The photography in Design! is stimulating and the text is worth reading. I found myself drawn to Chapter 3 - Visual Elements and his section on Color, and felt the inspiration coming on :)
Love that color wheel! And so I started looking for quilt inspiration on flickr, this is just a taste of what you find when searching "color wheel".
1. Oh, 2. inspiration day one, 3. 10-08 crazy color wheel, 4. DQS#7 Top Finished. Clockwise?, 5. FQ Stack for Color Wheel Quilt, 6. Black Color Wheel quilt top done!, 7. Full view of DQS7 quilt, 8. color wheel, 9. The front
Created with fd's Flickr Toys
Being the individual that I am, I cannot copy any of these beautiful creations, but I know that I will have to create a quilt reminiscent of a color wheel in the near future! I need to go organize my chest of fabric and see what scraps I can pull together :)
Also in my color wheel hunt I found a couple of great articles --
Purl Bee - Thinking in Color
All People Quilt - Choose Fabric with Confidence
Be Inspired and Enjoy the process!
Amy
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24 comments:
Hi I'm new to your blog and quilting too and choosing fabric is very hard for me so thank you sooo much for posting these links - I think they'll help tremendously!!!! Love your blog too!! :)
I had been thinking about doing a baby quilt in rainbow colours, much like the DQS7 quilt... love colours :D
wow!! beautiful pics, thanks for sharing!!
I love the Oh quilt!
I love all those pictures you found--can I favorite this post? *grin*
You are awesome! I've always loved the color wheel! what a great idea to look at design books - I've been toying with designs in my head but am not sure where to take them. Like i have point a and point b but no clue what's in between!
You are always inspiring!
I am always inspired by color wheel projects too. I love how you put this process together by looking design books from the library. I have a color wheel bundle from Purl, and love to just start at it on my dresser. Can't wait to see what you make!
Great post Amy. I recognize one of those quilts! Love using rainbows in quilts. They just turn out so happy!!
Thanks for great food for thought -- and the pictures to go along with it.
I really cannot wait to see the color wheel- inspired quilt!
i love color wheels... in fabric, paint, just about anything!
The colour wheel is calling me too! What fantastic inspiration you found, isn't flickr just amazing!!
Oooh, great inspiration Amy! I can't wait to see what you come up with.
Oh these are so fab! What amazing inspiration you found!
Awesome! Scrapbooking aisles also give me inspiration for colour combinations. You can also get a rotating colour wheel in the artist paint section of your art store/craft shop which gives ideas for primary, complimentary colours. If you have an IKEA nearby, I love to go there for the modern colour combos as well. They have a fabric section as well and you can get some neat ideas. Inspiration is coming up all around me, though. I think I've really caught the bug. For instance, that show Hell's Kitchen? I love the red tile wall designs... i think that would look fabulous as a quilt. LOL.
Oh, I LOVE that Oh quilt. Boy, you found such fabulous things!!!
Hoooooray!
Great post, thanks for getting me thinking out of my typical color box! I love those color wheel quilts :-)
Hey! That's my DQS7 quilt! Thanks for including it, I'm glad it could be part of your inspiration collection. Can't wait to see what you put together.
What a fantastic idea. My favourite quilt to make for kids is one that uses all of the colours of the rainbow. I am going to have to try this sometime. You are too inspirational!
what great inspiration! i would love to translate the photo from the book into a quilt. so simple and so good!!! i'm looking forward to seeing what you come up with.
beautiful inspiration photos! I've always wanted to make the color wheel quilt in the purl patchwork book (last minute quilting?)...one day I'll get around to it :)
i am new to your blog too, and i love colour! have you seen
Oh!Franson quilt-a-long it's her 2nd version of the colour block quilt. go see
I made a color wheel quilt several months ago, and thought I'd share it here, as it only seemed appropriate:
http://thecreativefox.blogspot.com/2009/01/finished-quilts-and-breakfast-pizza.html
Enjoy!
For more on Color Wheels, check out Maria Peagler's Color Mastery Book.
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