You know you want to make something. Maybe there's a print you're wild about... or maybe it's just a feeling — something moody and autumnal. So you open the fabric cabinet, you stand there, and the flailing begins. Pull a fabric, put it back. Second-guess. Walk away.
Here's what I want you to know: the flailing usually isn't a color problem. It's a starting-point problem.
A couple of weeks ago I introduced you to the Bette Midler Effect — casting your prints like a Broadway show. And ever since, I keep getting the same question: okay, but where do I START? Do I pick the star first, or build the stage first?
This week on the blog, I'm walking you through both doors into a palette — how the star hands you her colors when she comes first, and how I build the set and hold auditions when the feeling comes first — plus the one-second question that tells you which door you're in.
This month in Meander
We're going deep on print mixing in this month's Color Lab — the full method (including bridging: how to connect prints that "shouldn't" go together), plus a live Palette SOS where you can bring your own palette for feedback. If fabric pulls have ever felt agonizing, this is the month that changes them into play.
Warmly,
Shannon
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