This morning I was thinking about palette, my palette in particular. I stay away from large prints, prefer batiks and mottled colors. I have a lot of purples and blues, with yellow and browns following, greens and oranges I have the least of. And red is almost none existent in my humble stash. Here is one of my favorite pieces for color-it is a journal size. 
I'm going to attach a bottom and top sleeve to the quilt above and I think I'm actually going to cook today a real meal...fried sweet potatoes with onion and garlic, spinach, and Nigerian beef stew over rice. Going to make enough for 2-3 days...I can already hear the groan of my kids on Tuesday..."we're having this again". But since I work in a shelter and see families struggling every day, I ALWAYS have a great comeback lecture for them...;)
The window piece is striking--windows serene in their cool colors and important in their vertical placement. The black makes the piece look very important. You have insomnia and quilt, all I can do is sleep, sleep, sleep.
ReplyDeleteI love the purple, blue, and black piece -- your quilt work stunning...very chic. I'm going to start painting on silk this summer -- yikes...a totally new venture for me -- but your pieces have definitely inspired me.
ReplyDeleteI tend toward dark purples, reds, blues. I hardly have any pastels, or soft colors. I have recently fallen in love with yellow and orange and I have been thinking alot about muted colors- ones with greys or compliments added. I love color.
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