Yesterday I finally auditioned some embroidery thread colors for a quilt for our master bedroom. This color scheme is out of my norm, so I conferred with my DH as, after all, it's his quilt too! The fabrics are from the Robert Kaufman Floral Fusions line, Beige and Wheat. The beige has soft off white and cream tones while the wheat has a light and medium shade of golden tan plus cream throughout in a sort of mottled pattern. If you'd like to see the fabric closer, check out http://www.robertkaufman.com/fabrics/fusions_4070/ and scroll down the page, close to the bottom. (Sorry, I just cannot get these links to work!)
Below is a photo I took of the sample block next to the wheat fabric contrast. I auditioned two different embroidery colors for the flowers, a peach and a golden tan that has a hint of peach. The other colors are a light golden tan for the swirls and a heathered sage for the leaves and I will use a light creamy yellow for the flower centers.
Since we can't decide on the colors for the flowers, the project will be a UFO for the time being! My DH likes the peach flowers, I like the golden tan. We don't have peach in our bedroom, but it is a color that both of us were thinking of infusing into our room...maybe. But for this quilt, my eyes are just not loving the peach.
While I was waiting for the digital camera to charge up (so I could take the picture), I decided to tackle my new kitchen curtains that I embroidered a couple of months ago, but hadn't hemmed. Here's a close up of the embroidery.
Originally I thought I would use just two panels, but after I hung them, I realized I would need to make another panel to fill things out. The fabric is a very light creamy yellow, tone on tone print and the slightly darker creamy yellow embroidery is cutwork tulips and a cutwork birdie from www.s-embroidery.com. I fell in love with Stacy's cutwork designs and they stitch out so beautifully. I don't digitize cutwork designs, so I'm very happy to share Stacy's web site information with you :) Once I have a little time, I'm going to create that extra panel with just the tulips because the birdies are already mirrored between the two existing panels.
In the meantime, now that I've caught up with all my large orders, I can get back to digitizing the Baby's World designs I started weeks ago.
I hope you have a wonderfully creative day!
