take over.
I felt like I was moving in the right direction at this point. I knew it was time to throw some curves into the mix.
Ellen Lindner
I always love it when I get to view your fabric layout auditioning like that. And such beautiful fabrics!
Thanks, Lif! It’s pretty exciting to see it come together on the design wall!