{"id":22513,"date":"2014-03-18T06:28:24","date_gmt":"2014-03-18T13:28:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=22513"},"modified":"2016-06-28T11:28:57","modified_gmt":"2016-06-28T18:28:57","slug":"colors-russian-rubix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2014\/03\/colors-russian-rubix\/","title":{"rendered":"The Colors of the Russian Rubix"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Pink<\/a>
Pink Chalk Fabrics<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Then I bought some fabrics. In fairness, I had deleted a previous coupon.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

\"Michael<\/a>
Michael Miller Fabrics Midnite Gems Stitch Circle Passion<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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<\/a> and look at it.<\/p>\n

\"Alison<\/a>
Alison Glass Sun Print Bike Path Fuchsia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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.<\/p>\n

\"Free<\/a>
Free Spirit Designer Solids Parrot Blue<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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<\/em> judiciously in my Sampler quilt. Now look at me! Barely a solid in sight. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

\"Free<\/a>
Free Spirit Designer Solids Cranberry<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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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.<\/p>\n

\"Sarah<\/a>
Sarah Jane Wee Wander Nature Walk Magenta<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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\"Alison<\/a>
Alison Glass Sun Print Bike Path Peony<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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.<\/p>\n

\"Metro<\/a>
Metro Living Circles Red<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

\"Metro<\/a>
Metro Living Circles Chartreuse<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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\"Metro<\/a>
Metro Living Circles Turquoise<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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.<\/p>\n

\"Metro<\/a>
Metro Living Circles Fuchsia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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.<\/p>\n

\"Colorful<\/a>
Colorful Octagons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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