Peach
I struggled with this color and kept telling myself
that I did NOT like peach. In fact, I had trouble finding peach fabric
in my stash! First I found an orange-ish peach and made this pile of
fabrics.
But I just wasn't feeling it.
As
I looked for another peach, and for colors to go with it (because
nothing seemed to be working, probably aided by my anti-peach attitude
of the moment!), I remembered a time when I had used peach in a color
scheme and loved it: my wedding flowers.
I had combined
peach with a darker coral and a perwinkle blue (which was the dress
color as well). Inspired by this photo, I dug through my stash again and
recreated that palette.
From those fabrics, I made this:
and then this:
I got over my anti-peach feelings and I like the cheeriness
of this block. Plus, it brings back fun wedding memories! While it helps
that I ultimately chose a softer peach to work with, I had trouble
successfully pairing peach with many choices, though I do love it with
the periwinkle. I thought it would go well with green, but not any that I
could find.
I'm noticing that some of my blocks fall back onto the fail-safe
color wheel art class color concepts--complementary blue and orange
here, green/purple/orange triad for avocado.
MAUVE (a make-up from week #1)
I found a mauve FQ in my stash and then saw the striped batik.
Right there, I knew what direction I wanted to take. I loved how the
striped batik sort of "updated" the mauve, which I can't help but think
of as an 80s color. I pulled a darker plum and another blue to balance
things, and then was pleasantly surprised to work in the light
green/yellow/whatever you want to call it fabric--another fabric of mine
that I can't decide if I like or not!
I used those fabrics to make this:
and then this:
I liked seeing that mauve could receive a style
update and join us in the 21st century! :) Seriously though, I found it
interesting that pairing it with very gray-ish blues really helped to
"un-gray" (dare I say brighten?) the mauve up, making it less gray.
Can't wait til next week!
2 comments:
They both Look fantastic! I love how the peachy block jumps out at you! the colors are fabulous! The will make a great pattern when all together!
These are great blocks. The periwinkle and deep pink with the peach are really wonderful. The stripped batik is a great match with your mauve.
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