I tried to get a better design wall picture today — one that had truer colors in it. I can tell this is going to be a difficult quilt to photograph, because to get the blue the right shade and intensity, the block colors seem a little contrasty.
The blue in the sashings is really a mottled navy. Not such a dark navy blue that you would mistake it for black, but it is a pretty true navy. In the photo I took on Monday, the blue looked much too bright (like painter’s tape), and I couldn’t tone it down too much without spoiling the other colors. Monday’s Picture in Artificial Light:
Tuesday’s Picture in Natural Light (which is better, but still not on the money):
Here are my colors as I entered them in EQ (note: this isn’t my original pattern. I got it from CrazyMomQuilts):
So I guess the navy is pretty close to the actual fabric in the second picture; the first one looks a little bit more towards royal blue, which it definitely is not. It will be interesting to see how it all comes together!
Sue
ps: here is the photo I shared with you a while back using some navy-blue batik I had on hand, but was earmarked for another project (just to TOTALLY confuse anyone who wasn’t already confused when they got to this site):
Ok- that looks a little better but I think I liked the batik better. I know how hard it is to get the colors right- sometimes i take a picture and it looks good on the camera but when I download it and see it on the computer screen it looks way off or vice versa.
yep i like the fabric you chose as well as the blue batik. they’re both softer than the EQ navy version so that they blend better with the 9 patches.
nice job!