Avoiding work, I was browsing the blogs. I clicked on Pink Chalk Studio and came across this photo of, what looks like, fabric selection during the design phase. I admit, I didn’t read the post…yet. What struck me about this photo is that it is my ideal way of picking fabric. I would like to have the space (physical and brain) to heap up fabrics and look at them kind of jumbled together. This photo of these jumbled together fabrics give me an idea of how they would look in a project.
The problem comes in the actual execution. Sigh. I know that if I take these fabrics out of the closet and jumble them, I will most certainly have to refold and put at least half of them away.
I know I have to do something like this (make visual decisions visually), but I seem to have a brain block. Perhaps I need a studio assistant? HAH! Or just continue to work on cultivating enjoyment of the entire process.
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When I pick fabrics I think I lay them in rows. Sometimes I move them around so different colors are next to different colors. Or I make more of a certain color show, less of one I’m only going to use in small amounts. But I don’t just toss them either.
Good to know how other people pick their fabrics. Thanks for sharing.
Do you cut strips and then lay them in rows?
Good idea to think about the amounts you are going to use.