I know I’m not alone in saying that my first reaction when I heard they had chosen Marsala as the colour of the year was one of horror and exclamations of ‘egad!’ and such like. I’m not totally swayed to the view that they’ve made the right choice but I have softened towards it.
The fabrics are ones I picked up at my local Textile Traders store at the last minute. I was considering entering and decided not to and then I read a blog post from Anne at Play Crafts a few weeks ago saying there was plenty of time, there’s a category for the top only, etcetera so… I went to Textile Traders “to see what they had’. I came home with an armload of fabric that seemed to fit the bill, which I promptly washed, pressed and cut up.
There are a couple of firsts for me with this one – it’s my first on-line quilt challenge and my first time for making these equilateral triangles.
It went together pretty easily and I’m happy with the result, there’s no loss of points which is great.
Sue
It looks great Sue. I was like you when I heard it was Marsala - what??? I think you've done a great job with a difficult colour. The 2014 Pantone Challenge was my first online quilt challenge but the colour was much easier then - Radiant Orchid. You're going to have a lovely quilt when it's quilted.
ReplyDeleteIt's lovely- and I agree with Wendy- I find it a very difficult color to work with. Bravo!
ReplyDeleteHah! I'm glad you decided to enter, I love what you ended up with. :D The chocolate brown with the creams is a great counter point to the marsala fabrics (and I have to say, you did a great job matching the color!) I'm in love with those dramatic triangles!
ReplyDeleteoh I somehow missed your quilt in the challenge link up - I think it's awesome. A beautiful use of Marsala!
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