The Colors of the Russian Rubix

Pink Chalk Fabrics
Pink Chalk Fabrics

Some confluence of events made the planets come into alignment over the weekend. I picked out the rest of the fabrics (plus a few extras) for the Russian Rubix, photographed them and put them up on the wall. I think I might be ready to sew. I think so.

The above fabrics are the fabrics I picked. I didn’t pick them after comparing color cards and color wheels to what I already had. I wish I could say that I did a lot of work to find these fabrics, but I would be a liar. I received a coupon from Pink Chalk Fabric and, despite my vow to tone down the fabric buying, I went and looked.

Then I bought some fabrics. In fairness, I had deleted a previous coupon.

Yes, I couldn’t help myself. Something about these fabrics called my name and when I received them, I thought “yes, these are the fabrics for the Russian Rubix.”No, there aren’t a ton of cool colors like I thought I needed, but some and I think the whole group, mostly, works.

Michael Miller Fabrics Midnite Gems Stitch Circle Passion
Michael Miller Fabrics Midnite Gems Stitch Circle Passion

I also thought of the dark blue/purple Stitch Circle fabric (upper right hand corner) quite a bit after I bought it. I couldn’t get it out of my head and I was really pleased when it arrived. It shimmers in a way. You should get some and look at it.

Alison Glass Sun Print Bike Path Fuchsia
Alison Glass Sun Print Bike Path Fuchsia

One thing I liked about this fabric is stripey effect.I didn’t want, necessarily a stripe, though I auditioned some, but this has a stripe effect without the stripe being straight. I also thought the color was one that I was missing from the group.

Free Spirit Designer Solids Parrot Blue
Free Spirit Designer Solids Parrot Blue

I am becoming enamored, again, with solids.When I first started to make quilts, I thought I would do all of my quilts in solids. The only thing that tempted me into the print arena was a very expensive piece of a border print. I bought an 1/8th of a yard and used it very judiciously in my Sampler quilt. Now look at me! Barely a solid in sight. 😉

Free Spirit Designer Solids Cranberry
Free Spirit Designer Solids Cranberry

 

The solid above is definitely NOT cranberry. That is the official name, but it is not like any cranberry I have ever seen, especially if you go off cranberry juice. It is very similar in color to the Alison Glass Sun Print Bike Path Peony below. I think it works and I didn’t have many solids in the warm colors.

Sarah Jane Wee Wander Nature Walk Magenta
Sarah Jane Wee Wander Nature Walk Magenta

I like this print very much, but I don’t like the name. If I had seen the name before the print, I probably would not have looked at it. It turns out that I really like the feathers. It is a good intermediate print between the solids and some of the bold prints I have included.

 

Alison Glass Sun Print Bike Path Peony
Alison Glass Sun Print Bike Path Peony

I like the idea of the stripe as I mentioned above, but I also like having multiples of the same print in different colors. Again, there is some continuity without being boring.

Metro Living Circles Red
Metro Living Circles Red

If I had to throw out one of the prints, it would be this Metro Living Circles Red. I am not 100% sold on it as part of the group. It might be the one in the quilt that is a little off and, thus, it works. Or it just might not work at all and I need to not use it.

I realized after auditioning the prints that I had a number of these Metro Living Circles, even one already in the group of fabrics I will use. Hhmm. Who knew I would like these circles so much? They are prints that I might not use if I did not have this Russian Rubix project even though I would buy them.

Metro Living Circles Chartreuse
Metro Living Circles Chartreuse

This chartreuse is definitely in. It really lightens up the other prints. That sounds odd since the ones I chose are mostly light, but it reminds me of a ray of sunshine streaming in on the fabrics.

 

Metro Living Circles Turquoise
Metro Living Circles Turquoise

The circles above are a fabulous color and go really well with the Free Spirit Designer Solids Parrot Blue. I like the way it looks with the Notting Hill pink prints as well.

Metro Living Circles Fuchsia
Metro Living Circles Fuchsia

I can never get enough pink, though this is called fushsia. These circles make me think of bags. Perhaps I should save some so I can make a bag, or accent a bag, with them.

Colorful Octagons
Colorful Octagons

 

I really like the way they look together. I feel like I have made a successful stack, like Anna Maria Horner and some of the other modern designers put together. Yes, I have one extra and these are way more fabrics than a Jelly Roll. My quilt, my rules? I guess I have enough to toss some if I don’t like them. I am pretty sure I want to make a couple of the blocks with just these fabrics. Let’s see if I remember to do it.

You might think it is odd that I used the same strips to review each of the fabrics, but I thought I needed a constant.

Author: Jaye

Quiltmaker who enjoys writing and frozen chocolate covered bananas.

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