Choosing Fabric with Jen Kingwell

[@c.kallman127]

jen, you are on my bucket list. i am currently making your HALO quilt....and having so much fun doing it. hope to someday take a class from you. you are so amazing. you got my creative juices flowing again. thanks

[@quiltroadies1695]

Jen will be teaching with MISA in Tucson in Feb 2021 :)

[@janisadams5167]

I have been watching your show for a couple of years and this is my first time to write a comment. I admire how much you get accomplished. You are an inspiration. Those buttons are amazing. I'm anxious to see how you use them.

[@LeslieGill-i8t]

Enjoyed this. I instinctively pick out fabrics in just this way so it was fun to see a master that does the same!

[@susanacevedo3552]

Also you are so lucky to have such an awesome quilt shop nearby

[@lupehawk5930]

Great lesson! Gives one so many options and ways to take off when choosing fabrics! She is the bomb! Love her, and you too!

[@quiltroadies1695]

She really has a way of choosing fabrics that I never thought about...we are blessed to live here where Jean and Val bring these creative artist to teach :) hugs!

[@rhondaward7913]

I love watching Quilt Roadies !Our Aussie girl is so talented and a genuine person,that was so helpful! Thank you 😊

[@sandih.5798]

Again with the sneaky video reveal Anna. What a fun time that must have been wandering around the Stitchin Post with Jen. Hope you have some stills of the finall choice array.

[@susannbreedlove2510]

What a great class! I was sorry to see it end! Thanks for sharing.

[@wendyduwe3995]

So clever to pick fabrics like that. Thank you for all the effort and wandering. I am so enjoying your channel. Greetings from South Africa.

[@quiltroadies1695]

I save selvages...and never knew they were actually a tool!

[@catercoz2491]

80% of my stash is batik, but each to their own! I would never have added a batik to a floral motif standard fabric, but this has me thinking... Thanks for a lovely set of videos Anna. It's good to hear from another Aussie. Sometimes it gets lonely down here with most of the quilters I hang around coming from your part of the globe.

[@quiltroadies1695]

my stitch group the Fabric Stalkers are all batik lovers...I am the lone hold out...but they still let me hang out with them, LOL

[@catercoz2491]

You rebel! :-)

[@kararichards1322]

Too funny about Batiks! When I first started quilting, I loved all Batiks, but now have grown out of it and now favor the bright busy fabrics! Kaffe & Tula 😀. So enjoy your videos!

[@quiltroadies1695]

lucky for us there is something for everyone!

[@kathieheath3035]

I found it rude

[@GCSOD]

I'm a huge batik fan, and also Kaffe and Tula. I would never have thought of putting both in a quilt together. Inspiring! :)

[@maryannmcnees2464]

Love the video it opened my eyes to more colors and patterned fabric. Thank you Anna and Jen!

[@quiltroadies1695]

she is a rogue quilter!

[@QuiltingWithMeSew]

FUN ♥ The fabrics are all so beautiful :) The chocolate cake made my mouth water!

[@quiltroadies1695]

oh man if I wasn't Vegan I would have smashed my face in that cake!!! LOL

[@janetmelanson400]

Excellent lesson on choosing fabrics ...the hardest thing for me 👍👍❤

[@quiltroadies1695]

I never knew about using the selvage!

[@huisuk]

Wow great information thanks Anna and Jen. Mr.G for video.

[@theresehaas1190]

I need the store in my life! I am surrounded by country and reproductions. I love the pastel, the Quiltmania, and yes the batik! Don’t have much of that near me. Thank you for the class! Good info there. I am still learning to blend fabric. Need to get away from buying precut.

[@quiltroadies1695]

I know...you wish for the perfect store within your neighborhood...but then we would be broke!!!

[@GCSOD]

The Stitchin' Post is marvelous! Fortunately it's just far enough away from me that I can't just drop by when the impulse strikes. :D

[@lenorerhodes8110]

A friend has just told me about your show, I love it. This is only the second video clip I have watched thus far, it was fabulous. I have always struggled choosing fabric and this clip with a fellow Aussie explaining how to do it has given me more confidence. Thank you. Ps can’t wait to watch more of your show.

[@quiltroadies1695]

Thank you for joining us on this journey. I now look at the fabric selvage in a totally different way!

[@marilyngodfrey868]

Wow! What an awesome way to learn.

[@quiltroadies1695]

I know!!!

[@brendastroud4102]

Than you so much for this! I have such a hard time choosing fabrics, so I usually just use the fabrics that come in a line. Would love to have seen the bolts that everyone picked out. I love Jen's work but will probably never get the chance to have a class with her, so I really appreciate you taking the time and effort to share!

[@quiltroadies1695]

Never say never...she travels from from April to November teaching :)

[@brendastroud4102]

That's good to know. I'll check her schedule to see if she might be making her way anywhere near me - El Paso, Tx.

[@chrisb5391]

Thanks for sharing how to begin choosing a color palette. Another great video.

[@carriedoty4527]

The shop looks fabulous! I so want to go there when we go there next year for three months!

[@carriedoty4527]

When I first started Quilting I so disliked Batiks and now I love them! I will almost always always go for the bright Fabrics, ie, Kaffe Fassett, Amy Butler, Tula Pink, Joel Dewberry & Debi Payne just to name a few. I’m sorry but cream, coffee, vanilla, Browns, tans, White’s, blacks, pastels and low volume colors really do nothing for me.

