Playing with Color :: Lydia’s Quilt
With things settling down for fall, it is high time I got to work and made Lydia a quilt {she is one year old now!}. As you may have guessed, I really love purple {Clover & Violet}, but I feel like the options for purple in the fabric world are minimal and not always pretty {why is that? Do we as a collective quilt community dislike purple?}. So, over time, I’ve scouted out a few favorite purples and stashed them. I chose this stack {plus some more that I added later} for the quilt.
Then, I remembered seeing that Alyssa at Pile O’ Fabric made a Kona® Color Swatch for Adobe Illustrator. I went over to download it, did some internet searches, and discovered that, yes, I can use this in Photoshop Elements 12 too! So, now I am able to use her virtual Kona® card to make some pretty neat fabric photos too, for inspiration and for saving {and, of course, fabric shopping!}. Now, I just hope she adds the new colors so all 303 are there {and, I need a new Kona card too, since two of the colors I chose weren’t even on my color card, it is that old!}.
So, here’s my stack for Lydia’s quilt with the Kona® colors next to it. Now I’ve just got to get the quilt sewn up!
Do you have a favorite color combo you’d love to see in fabric?
I’ve always been a blue and green color person it seems; but 35 years ago I remember loving the color peach and making the bathroom in our first home all in this soft peachy shade. I got away from that, but find I’m leaning back into the orange shades again at times, but not sure what all would look good with it, as most fabrics have the pink and red in them. What would you suggest in a combo where soft or deeper orange is added?
That is going to be a beautiful quilt! Karina loves purple, so I’m also on the lookout for anything in that color, including fabric. I agree, it’s kind of hard to find!
Lydia is going to love her quilt!
Have you already picked a pattern? Sorry if you already shared and I missed it
How about teal?
I love this! I definitely agree about the purples. It is my fav, but it is so limited in fabrics!