{"id":30625,"date":"2016-01-06T05:43:55","date_gmt":"2016-01-06T12:43:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=30625"},"modified":"2016-01-05T08:39:07","modified_gmt":"2016-01-05T15:39:07","slug":"color-selection-on-the-carpenters-wheels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/color-selection-on-the-carpenters-wheels\/","title":{"rendered":"Color Selection on the Carpenter’s Wheels"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Carpenter’s Wheel blocks<\/a> were off visiting Kathleen in Reno <\/a>when I started laying out the 5th version. Yes, I had another idea for a variation and decided to try it out. I was challenged by the center square. I got it in my head to use orange (forgetting that I had already made one with an orange center), thus had some fun trying out different oranges.<\/p>\n

\"Carpenter's<\/a>
Carpenter’s Wheel with orange<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I really thought that the tone-on-tone orange would be the perfect center for the 5th block. Somehow it didn’t work for me. I think the bold patterning of the other fabrics made the tone-on-tone look flat.<\/p>\n

\"Carpenter's<\/a>
Carpenter’s Wheel with batik orange<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I didn’t want a fabric that screamed because it is such a large piece compared to the other patches, so I tried this great orange batik. I thought it was probably the best of the lot, but there was something about it that didn’t quite work.<\/p>\n

\"Carpenter's<\/a>
Carpenter’s Wheel with salmon-y orange<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I picked out a more salmon-y orange, thinking more pink might work better. The pattern was better, but the pattern wasn’t bold enough to compete with all that was going on in the block and didn’t work.<\/p>\n

\"Carpenter's<\/a>
Carpenter’s Wheel with stripey pink-orange fabric<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I did think more pink was good, though, so I looked through my ‘oranges tending towards pink’ fabric to see if I could find anything. This was better. I almost went with it, but though it was a little light. You can see the block evolving as I move some of the other pieces or change them out as well.<\/p>\n

\"Carpenter's<\/a>
Carpenter’s Wheel with pink stitch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I finally decided on a pink stitch design. I think it competes well with the other fabrics, but doesn’t overwhelm them.<\/p>\n

I am working on stitching it down. As you might recall, these blocks have a lot of pieces, so it takes time. I also laid out another block and will need to pick out another center. Stay tuned.<\/p>\n

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