Are you joining in with Lynne @Lily’sQuilts Dead Simple Quiltalong?
I am … I love the idea of letting the colour do the talking for a change, instead of fancy schmancy painstaking piecing … I’ve had a bit of an HST glut, so it will be lovely just to sew squares together!
Also, I'll be needing a quilt back for my 4x5 bee, so I chose my Berlin flea market fabric as a jump off point for my palette, as these are the colours I've requested for my blocks …
So I dived in and did a little online palette browsing:
I started with De Graeve because I liked the fact that they give you a choice of ‘dull’ and ‘vibrant’ palettes …
hmmm …. no turquoise?
Let’s try Big Huge Labs:
Meh ... nope.
Howzabout css drive ?
nuh huh …
OK, so let’s try jrm ?
Not a peep of blue? Ack! Gah! Damn! Blast! By now I was kind of losing the will to live a bit …
… one more online try: pictaculous
... well, getting there … but not really right either … now no lemon yellow and definitely a lack of vibrancy!
So, in the end I used the most reliable palette picker for me that I know …
Yup … ME! ... my eyes, my brain, my interpretation!
Here are my solid choices from backstitch’s website …
The background of my fabric is actually white, but I like the way the grey mixes so well with the other colours, so I’m keeping it in there. So, the palette picker trial did actually turn up something I wouldn’t have though of after all …
… And here they are in the flesh! I would add that the jade, lime and turquoise are more saturated and closer to the backstitch website pics in real life … this little lot will serve me well.
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Now I’m happy :) I can’t wait to start!
To see other people’s palettes and ideas pop over to Lily’s Quilts flickr group.
