Take a Walk on the Wild Side With Your Next Patchwork Quilt
One thing that I’ve touched on a few times in my articles is the lack of inovation and limited inovation that seems to happen when it comes to patchwork quilts. While it’s ok to go with a safe and proven design, it swiftly becomes boring. If you actually want to make a quilt that people will remember (for the correct reasons) then you have to do something rather different.
You may like to try one of those ideas:
Rainbow
Ensure you have material for the entire spectrum. Cut these into hexagon shapes and then lay out the colours side-by-side, cycling through the colour spectrum till it loops around again.
If you want an alternative approach, you may use the same colours diagonally for a stunning pattern that moves the entire spectrum across the patchwork quilt.
Alternative Shapes
Everyone has seen, and many have made a basic pattern patchwork quilt. We are going to raise the stakes on this one and look for a shape that’s strange and not usually considered when taking a look at a this type of quilt.
You’ll find a spread of shapes, customarily five sided or more, that stack simply, yet appear to have a much more complex pattern when having a look at it all together. The great part about these types of shapes is that even a basic two tone colour scheme comes out looking extremely impressive.
Fluro Colors
Very bright colours are hardly featured in quilts. If you’d like to make your patchwork quilt stand out, you must take a leaf out of the peacock’s book and incorporate some bright colors.
Including one fluorescent colour in your pattern will really add some eye-catching detail to your quilt, something that folks cannot go past.
While a few of these ideas would possibly not be your cup of tea, you’ll truly have to leave your comfort zone and take a chance to make a patchwork quilt that’s totally unique.
For more more clever tips for how to make a patchwork quilt, go to Jane Green’s patchwork quilt website right now!
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