Twiggy and Opal: marsala

Wednesday, April 15, 2015

'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' WIP

Here we go again! Round and round and round I go...where I stop...

This idea was floating in my head spurred on by the 2015 Pantone Quilt Challenge. Anne at Play Crafts and Adrianne at On The Windy Side are hosting this challenge again this year.

You know the color? Marsala. I don't know how I feel about it. Actually I do...I'm not a fan! I'm just not. But, I seriously wanted to participate in the challenge and see what I could do with the color ~ or close to the color. I'm going to blame this all on Anne (just kidding), she does inspire me and makes me want to push the limits.

I pulled out some solid scraps of 'in the spirit of Marsala' colors to begin with. I call this my 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' work in progress because I didn't have a clue what I was going to do once I started. And I still am not sure! Fun stuff, right?!

I pulled out a couple Circle of Geese paper piecing templates and started there. I just randomly places the different shades for texture. The fabrics are a mix of Kona, Shot Cotton and random scraps dug out from the depths of the bucket.

A couple weeks before I started, during my brainstorming phase ~ I saw this gorgeous solid staring me down. I decided it was going to be in the Pantone Challenge piece. That I was sure of! I think, but not positive this color is Bella Tawny Olive.

Hexagons. Why not. It may work, it may not!

I guess I should say I also decided to use Emma's Garden by Patty Sloniger. (the top fabric)

The bee part anyway! They were perfect as 1" hexies. Sweet little bees...buzz, buzz, buzzing!

I'm a little bummed that I couldn't get the true color of this Tawny Olive. It's similar to Kona Wasabi or Cactus. I made a few 3/4" hexagons last night and this morning I decided to throw in some 1/2" as well. Apparently I'm taking this project in some direction ~ hexagons seem to be the theme!