It was such a stay-indoors-day, and I was happy to have a clean studio to mess up. I got all my boxes of scraps out and put the pre-pieced leftovers on the board, cut a few pieces apart and rearranged them and waited to be inspired. I had this idea to use only the fabric in these boxes, as some sort of limiting factor. So far it has me stymied. Am I making a wall quilt, a nap quilt or a bed quilt? And do I need to know ahead of time? Kinda.
I looked at my fave quilts on Flickr and Pinterest and think, OK I'll do that, but then I don't. I know it will come to me eventually, but not quite yet. Perhaps I should remove all the pre-pieced things and throw up something in one colorway, with a contrast and see if that leads to something. Part of my problem is that there a lots of prints in these boxes and they also hold me back. So maybe getting them separated and using the precut solids in the mix will help. At least it's a way to start.
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It was terribly windy yesterday and we got our first snow of the season. Nothing exciting, but I am thankful that I didn't have anywhere to go. Brrrr
I love those photos. The colors just make me so happy...except for the darks! They make me feel cold and as if it's a dark miserable day. I wonder if your other readers get those two feelings from the same photo. I think it's a great study in the importance of color.
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It almost looks like you are making two different projects unless you start cutting and mixing the pre-pieced. The darks make the light happy pop; almost like spring emerging from winter. I find the darks rich and silent. I look forward to seeing where this takes you.
ReplyDeleteI could hang your design wall on my living room wall and that's all the art I'd need. I can't wait to see where you go with all this!
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