Monday, March 28, 2016

So Wrong It's Gotta Be Right


I got kind of a late start on the latest Mighty Lucky Quilting Club challenge but since I'm making each month's project just 17" square, it went together pretty quickly. It was all about One Wrong Color, presented by Rossie Hutchinson/Rossie Crafts [rossiecrafts]. The challenge was definitely more about curating a fabric pull rather than the end project.


I started with some greens and neutrals from stash, and after debuting several choices, settled on a dark purple print as my 'one wrong color.' Honestly everything I tried with my original pull seemed workable, so I finally showed hubby several choices and asked which he thought looked the most challenging as a workable palette.


I was surprised how well I was able to incorporate more purple-coordinates into the mix. Then, following Rossie's lead, I added what I felt was an accent - the coral. It actually pulls out a color in the purple floral, which isn't really obvious in my photos. I know I had my Instagram mates wondering what my 'wrong' color was. Most of them loved the purple with the green, so I kind of felt I failed the wrong color challenge, but in my studio it all made sense to me. {grin}


Rossie suggested the Coin Columns as a pattern suggestion, and since it was really all about the fabric, I figured the Coins quilt would be a fine choice.


I tweaked mine by both slicing some of the columns into narrower widths, and also by rotating the whole piece by 30-degrees. Honestly, for me, those two elements switched things from being kind of ho-hum to pretty interesting. 


After mulling over quilting options, I settled on a curved crosshatch, inspired by Petit Design Co. Not only was it fun to do, but I love the look it gave my little tilted quilt. Using Aurifil 50wt #2021 (natural white) kept things subtle yet cohesive, and I do love how it shows up so well on the darker fabrics.


Oh yeah.


For binding, I repeated the use of Crosshatch Lime by Angela Walters, which was also an original key player and kept the patchwork as the main focus.


So I'm feeling this challenge was successful, quite possibly more in my own processing then you can tell by the finished piece. And that's ok. So here's my first three finishes in the Mighty Lucky Quilting Club. Here's links to Pantone Meets Bias Tape and Scrap Leather in case you missed them.


13 comments:

  1. I definitely feel like trimming the top at an angle and using the curved crosshatch quilting gives the mini a great sense of movement and makes it very interesting. I think that it is funny to think of color as "wrong" because there really are no rules about color (in my mind); only lessons on whether I like a combination or not in the end. :)

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  2. I enjoyed hearing about your process. I too wondered what your "wrong color" was when I first saw it! wish I had time to jump in on these challenges. Not this time...

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  3. Your quilting is spot on! Thanks for the link! All of the colors go so well together here.

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  4. Your projects are terrific. I really like the tilt to the March block. I'm only 3 months behind in this project. Nice to see you're on target.

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  5. It is really fun to watch as you take on each new challenge! No offence, but the coral was my first impression of "wrong" color...and it is a great accent, adding that warmth to the otherwise cool quilt :) Love the quilting and the tilting!! :)

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  6. Love your quilting ! Very interesting to read about the process and the challenge.

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  8. Nice job. I've done the fabric pull. You have inspired me to put it together. Love the tilt!

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  9. Tilting it 30 degrees adds so much interest and combined with the quilting, I love it. Nothing wrong with your colors in my book! Great idea for making the quilts all the same size...I'll have to remember that!

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  10. I'm loving the quilting on this one! As for the right and wrong colors...right for some, wrong for others. I like that you rotated the piece, much better for me anyway! The coral does it for me. I love that addition!

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  11. When you mentioned a wrong color, I had to go back to find something and the only thing is possibly the coral. But it makes sense to me as an accent color. I love the palette! Actually I can't think of anything that I wouldn't like. It's very modern and tasteful and the colors really do go together. So what if you "failed" a challenge that works out? Maybe that's how you win! Thanks for the links to the other quilts, I am really interested in how this challenge works.

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  12. I just love everything about this - the colour palette, the angle at which you cut the top and the quilting! I think this is a huge success! :-)

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  13. Just two things I'd add to make your quilt perfect: I'd increase it to lap size, and put in on my couch. I love EVERYthing* else you've done with it, and would even be thrilled adopt it at 17" and hang it on the wall near my (purple leather) couch. *(Colors, design, block sizes, layout, quilting, tilt; everything.)

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