Do you enjoy making mystery quilts?
Personally, I love every part of them, except one thing… the fabric choices.
When we don’t know what the final quilt will look like, it’s easy to feel completely overwhelmed with what fabrics to use.
One of my solutions to this dilemma is to draw on color ideas from photos I have taken.
In a project from many years ago, I remembered the brightly colored houses we had seen on a Bahama trip…
The photos easily translated into these fun fabrics….
I chose a background based on the deep blue seas….
…ending up with a Kaffe background and 3 sets of 3 colors……
I adored the finished quilt…..
….and especially enjoyed presenting it to a young friend in China who was expecting her first child….
So, the next time you are having trouble picking out fabrics and colors for a quilt, turn to your favorite photos for inspiration!
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What a great idea. What catches my eye pictures is probably what I would like looking at in quilts. A good way to push the palate from the usual combinations I tend to quilt.
That is what I think too Christie. If I like the colors in the photo, I will most likely enjoy them in the quilt!!