Thoughts on Color
Use the color wheel to limit your palette to fabrics that go well together:
Warm colors: Yellows, oranges and reds.
Cool colors: Greens, blues and purples
Hues: The purest form of a color. What you usually think of when you think, “red” or “blue”
Tints: Lighter versions. Think “pastel” – lavender, peach, mint
Shades: A color with black added. (Think maroon, navy blue, forest green)
Tones: Both black and white added. The color is “greyed down.” Think dusty rose. Not sure about your charity, but our donations seem to have a lot of tone fabrics. And they tend to go best with other tones.
Not sure what I'm talking about? This link has good visuals: Hues, tints, shades and tones
Try picking a section of the color wheel and using fabrics in those families:
This quilt is done in with fabrics in the blue-to-purple range of the color wheel. Actually, you're a lot of my quilts are done with fabrics in this range. What can I say, these colors were my mother's favorites, and I guess I take after her. :-)
(I call this pattern "Stained Glass Lasagna," and it's VERY simple and perfect for charity quilts. Directions are here.)
(I call this pattern "Stained Glass Lasagna," and it's VERY simple and perfect for charity quilts. Directions are here.)
