Glorious, decadent PINK

with a dash of lemon yellow

If you were making a very pink quilt for your bed (okay, pinks + reds + browns) would you be tempted to add a dash of lemon yellow? Hmm?

I was. And that’s just like me. A limited palette is so pretty, but the other colors do whisper in my ear. Let’s try…

Yes, I succumbed to yellow’s persuasion. My feeling is that this pure, light lemon yellow underscores the feminine vibe of this palette. But only a touch, okay? Let’s not go crazy.

After I added the yellow, the red energy felt too strong. I opted to spread out the red elements a bit more on my design wall and add more pink and brown.

Yes, exactly! Now the balance is just right. And I LOVE it!

Don’t be too impressed that I’ve sewn this so quickly. I really haven’t been able to stay away from my sewing machine since this started happening on my design wall. Plus, the strip-piecing technique makes an already quick quilt even quicker. After sewing two strips together, I sub cut them as coin stacks and then sew again to make a taller stack in a jiffy.

The main challenge is fitting a queen-size quilt on my design wall! The quilt is actually taking form sideways, since the coin stacks will lay across the bed rather than moving vertically. Though, I’m planning for a quilt 100” wide and 100” long, so I guess it could be placed on the bed in either orientation.

Ahhh, glorious, decadent PINK! I adore this and will so miss it once it’s off my design wall. It gives me such a good feeling, which is an excellent sign for something I will look at every day on my bed. Hip, hip, hoorah!

p.s. does it remind you of lingerie? or a pink and bronze goddess? appropriate vibes, yes? =)