solid color fabrics

Hi Sunny

I am no expert, but I like the knoa cottons line by Robert Kaufman fabrics. Has a large selection of colors and the fabric feels fine to me.

Just my thoughts...

Claudia Sunny ha escrito:

Sunny, let me encourage you to re-think 'solids'. The last few years before I retired, I belonged to FQs of the month group at Keepsake Quilting. I chose the solids category thinking they would always be useful when I was beginning my happy new life of quilting. When I retired, I discovered very soon that I didn't really like solids. IMHO, they are boring. I'll concede that there's nothing as dazzling as an Irish Chain done in solid red and white - just nothing, but in many cases, a tiny print, a big one, or lots of others choices will add character, mood, and motion that a plain solid just can not do. This would, of course, include the advantage that a print will somewhat obscure a missed point where a solid will put it quickly up front and tattle-taleing. End of story: our DDIL went on a purse-making binge one Christmas and used my huge collection of solids to line the purses. It worked fine for her and got rid of the solids for me. Priceless. Polly

Polly, so far I have a decent stash (really not insane despite the fact that I have fabric lust), but almost no solids except black and event that's not truly solid. But the local newspaper published a photo some time back that absolutely begs to be made into a wallhanging. And it's all solids. I really don't think that tone on tone or print will work for this. I am going to use solids -- really just orange and green (I know this sounds weird but I think it will work beautifully). The trick is that the bottom of the design is a reflection of the top and I'm going to swirl bleach across the solid fabric shapes to give the impression of reflected colors touched with sunlight. Um, it may not work. But I'm going to g ive it a try. And obviously it's going to take a bit of experimenting with the fabric and the bleach to come up with the perfect timing, amount and pattern of bleach application. It's all in my head and I really need to get it out, LOL. Ok, that was a major digression. Point is, I realized it might be nice to have a few half-yards or quarters of solids just to fill in spots for emphasis. I can't see myself making an Irish chain in any color. I'm not that disciplined. I'm soooooooooo impressed by you guys who have these huge histories of quilts in all sorts of designs and patterns and creations. I shouldn't have waited until I was 46 to start quilting. But ask me about my 7th grade home ec experience sometime .

Thanks for the good advice. Now, I gotta find some really good orange and just-the-right-color of green.

Sunny polly esther wrote:

skip solids! go for batiks!

For solid black, I love Keepsake Quilting's "Amish black" fabric. It really makes the brights around it "zing." For other colors, I usually end up with a moda marble instead.

-Lynn

Sunny wrote:

Keepsake Quilting also has the "amish" fabric in many colors other than black. NAYY. I don't know the brand other than that Keepsake sells it and calls it amish. I have only used the black (very often).

-Lynn

Sunny wrote: