Week 8 Blue

I'm up to week 8 in the Blue series and I have one more week to go before I move to another color.  This week I decided I wanted to do some curvy lines.  Of course, when you do curvy lines with blue, you end up having something that looks like water, right?  So here is this weeks' piece:

The fabrics that look white are indeed blue, a very light patterned blue.  I ask that if you stop by to see my weekly rantings that you leave a comment, so I know that you are out there.  Tune in next week for the last installment of the blue series.
 

Week 7 Blue

This week I decided to do a piece using a confetti technique.  My goal was to have dark blue on the edges, and have it fade to lighter blue until the center was almost white.  I guess it sort of worked, but it did not turn out quite the way my mind had envisioned.  After I had all the pieces in place, I put a piece of black tulle over the top.  

I then did spiral couching using a shiny silver cord.  All of my pieces to date have been made at 7 inches, and all will be cut down to a 6 inch finished piece, which is why the cord does not go to each of the corners.  I measured 6 inches and stopped the couching at that point.   Maybe after it is fully trimmed it will look more "finished"!  Two more weeks of blue, then I'll probably move onto GREEN.

Turquoise Blue

We are on week 6 of the "blues" and I have to say that turquoise blue is probably my favorite shade of blue.  I love the way it plays off of black and rusted fabrics and I use it a lot in my work.  I have used several turquoise fabrics this week in a simple four patch.

The fabrics are torn and placed on top of each other, and I have one silk sari remnant in there, the one with the crinkles.  I only quilted the vertical and horizontal line on this piece until I can figure out how I want to finish it.  It sometimes takes me awhile to figure quilting designs, so I'll let it sit for a week or two before I decide.  There are truly so many different shades and hues of blue, and some of them don't play well with their brothers; so I'll have to see which shades I'll be using next week.  Stay tuned!


 

Week 5 Blue

I tried to work in lighter shades of blue this week, tending towards the gray scale.  Perhaps next week I'll work more into the blue/green shades.  It's amazing to me how many shades of blue there really are in fabrics, although I guess that can be said of many colors.  We tend to think of the pure color first, but as you add black and white to a color, the shade and hue change dramatically.  This piece has many subtle blues in it, with a lot of stitching.

 I may add some surface design to this before I incorporate it into the final piece, in fact, I may alter several of the squares with different surface design techniques.  That is yet to be determined and offers so many possibilities!  Stay tuned for week 6, as winter barrels down on us!