I've focused my creative time this week on finishing one quilt, and on photography.
the changing seasons are exciting especially coming into the possibility of cooler temps.
the color of the month at rainbow scrap challenge is pale green and pale blue.... so on walks I look for those colors....
An artist paints what she sees but what she sees is primarily what she looks for
nature paints the world with all the shades and light to dark providing contrast
I admit I'm drawn to saturated colors so focusing on pale ones is more difficult.
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| what kind of tree is this? |
Most of my photos this week are glorious saturated colors, but that must wait til Thursday's I Like post
it's difficult for me to go from "aqua" a light blue green, to the RSC chosen colors of
light green and blue... so I expect to veer from them soon,
I was able to keep my machine moving along this week, enough to finish the quilting and binding on this runner. Here it is after the binding went on, was turned to the front to be straight stitched down...
and since this machine couldn't handle true piping layers, I found this cording in my stash
and carefully zig-zagged over it with a lime thread next to the finished binding to look like piping!
and voila!
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| fini! |
finished and on to the next thing, making some light blue blocks for this year's RSC quilt
it was hard to stay to low contrast light to medium shades, without the usual joy color gives me
so I pulled out some other blue and green tone finished blocks to see how these might fit in... there is a stack of these blocks in all the colors so far... and it is a scrap quilt
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| just a few of the finished blocks along with this month's |
This tells me if I wanted to make a bed quilt in a limited color scheme, it might look okay, as long as I added in colors nearby on the color wheel too
as I make these blocks there are always bits cut off... so I sewed them together just to see what they might do, as one does lol.
then I chose light green fabrics to make the hexie swirl block
isn't this a lovely fabric?
and cut 2.5" squares to hand baste onto the paper forms later this weekack, how long can I last sewing pale fabrics to pale fabrics? Guess we'll find out next week!
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| busy as a bee! |
I would find working with light colours difficult too because I far prefer saturated colour and jewel tones.
ReplyDeleteThe narrow piping cord made quite the difference! Love your work.
ReplyDeleteFor someone who thrives on color LeeAnna, I would say you surprised yourself by doing the assignment of pale blues and greens. They add some serenity to the series you are working.
ReplyDeleteYour fini is beautiful and so vibrant. I love those soft shades, they're calming. I wish I knew what tree that was too. Take Care, J
ReplyDeletePale photos are harder, but yours are quite pretty. Love your RSC blocks - they are all looking so good together - and so glad you shared them.... they led me down a rabbit hole haha
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