I will put up the COLOR CHALLENGE POST up EACH WEDNESDAY for the next 12 weeks.
Think we can come up with that many colors?
I'll offer a COLOR once a week for you all to play with.
I will be using just one style of block and focusing on the Color palette I list with in that block.
You are welcome to use any block style you like or use the block below.
I will be using just one style of block and focusing on the Color palette I list with in that block.
You are welcome to use any block style you like or use the block below.
In your block, use the color FABRIC you start off with,
and some MADE FABRICS you select to make the color look more desirable! Try different ideas when you select your colors to go with the color of the week... break out! try anything, and you can evaluate your block afterwards...
Think of them as little cooking experiments... A little of this a dash of that... and see what you can do to make it LIKE ABLE. ;-)
and some MADE FABRICS you select to make the color look more desirable! Try different ideas when you select your colors to go with the color of the week... break out! try anything, and you can evaluate your block afterwards...
Think of them as little cooking experiments... A little of this a dash of that... and see what you can do to make it LIKE ABLE. ;-)
Think about:
How you relate to the color combo?
Does it bring up negative icky thoughts.
Why do you dislike to colors, OR Why do you like them?
What fabrics did you find brighten them or Highlight them.
After you've made your block do you still dislike or like the color combo.
Did it inspire a new palette for you to work in?
Can you see the colors in a new light with new possibilities?
Please post your blocks, and write a bit about any of these thoughts above... Tell us if you discovered anything or any other color combos during your experiment... You can cut from your stash or use all scraps from your bins...
Here's our First COLOR!
Made some fabric.... starting off with the undesirable fabric in the center. I then chose a back ground fabric that I will use through out my quilt...(maybe something just as challenging... Chocolate Brown)
yum.
Cutting measurements for this block if you choose to use it...
4 - 3 1/2" squares brown
2 - 3 7/8" squares cut in half diagonally brown
2 - 3 7/8" squares cut in half diagonally starter fabric
1 - 6 7/8" square cut in half diagonally brown
1 - 6 7/8" square cut in half diagonally made fabric
Would I go out and buy me a bolt of mauve? mmmm, no. But how will it look with Next weeks color? Well now... that, is yet to be determined!
Make, play, experiment, POST! Can't wait to see what you do with MAUVE!
23 comments:
Yikes... Do you have a Pantone number for this color? It looks terra cotta/peach on my screen. Thank you! This is going to be a series of challenges!
I agree with fiberchick - looks like terra cotta. But I think I have the idea. The brown does it justice and the pink makes it nice! Thanks for the challenge!
Oh, we all know MAUVE! It's the closest I had to mauve.... LOL! It does read orange next to the brown... light keeps changing how it looks see the grey'd out color on the second photo... with the grey...
Oh no - mauve!! I have very clear memories of this color from the 80's and I may have banished all of it from my stash. When you say challenge you mean it - LOL! This will require looking into the dusty recesses of my purples - may be a bit moldering there - LOL!
Looked in my stash (for a while) and eventually found a fairly revolting mauve. Now to see what modern fabrics are brave enough to join it.
Godly Yellow. You had me there.
Ug Mauve? You really know how to get people outside the comfort zone! Haha. I'll see what I can dig up. I'm having a flash back just thinking about what mauve reminds me of . . . . it isn't pretty.
Will look through my stash tonight ... sadly, this was one of the focal colors in the sampler quilt from my first machine piecing class . . . oh, how things have changed since then!!!!!!
omg mauve - that is the ONE color that Stacy and Clinton (from What Not to Wear) say looks bad on everyone! haha good challenge V!
OOOH, I want to do this! I didn't think I would have any mauve--my stash is pretty small-- but lo and behold, apparently I inheirited some from my grandma! We'll see what happens...
Yikes...Mauve...actually I probably DO have some...this will be fun!
This is so funny! A friend just gave me 5 yards of MAUVE. She said it 'so wasn't her COLOR'. I was going to use it to pull together the 50 million 3.5" nine patches I have...I might have to think about pairing it with the 'godly yellow'...
I guess I'll be playing this weekend. I found some mauve.
Fun challenge! Don't know if I have mauve, but I'll go hunting deep in my bins.
I like your block. Its going to be fun to make a color challenge quilt with it! OK, I searched and did not come up with anything mauve, except within a floral print that I think I bought a yard sale when my friend was trying to pare down her mother-in-law's stash. Next problem for me is going to be deciding on the overall background color.
I know I have lots of mauve in my attic. Just been waiting for it to come back in style!
A question for you guys; mauve is a colour for which we don't have a Norwegian word. It looks like a dusty pink on my screen. Would that be right?
I guess I am the odd one out. I actually like mauve, but then I tend to like working with grayed out colors. This will be fun. I hope I get a chance to put something together this weekend. Now chocolate brown? That is a color I am not really fond of. That would be a real challenge for me.
oh man... I'd toss that puppy in the trash... LOL!
Oh pat, I know how much you Love Mauve.... Lol!! None of us like it.... Oh well!!
Victoria- I am new to all this blogging stuff...I made my mauve block and want to share it but I am not sure how to "post it"...Help!
Julianne
Julianne, Your comment does not link to you email address, so i can't respond... please email me with your email address included... thanks!
April 14, 2012 9:12 AM
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What a cool idea. I hope you're doing this long enough for me to jump in on one. I'm enjoying my zen sewing time, and your work always inspires me. :)
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