Aah, the muse. He helps get my creative flow going (or at least thinking about it). Bugs Bunny is donning a scrap leftover from the wall hanging I'm still working on. I'm still not totally happy with the overall color of the quilt.
One of the most challenging (and interesting) things to me about quilting is working with color. Some people seem to do it beautifully and effortlessly. One of my favorite quilters that creates fabulous studies in color is Victoria Gertenbach of The Silly BooDilly. If you haven't seen her work before you should definitely check it out. She's got this color thing figured out.
Since I like to experiment when I quilt I often try new things that I'm not entirely sure about but wait until I'm finished to make a final judgment. Sometimes I feel like I have a nice and unexpected color play and other times not so much. There's been a time or two when I didn't like particular colors together the first time I saw them and then I actually really liked them down the road. Go figure.
It's all about experimentation, right?
I started a couple projects this weekend. One of them is yet another one based on the method Joelle Hoverson outlines in her book I yakked about in an earlier post. I just can't get enough of that modified crazy quilt piecing technique. You start out with a bunch of fabrics in a couple of different colors, cut em up, throw em in a bag, sew em together, take em out of the bag, cut em up, put em back in the bag and sew em together. What I like most is the surprise of all the unique color combinations you get. For this one I'm using a variety of shot cottons, a voile, and a silk. I'll post some pics of the finished product and the other project on the burner soon! 
