A Fabric Request- Level Two

I opened up my inbox today to find a message from Alex of Things that Sparkle; one of my most favourite blogs.  Alex asked me if I could come up with some ideas for fabric that would coordinate with these AMAZING chairs that she had reupholstered in Kelly Wearstler Bengal Bazaar.

Hello fabulousness!

I started by searching all my favourite fabric houses for some prints that I thought might work.  This should always be your first step.  Search and pull.

Next I opened up Powerpoint and pasted the original fabric onto a blank slide.  I pasted one of my choices that I thought might work and then looked for a third that had a shade from the second choice, thus ending up with three patterns that worked together.  If one didn't work, I simply erased it and went back to my files to find another.  This is the way I always choose fabrics (well sometimes I buy on impulse) when I am trying to put a room together.  Go on the internet, save pictures you like and then layer them on a page to see if they work. 

Here are the 6 schemes I came up with.

And that's all there is to it- Level Two is really no harder than level one.  Pick one fabric, find another that has one shade from the original and then pick a third that has a shade from your second choice.  One other thing to keep in mind is to keep the patterns balanced.  You don't want all geometrics, or all florals etc.  A good rule of thumb if you are choosing a three pattern scheme is one floral, one geometric and one abstract.

I hope you see something you like Alex, and thanks so much for letting me have a go at the search!

xxx