As much as quilters love buying new fabric, it's amazing how difficult it can be to actually bring ourselves to make the first cut into that beautiful yard of material!
If you are reluctant to get out the scissors to create audition pieces for your quilt, try making photocopies instead. You can do this by scanning the fabric into your computer with a flatbed scanner, or by using an all-in-one printer/copier attached to your computer.
If you don't have either of these devices, make the copies at your local office supply store or copy center.
First make several color copies of your fabric choices, and then make a few black and white copies as well. Cut apart the photocopies into your patches for your blocks and audition each one without endangering your actual fabric stash!
Once you have chosen fabrics that work well in your design, substitute the black and white photocopies for your patches. Since the color doesn't distract you in these copies, you can determine if the value and contrast in each fabric is correct, along with the scale and proportion of the prints.
Photocopies cost just a few pennies and are easily reproduced...but slicing into your fabric prematurely can be costly and traumatic!
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