Showing posts with label neutral colors. Show all posts
Showing posts with label neutral colors. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Hybrid Seeds For Quilts

Just like there are more than one kind of fruit or vegetable seed to plant in a garden, there are many types of seeds to start a quilt. There are also so many different sizes of seeds, from the ones you can hardly see to very large ones.
My hybrids fall into the large seed category.

I am creating a collection of "hybrid" seeds.


That is why I am concentrating on getting a collection of fabrics dyed to add to the ones already in my collection.


There are some hybrids that come from grafting various techniques and colors and give me surprising results.


Then there are those items I "graft" and hope I'll get the desired result.


Just like you don't want to grow all one color in your garden, I need both bright and subtle colors for my hybrid seeds.

As some of you are anticipating spring and ordering seeds from the colorful catalogs you receive in the mail, I am anticipating how to use my hybrid quilt seeds.

I have shown you less than half of the hybrid quilt seeds I have created in the last few months.
I believe I will be beginning to "plant" my garden soon.

I hope your seed collection will grow prolifically, whether you plant them in the ground or use them to make a quilt!

I put fewer pieces in this puzzle than normal since it does not have a lot of color contrast which would make it easier to put together.
Click to Mix and Solve

Saturday, July 10, 2010

Still More Studio Stuff







These are antique French printing blocks from the 1900's that hang on a wall over my desk. I purchased them a long time ago at a quilt show. I had intended to try printing with them but so far I have not. You can see these more clearly if you click on the photo to enlarge it.



This block hangs on the wall at the other end of my desk.



This wall basket hangs below my wall hung TV. I can see the TV when I sit and sew but I hardly turn it on anymore. It is so old and small.

You will notice that all the items I am showing today are neutral colors while all the items I showed yesterday were very bright. The neutral and the bright complement each other and allow you to appreciate each item for what it is.