How Much Purple?

Although the middle shirt in the inspiration photo was aqua, I decided to change it to red-violet (red-purple.)  I chose this because it’s the complementary color the yellow-green of the background.

This was my first attempt.

Click any image for a larger viewCarefree, in-progress.  An art quilt by Ellen Lindner, AdventureQuilter.com

Definitely too bright.  How about a duller purple?  I auditioned a different fabric that seemed better.

Carefree, in-progress.  An art quilt by Ellen Lindner, AdventureQuilter.com

Yes, MUCH better!

Carefree, in-progress.  An art quilt by Ellen Lindner, AdventureQuilter.com

As you can probably tell, the purple fabrics above are only pinned in place.  After getting things the way I wanted them, I came back with a liquid fabric glue, and glued it all securely.

At this point, the gray on the back of her neck was bugging me, so I knew I’d have to address that pretty soon.

Ellen Lindner

3 Comments

  1. Sunnie Malesky says:

    Ellen,
    I am enjoying foloowing your process on this quilt!
    Thanks, Sunnie

  2. Maeve Binder says:

    Oh I love what you did with the purple (a favorite color of mine)! And I also checked out the hair – so cool! Using the white for the highlights works so perfectly. Enjoying the process as you share it. Thanks!

  3. ellen says:

    Thanks, Sunnie and Maeve. I’m having fun with it.