I’ve finally done it: I’ve cut into some of my favorite fabrics.
This is where it all started. I wondered if I could successfully use some/all of these hand-dyed fabrics together.
The one with the large orange circles is my favorites. Because of it’s scale I knew it would have to be used very purposefully. I looked for other fabrics with the same colors and threw them up on the design wall. I could see that the top fabrics provided nice “clean” lines and could probably add the needed contrast. I was less sure about the busy ones a the bottom.
(These fabrics are mostly 44″ long, larger than I’m used to working with. As you can see, they pretty well took over my 5′ x 4′ design wall.)
At any rate, I was confident enough to make the first few cuts, and to begin arranging things on the design wall.
Ooh, I was immediately loving it! The central fabric with the navy (by Pat Pauly) added needed value contrast. I knew I’d need more of that, but I didn’t have any other dyed navy. No worries: I own A LOT of commercial fabric!
Gee, I’ve been having fun with this. Stumped on what the name might be, though. Any ideas?
Ellen Lindner
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