Fractured: 1
Here's what's on my wall now, five blocks from finished. It is mostly Australian aboriginal fabrics with some Kaffes and some other odds and ends thrown in. I'm loving how it is turning out. Not all of the blocks are in their final positions yet, but the two focal points are.
Do me a favor, please: Click to enlarge it. Now tell me (again, please) if the five blocks with the pink in them should stay or go. I really don't know. Either the pink is the zinger OR it is the inappropriate distraction. I just can't tell yet. If they stay, I'll add some more in a couple of the remaining five-to-be-made blocks and move things around. If they go, I've got more blocks to make.
Help me, please!
Comments
Leave the pinks. It's a little fun thing to find. Don't make any final decisions until you have ALL the blocks on the wall. And if you decide to remove them, put something else there and then step back and look again. If it's better one way or the other, you'll know it. Then let it sit overnight and look at it again in the morning, or after some significant time away.
You don't want the whole thing to look so boring. You WANT something unexpected and fun in there. If you think the pink is too bright all by itself, then add something ELSE in there, so it isn't JUST pink, but pink and something else.
Usually the quilt knows what it wants.
Good luck,
Lynne
Love the quilt - the design is stunning and the fabrics you have used really bring it to life. The pink isn't speaking to me but it isn't screaming that it doesn't belong either. I would make a different block and swap it out as Millie suggested. You'll know which one belongs in the quilt.
Love the quilt!
Hugs!
I am not a "pink" person, Nancy, but I have to say that I am not bothered by the pink in this at all. In fact, I think it needed that lighter touch to bring a little more dimension to an otherwise mostly intense group of colors. If you pull out the pink, then I would suggest replacing it with something else that doesn't "match" the rest of the colors, like light blue or lavender. That's just my 2 cents worth.