How to Choose a Quilting Fabric from Australia?

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How to Choose a Quilting Fabric from Australia?
Your eyes instantly start searching the store
from left to right when you step into a quilt
shop, taking in all the bright colours. And then
this happens. You come to a screeching stop yet
you feel like you are running away. Fabric
paralysis is caused by the intense sense of so
many decisions! This is where we at MS Textiles
Australia are going to share some tips on how to
pick the best fabric for a quilt that we've
learned. If you are walking through
a quilt exhibition, the specific fabrics used in
the quilts are one of the items that will
definitely leap out. We found that there were
many entrants using the same quilt pattern while
attending a local quilt show, but each quilt was
uniquely based on the fabrics used in their
quilts. In a way that illustrated features of a
specific quilt, some of the entries were also
quilted.
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Having this prompted us to guide you to look at
the art of selecting fabrics for a quilt more
closely. Where do you start when it comes to
selecting quilt fabrics in Australia when you
don't have an art degree or years of quilting
experience?
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Pre-Cut Collection 

• Why not try a series of fabric pre-cuts when
  learning about quilting? They are a little more
  pricey, but this is the best way to learn how to
  curate a quilt collection of fabrics from a
  Melbourne manufacturer. A number of fabrics with
  different print sizes (scale) and matching
  colours will be available for several
  collections. Here is what you will actually see
• Wide Print Scale
• Print on a medium scale
• Small Print Size
• Variation Geometric or Striped
• Dots at Random
• This is not a hard rule, for many collections, it
  is more of a guideline. Following this pattern
  helps you to finally move on from a wide
  selection to select your own fabrics.

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Wrapping Up
When choosing fabrics for a quilt, there really
is no substitute for practice. We at MS Textile
Australia believe the best place to start is by
understanding the colour wheel. From there, you
should try practising with some scraps. Once
youve gained a little confidence, its time to
visit a quilt shop and start auditioning fabrics.
Best of all, no more fabric paralysis.
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