Continued....
It is hard
for me to admit but this has been one of the more challenging projects
for me. As you can tell- I unintentionally gravitate to red and green
color schemes most of the time. This project, I decided to limit myself
to a range of only blue shades and it has been a real lesson in color
and value.
By starting with the blue,
inner frame print, that was slightly directional, I chose the deeper
blue tone on tone as the accompanying frame fabric. Then the fun began… It
took many weeks of shopping at a number of different quilt shops to
find the “perfect” range
of blue shades from light to dark. (I think I once heard someone say, “all
blues will blend together”, and boy- were they wrong!) As a result,
my fabric stash has greatly increased with blues that did not “blend”!
It seems I will have to design another blue and white quilt to use
the fabric that ended up "not quite right"!
Mary Anne went off in her own direction with these designs and chose
a delightful Victorian wallpaper print, (another one of those Yuwa prints
that we are so fond of), and paired it with an assortment of Moda fabrics.
It is gorgeous- and since you just have to see it- the photos have their
own page. You won’t believe it is the same quilt; it looks nothing
like my blue version. When we hang the quilts together, many don’t
even realize they are the same. Since this color scheme is so popular,
I have included the photographs of each block on the .pdf
Order Page for you to print out and refer to as you make your fabric choices.
Just
in case you need one more idea- think about stitching the design motif
in Redwork and framing with coordinating fabrics. Below are two examples.
Bettie Hammock made the one using the red and white toile. Mary Anne's
version is on the right and she broke with tradition by using a butter
colored background with a wonderful- yellow and red paisley. Got you
thinking....?
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