Sunday 2 March 2014

Radiant Orchid

I'm not much of a purple person. I don't dislike it. I don't love it. Usually it makes me think of my mum. She wears a lot of purple. And painted her living room lavender. Overall, I've been a little surprised by the strong dislike of purple from many corners of the quilt blogging community and so was amused when Pantone declared Radiant Orchid the colour of the year. I decided to join the ranks of those wrestling with this under appreciated colour to see if I could take purple from "meh" to "yum!". These posts by Adrianne from On the Windy Side and Anne from Play Crafts really helped open me up to purple's potential.

After much fabric auditioning I settled on these.


I started with this little star...


 ...and decided to combine a number of items on my quilty bucket list.
Medallion quilt - tick
Mini quilt - tick
Tiny piecing - tick (nothing smaller than a square inch finished - I'm not completely mad... yet...)
Accurate piecing - a little soon to tell but so far so good, it's really obvious when tiny blocks don't line up!




I have spent hours cutting tiny pieces, and of course just when I thought they were all done I changed my mind and needed more! But if I've counted correctly they're all done now and it's just a simple matter of putting them all together. 

Yep... Simple...

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Edited to add:
I'm excited to be linking up to Freshly Pieced's WIP Wednesday today! It's my first link up. A big hello to anyone visiting from there. It's so nice to have you visit :-)


10 comments:

  1. Hello!
    How lucky am I to be your first visitor dropping in through WIP Wednesday!
    You work is very pretty. I adore the fabric selection. I too have started a project with the colour orchid in it, but have not shown it on my blog yet. Maybe next month or so!
    Have a wonderful week!
    Esther
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    1. Hi Esther! Thanks so much for popping in! I look forward to seeing your radiant orchid quilt. It's turned out to be such a nice colour to work with.

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  2. Yum! I love the fabrics you've picked, and I LOVE a medallion quilt. And a mini one to boot? Yum! Good luck with your mini! :)

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    1. Thanks! I just love medallion quilts too. I'm looking forward to revealing the finished quilt :-)

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  3. Lovely! This is shaping up to be a fabulous quilt, especially with that adorable center star. Is that lavender floral from Kate Spain? Best, Kate

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    1. Thanks Kate. It is from Kate Spain, from her Central Park line. She's such a great designer and it's one of my favourite of her prints.

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  4. Welcome to the linkup :-) I am always shocked when I hear how universally unloved purple is- it's my absolute fave. I'm happy to see so many people playing with it this year... Your project looks fantastic!

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    1. I think it's great that Radiant Orchid is helping people think more about how to use purple in a way they love. I never thought I'd make a purple quilt but I'm really loving how this one is turning out :-)

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  5. Love, love, love the colors you picked, and your first block is lovely. Good luck with the quilt!

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