Saturday, January 7, 2012

Beneficial Talent

There are many reasons why a quilter will choose one LQS over another when it's time to buy fabric. There is one store in my shopping radius that I will not go to because they like to choose colours for you, trying to make sure everything is matchy-matchy. The last time I was in there they tried to make me feel like I had no sense whatsoever simply because I did not know the producer's name for Malka Dubrawsky's new "Stitch in Colour" line of fabrics. Looked at me like I was crazy, they did: she actually asked me if it was a real fabric line.

It may have had something to do with me not looking like a typical quilter (purple faux-hawk and all). Meh.

However, at my "home" LQS they appreciate that I know my way around cotton. In fact, they never offer to help me choose fabric.

Why, you say?

I have a queer little (awesome) talent for colour memory. I do not have to take a focal fabric in and then match colours using the dye dots on the selvedge. All of my colour choices go together because I say so. I can see a colour a few times and just know what will look good with it. Or, as in the green quilt, I can match very similar colours and it'll still look good together when I get them home.

Today I bought these greens to supplement the scraps I already had.

Looking at all the greens together makes me so happy. None look out of place....good mix of values, shades, tints, scale.

While it's not a talent that begs to be bragged about, it does come in handy when I'm out randomly adding yardage to my stash. Keeps it cohesive. Makes me happy.

 Progress so far: 237 squares cut. 420 to go.

And I chose a lovely unbleached muslin for the BG. I hope they'll still have some when I have the money to buy it. (You were right about the cream, Diane.)

4 comments:

  1. drives me crazy when someone else trys to tell me my choices are "wrong" ...they are MY choices and I will live with the outcome xx

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  2. I'm with you.....I like making my own choices.

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  3. My sister is quite artisic and because of that she also has very good colour memory. I am not ashamed to say I have a bit of envy. I too like putting my own fabrics together - it just feels much better to me even though I don't have the same talent.

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  4. I think you do have a good colour sense! Don't let anyone destroy your confidence!

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