Way back in 2019, this was what I was trying to do when I made a quilt of large striped triangles. After I finally figured out how to do it, I made a series of quilts that were different. The problem was that THIS quilt doesn't use fabric efficiently, and that's
a very long story, which you can read here.
Anyway, in the photo above I have made some blue diamonds and some red ones.
In this layout they are mixed up, sort of, but I like this better. If you have been following me for a while you have surely figured out that I LOVE checkerboards. So I am going to tinker with this.
This is where this quilt is headed. And you know me. I like to do things that are unconventional, so several of my light fabrics will actually be quite busy. As for the reds and blues, I want clear reds and true blues. No "warm" reds (which lean closer to red-orange) or too "cool" blues, (which are closer to "teal" or blue-green) or warm blues, (which lean closer to purple).
Since red and blue are very close in value, they should be kept apart from each other. Otherwise they would "blend" together in your eye and those red-blue areas would read as a blob, which is never good. It's one of the reasons that many red-white-and-blue quilts (in my opinion) are not successful.
3 comments:
You will make this sparkle and shine - no doubts at all.
The busy whites are working with these more solid reds and blues. Good point to keep a narrow range of red and blue.
I’m just opening your door a crack and sticking my.nose in to ask if you’re okay in there. You’re unusually quiet and I miss your posts and Yankee sense of humor.
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