Collaborating

The first person on my Make Me A Quilt list is Elaine M. I asked Elaine: if you have a particular piece from my past series or anything non-series-wise that appeals, let me know.
She replied:

I love these a lot: October Gift and Desert sky, the Urban Landscapes series and the Streets and Rivers Series

 

I'd like to know what else you would like from this list:

 

1. choices of size (with price based on size)

I want this to hang in my bedroom. I have several pieces that are 18" wide by 22" long and would like to get another one in that size range

2. orientation: portrait

 3. color scheme: some periwinkle blue and rust/cheddar orange with anything else you want

there really isn't a color I don't like

vivid and earthy are my favs, not all dark and no pastel

 

4. surface treatments

hand and machine quilting. I like when you extend the lines in the image and wander about

5. imagery: abstract, botanical, geometric, atmospheric

I like all of these

 6. fused or pieced. no hand applique.

either

I really want this to be your work so I hope I haven't been too specific.

 

So that is where we began.

Next I brought out my fabrics in search of the perfect periwinkle blue.

 

I pulled out everything that could be possibly be considered periwinkle, a very elusive color. I love it myself, so I can understand the eagerness to have it be a feature color in your quilt. I think it tends to look on the gray side until something very contrasting is juxtaposed. To dye periwinkle, a life long goal of mine, one must add a touch of fuchsia to the dye mix which then causes texture to form due to the quick action of the pink vs. the slow action of the blue. So mostly I can't get the solid that I want.

I do want to include some of these textured pieces, and have loads and loads of warm orangey colors to contrast.

From this point I began to design in my head and have several ideas which I will try out today. I'll work on this for a few hours and see how far I get. Stay tuned.

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BTW, thanks for all your enthusiastic response. I now have a list of 25 participants. I hope everyone can be patient!