Rainbow Connection: Violet

 Way back before the holidays, I set up a challenge for myself to work with a designated color each month in 2021.  I'm calling it my Rainbow Connection series.  My plan is to do a color exploration each month, following in order around the color wheel.  My January assignment was red-violet, and my color for February is violet.

I chose to use violet this month in combination with its complement, yellow, to make a small half log cabin quilt.

Our neighborhood is filled with jacaranda trees, which will be blooming up and down the streets in another month or so.  I'll use this violet quilt out on the bench on the front porch to celebrate the beautiful blossom color.

Next month I'll be working with blue-violet, and I already have something in mind.

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Rainbow Connection: Red Violet

 I've made progress with my red-violet top!

My starting point was this Alison Glass pattern, but I did my own interpretation.

I have some backing fabric chosen, but I probably won't get to layering and quilting right away.

To be continued  ... 

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Rainbow Connection

Now that Rhiannon's purple quilt is on its way to Boston, 

I can get back to my color play exploration.

Earlier in November, I'd pulled an assortment of bright raspberry fabrics.  They have now happily turned into 60 blocks, and are ready to be assembled. 

  

The idea floating around in the back of my mind is that I'll challenge myself to a series: a Color-of-the-Month quilt, in progression around the color wheel.  By including the tertiary colors, I'll have assignments for all twelve months.  This first project will be my red-violet effort -- my starting point around the wheel simply because the color caught my eye in the stash tubs a few weeks ago.  

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