What is it about the primaries that is so appealing? I have done a lot of quilts in these colors and find them easy and satisfying to design.


The one color in this combination that I do have trouble with is the blue, which is odd – I love to wear blue and decorate with it as well. My blue fabric collection is not a good one. When I am digging through the shelf for a blue to use in a project, I often don’t find what’s in my head. Blue is the color I most often rip out, as was the case with the star hexagon project!
This is supposed to be my travel and nothing-better-to-do project, but of course I was anxious to play with the colors. Good thing, as in the morning light I found that the medium blue with the tiny dots on it seemed so dull. My quilts are often blazingly bright and I was trying to be a bit more subdued with this one, but the blue just did nothing for me. So, I auditioned some more blues and chose the blue/black print which is an ancient Jinny Beyer fabric that appears in many of my quilts. It is a great color and I noticed that it also made the sweet yellow print even perkier! Good deal.
I did “need” to try a little of the background just to see what it will look like…and now it will go in a tote bag for the next trip…
Glad you found the right fabric early in the design process! Love the fussy cut red centers.
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