The joy of simple patchwork and fabric play! I really enjoy color studies with fabric, and I love mixing colors and designs that more often than not would not be considered to "go together". I am all for sewing fabrics together regardless of style (modern, thirties reproduction, text, vintage, Japanese, Liberty of London). If I can sew it together, it goes!
The color palette for this quilt is a challenge that I set myself: to use some of my stashed fabrics in colors that I use less often. The overriding tones for this quilt are pink (a color that I do use often), brown, purple and yellow, a rather pretty color palette. Who would have thought that I would make a quilt with quite so many purple fabrics? Purple is a color that I used to avoid, and until quite recently I had very few purple fabrics in my stash. But I never say never, and slowly the color purple has crept into my work.
I can say the same for the "brown" fabrics that I have used in this quilt, although I see these brown fabrics more like a neutral fabric; rather than dominate the quilt these brown fabrics act like a background fabric that allow the surrounding fabrics sparkle.
This quilt was strip pieced as per the Checkerboard and Strip Piecing Tutorial (the fabric strips for this quilt were cut as 3" x 11" strips), and each finished square measures 2.5 inches x 2.5 inches. The quilt top measures 50 inches x 50 inches. I enjoy this cut, sew, press, cut, sew, press, and repeat process, and although selective about my fabric choices I don't overly concern myself with the final placement of the fabrics other than not allowing the same fabrics to fall alongside one another.
Ready for basting, quilting, and binding.
Rita
RELEVANT LINKS:
The Color Purple - A Finished Quilt
Checkerboard and Strip Piecing Tutorial
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I love this palette, Rita. the Browns and pops of yellow give a soft sophistication to the pinks. it's lovely.
ReplyDeleteI love the simple patchwork so very much!
ReplyDeleteI love your quilt. I made the Checkerboard and it's made with Kaffe fabric and Kona Snow. I also don't have many purple/lavender fabric in my stash but I am picking up some in FQ sales. I have really beefed up my neutrals and I am very happy with them.
ReplyDeleteI love your philosophy on fabric choices and agree wholeheartedly. Anything really does go if you open your mind and it is a very pretty combination of colours.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great way to use orphan fat quarters.
ReplyDeletedid you use your fabric cutter? I've ordered and Acuquilt go and am looking forward to using it...
ReplyDeleteFor the lady that doesn't do much purple...what a beautiful surprise. Very pretty.
ReplyDeleteWhat a really beautiful quilt. I've always been slow to try a scrappy style simple patchwork quilt myself as I find myself very much drawn to well coordinated colour schemes and designs but you have certainly made me think twice about that decision. I love the mix of fabrics and colours in your quilt. While on the one hand there appears to be a real delicate look to it, there are also some wonderful pops of colour which work wonderfully to bring out all of the colours in the more delicately coloured fabrics. I love it.
ReplyDeleteSo pretty.
ReplyDeleteLove it!!!
ReplyDeleteWow! A very pretty quilt that would look gorgeous on my bed. Cant wait to see how you quilt it x
ReplyDeleteLove the pops of bright yellow against the pinks, purples and golds.
ReplyDeleteAnother amazingly lovely quilt Rita.
ReplyDeleteSimple beats out complicated in just about everything in life.
Amazing !!! I also prefer to mix all sorts of fabrics, which are at the right size. At first I often think that some colours doesn't match but in fact, when the quilt is ready, it always fits and looks beautiful.
ReplyDeleteI like purple. It's the color of my granddaughters headboard on her bed. It's pretty, soft, colors any young or senior lady would love. Your quilts inspire!
ReplyDeleteVery pretty! I'm so glad to see you use purple in this quilt. It's my favorite color.
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