[@quiltroadies1695]

there is something for every one...I have a friend who LOVES brown :)

[@jenniferhein2322]

What an amazing color lesson! I tend to choose a line and maybe bring in one or two "outside" fabrics. This video has given me courage!

[@quiltroadies1695]

i too was amazed...never thought to use the selvage!

[@denisemcintosh7568]

Absolutely loved how she did that. I think we get stuck in matchy matchy. A bit afraid to expand. I got looked at funny when i mentioned sometimes i pick my fabric before i ever know what pattern I'm using. I wonder all over sometimes different shops or online till i get what im looking for. I am putting taking a class from her on my must do list! Thank you so much Anna for taking us with you. Much appreciated.

[@quiltroadies1695]

the best part is quilting is there are a variety of quilters!

[@denisemcintosh7568]

Quilt Roadies so true 💗

[@lindasavage9708]

What great fun! I only wish it had been longer. Thanks so much.👵

[@lorikalmeyer3501]

I know right. I was surprised when it was over which seemed so fast!

[@quiltroadies1695]

some have told me they are too long, LOL...

[@dijones2441]

Fabulous lesson Anna and Jen ...thanks

[@kimberlyd5006]

Thanks I never knew the color on the salvage trick. Life just got easier.

[@jankubillus7157]

This was interesting, I always have trouble choosing my fabrics. Thank you for sharing.

[@carolgouveia6518]

I struggle picking fabric. This was very helpful.

[@quiltroadies1695]

I do too....and it really helped me.

[@rosettagadson1762]

Great lesson I learn alot

[@susanacevedo3552]

Wow...thanks to Jen for sharing.....I just would have added more batiks... I’m allergic to civil war fabrics Glad we’re all different....makes looking at quilt so much fun

[@catherineiwanicki7362]

How do you know if you should pick solids or prints?

[@quiltroadies1695]

totally how it feels to you...but I don't see Jen using many solids...she is a party girl, LOL

[@coholt1]

Oh wow!!! Extremely helpful

[@dahlieanamoktar7120]

Wow if I was there, this shop really make my debit card swipe happily 😍😍😍

[@quiltroadies1695]

oh yes and they mail order..stitchinpost.com/

[@holdmyyarn]

Anna, Creepy batiks? I think they feel like light weight sheets. Maybe we had something like them when I was a kid. We had lived in Florida. The color lesson was awesome! Thanks!

[@quiltroadies1695]

my girlfriends always laugh when I say that...I am a flannel sheet girl :)

[@cristinapina8136]

I have that down already, my problem is knowing how much to buy.

[@quiltroadies1695]

more is always better, LOL

[@pamelasherman1314]

Ok, I want that whole table of fat quarters and the tuffet and then Jan Kingwell to shop for me and... and... and...thanks for sharing the tips choosing coordinating fabrics. That is where I don’t have a lot of confidence.

[@quiltroadies1695]

and this is why I like kits, LOL

[@lindacarpenter9890]

LOVED IT !!!!!!!!!!!!usa

[@kimtaylor7976]

Where is this quilt shop?

[@quiltroadies1695]

Sisters Oregon :)

[@DH-qz2so]

HI! At time marker 1:26, you see a star wall hanging in yellow, black, grey and white, to the left,....may I have the name of that pattern pretty please and thanks?.... :-)

[@quiltroadies1695]

I don't but isn't it cool...if you call The Stitchin' Post and tell them you saw it in one of my videos and describe the quilt...they'll be able to tell you :)

[@teresamcbrayer2549]

Anna, Im curious, what is it about batiks that you don't care for personally.?

[@quiltroadies1695]

the odor and the feel...one time I bought a kit and yes the quilt turned out beautiful but because I couldn't prewash the fabrics because the kit was precut...by the time I was done my asthma was in full force and my hands were all chapped from handling the fabrics...I am a whimpy quilter, LOL

[@teresamcbrayer2549]

Quilt Roadies oh my goodness. No wonder you don't like it I wouldn't either

[@heatherstrickland4810]

Thanks for the information. I'm so jealous...I wish I could be there and learn from Jen. Maybe one day I can get to the west coast for a visit to Sisters. Thanks Jen, Anna & G.

[@quiltroadies1695]

YOU MUST!!!

[@susanmiller2082]

What store was this?

[@quiltroadies1695]

Stitchin Post in Sisters Oregon❤️

[@nancyrinkers9723]

Anna! You don’t like Batiks?! 😂😂 great video showing Jen’s process! Thank you!

[@quiltroadies1695]

I think from the first batik quilt I made that made me sick and activated my asthma... I gave them up. The odor is a challenge...but my quilt group is all about the batiks :)

[@nancyrinkers9723]

Oh I didn’t realize they really do make you ill. Sorry to hear that as I love them.

[@eunicezarro2641]

Brasil Rio de Janeiro ❤️❤️😍😍

[@rosinyberg8747]

Gasp!!!!

[@marthafulmer1171]

Isn't the idea of picking fabrics or the process of getting your color combos suppose to make you happy n then the process of making your quilt will make you smile....just saying

[@quiltroadies1695]

yes...but for some the picking is much like when you buy an apple because it looks beautiful but you bite into it and it is yucky, LOL...we all struggle with different things in life but in the end you have a beautiful quilt :)

[@cathydeutsch1363]

I didn't care for the combination of colors at all.

[@quiltroadies1695]

it is definitely a personal taste...some of my friends are disturbed by the mix of patterns