I decided to join in on CrazyMomQuilts nine-patch quilt-along. Click here for the specific post with the quilt picture. I just love the original coloration this quilt-along is based on, but I knew my colors would be totally different than these modern brights because I am digging out scraps from my scrap container; I don’t own any fabrics that would vaguely resemble the original quilt. I proceeded to pull out any browns, golds, dark reds, tans, greens, and a few blues. No real pastels, and no neon brights. My plan was to use unbleached muslin for the sashings.
Today I decided I was going to do a quick reasonable facsimile on Electric Quilt just to ensure that my unbleached muslin was going to be okay colorwise. (I shopped at a discount place yesterday for a more beige-y fabric, but I couldn’t find one I liked.) I also played around with other background colors (yellow, gold, blue, brown, tan, green, wine, etc.). Surprisingly (to me, anyway), I really liked the navy blue. Here are the two different colors as they appear on EQ. All I changed is the cream to navy:
Well, my problem is I am liking the navy blue better! I hate to change horses in the middle of the race, and I know colors can be deceiving on a computer screen; plus, the “fabrics” in my EQ drawing are just kind of similar-ish fabrics that are the standard ones on EQ.
I decided to do a quick layout of the 30 blocks I have done (out of 80 — I’m making the quilt 8×10 instead of 7×10) on both the muslin and a nice dark navy I have for another project (even though it’s a batik, the color is what I have in mind). Here they are, and please squint so you don’t see all the wrinkles and threads!
So what do you think? Do I need to go back to the fabric store?
Sue
