Tribes of Israel is pre-cut and scrappy friendly!
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I suggest using solids or tone-on-tone prints to achieve the gemstone look. At minimum you will need a dark, medium and light color per gem. Fat quarters or 10" square pre-cuts work great but don't forget to raid your scrap bins! I chose to use Connecting Threads Color Wheel Solids Complete Set, 10" square pre-cuts.
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Here's the colors & gems they represent:
Emerald: Hunter Green
Sapphire: Navy
Topaz: Light blues to light turquoise
Garnet: Red
Agate: variety of colors (solid scraps are perfect)
Ligure: Yellow-Green
Amethyst: Purple
Onyx: Black to gray
Jasper: Iron Red (Red-Brown)
Beryl: Muted Green, Blue and Gray (just one of each)
Diamond: White to off white (try to avoid gray tones)
Sardius: Red-Orange
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Yardage for the borders and backing:
Gold: 1 Yard
(muted yellow, light tan or mustard will work)
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Black: 1 Yard
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Backing:
For a horizontal seam: 2 1/2 Yards
For a vertical seam: 1 1/2 Yards
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