I pulled fabrics from my scraps and stash in these colors, made triangles, and put them on the wall.
Oh, no, this is awful. It's much worse in real life than it is in the photo. Just a horrible assortment, very hard on the eyes.
The problem isn't the concept, it's the color palette. Even though the colors were selected to be similar to the inspiration photo, I just don't like it.
To salvage the project, I took away all the triangles that had any red or orange in them, which was about a third of them. Then I made more triangles using only teals and yellow-greens. When I put them on the wall, I changed up the columns slightly.
I like this much better.
Rather than columns of stacked coins like the original, I think I'll look for one fabric that will work for the alternate columns.
Linking up with Design Wall Monday at Small Quilts and Doll Quilts
I’m really surprised you like the inspiration quilt enough to try using it for inspiration. It’s what I’d call a calliope of colors 😉
ReplyDeleteMuch better. You definitely have an eye for color. How about a strip for the alternat columns?
ReplyDeleteI like the edited version much better, too. I hope you find a good project for the HSTs with red and orange in them.
ReplyDeleteYes the second version is much calmer than the first.
ReplyDeleteWhat a difference in colors do! I love the second version too. I'm sure you will find good use of those HSTs you didn't use for this project.
ReplyDeleteI saved that inspiration photo a week or so ago thinking it would be a good design (not the colors)! Interesting to see how you are changing it up. Longer term, I have a plan and color palette in mind for that inspired design.
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