Let's chat about color, shall we?? I
love color - all of it. Really, I do. I love the brights, the softs, the subtles, the neutrals - which kind of makes it hard to narrow it down to one palette when I'm, say, decorating a room in a house. I fall in love with one group of colors, but then feel locked in. But with quilts - quilts! - I can make them again and again and again in limitless color groupings. It never gets boring! And, like most quilters, I see quilt inspirations wherever I go, in all kinds of everyday objects. I thought I'd just share a couple of things that caught my eye lately and pull fabric from my stash that would make a quilt in that palette.
First up, my daughter (quite the little 4 yr. old artist herself) loves to play with my supplies while I'm sewing. She arranged these buttons the other day and I had to snap a picture. Love!
And here are the fabrics I thought went well with the buttons...
Next up, we have my son's hackey sac, also doubling as an indoor soccer ball these days:
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| (Look at that dark green! I never would have thought to have added that with the orange and teals, but it looks great !) |
And here is the fabric stack it inspired:
There's color combinations everywhere you look. Here are just a couple more from around my house, all just begging to be used in quilts. I'm only happy to oblige :).
So tell me, where do you get your color inspiration???
What a great post, Valerie! I know exactly what you mean -- it's so great to be able to have endless creativity with each project as to color and design. I think it's what I love most about quilting! :)
ReplyDeleteTo be honest I'm terrible at narrowing down colour schemes unless someone else has done it for me in a fabric line, so I get whole rainbows! I'm hoping that Jeni's class at SS will help me narrow things down tastefully lol Or I could actually look at all those design seeds blog posts and play match the colour pallette, but I always forget about them...
ReplyDeleteI've never really thought about color inspiration. Guess I'm more an "I know it when it hits me" kind of person. But I did want to say that I love these photos, and those buttons and that yarn are particularly wonderful! Thanks for sharing. :)
ReplyDeleteLovely! You're right; it can come from anywhere. I really like to experiment with combinations I might normally reject. Sometimes, that's a good starting point. And definitely, looking to nature for palettes is wise!
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