Wednesday 18 February 2015

WIP Wednesday - Technicolor Galaxy

This years Block of the Month at Pile O'Fabric is the fantastic Tecnicolor Galaxy quilt design. Maybe it was the rainbow or maybe the space connection but this one really caught my eye and I knew I was going to have to sign up for it!

Alyssa's BOM designs are written with the aim of skill building and they are always really well explained. Plus Alyssa offered the Modern Quilters Ireland group a discount if we signed up with more than 5 people which we did!  For the month of January it was gathering materials and printing templates, which I decided instead to do as I went block by block and January was crazy busy too, so I basically didn't do anything on this at all!


Then in the Facebook group people started sharing their fabric pulls and Alyssa had given us a blank drawing to colour in and they were all so gorgeous, I felt a little guilty for not getting into this properly!  So for the last few evenings, I've been colouring in too!

During the Color Intensive Class I took with Stitched in Color, we approached colour theory from a mood or feeling we were trying to create and used words to help focus on the colours to choose for the project.   I asked myself, what is it about this quilt that I am drawn too?  The cosmic aspect had me thinking about the night sky and that sense of wonder & amazement you get when you look through a telescope and see Jupiter for the first time or seeing images of the aurora and Hubble photos of the universe. So wonder became my word of choice for this quilt and I am always filled with that when I see photos like these.
Images from google image search "Nebula"
These images came from a google search for Nebula and I eventually chose these four as my colour inspiration for the quilt.   Using photoshop I coloured in the drawing we were given, starting from the centre outwards and came up with this:

So now my original intentions of following the rainbow colour scheme that attracted me to the quilt design in the first place have gone out the window.  I had planned on using my stash fabrics on a low volume background too!  Now, I'm using my Kona colour card to help pull fabrics for my dark sky version.  I have little to no jewel tones in my stash and am going to need a bucket load of blue!  And I was doing so well at not buying too much fabric this year too.  I think I can break my fabric diet for this one though.


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30 comments:

  1. Pleased to meet a slow blogger:-) Your quilt is going to be amazing! So complicated - you are really brave:-)

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  2. Amazing! This is going to be wonderful! At first I thought you were drawing a horoscope but I like your take on the galaxy. After all there aren't any rainbows in outer space. Good luck choosing the right fabrics.

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  3. That is going to be gorgeous!

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  4. wow - this will be amazing. Your colour choices are fantastic :-)

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  5. Holy cow! This is going to be amazing! I admire the carefully planned approach you are taking!

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  6. That is absolutely beautiful. And your take on it is just amazing. I can't wait to watch your progress!

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  7. I love the look of this bom. Your color scheme is great, I am looking forward to seeing how yours turns out with the blue background!

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  8. Hi Ruth! That looks quite amazing design! I love your colour-idea and your Kona card surely will be useful now. x Teje

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  9. Ruth, this is going to be absolutely stunning!! Yup, this is a very good reason to buy more fabric :D

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  10. Your version is beautiful, it reminds me of a stained glass window in a church. It looks so difficult.

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  11. Your version is beautiful, it reminds me of a stained glass window in a church. It looks so difficult.

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  12. When I saw your version in the FB group, my mouth dropped! It is going to be amazing!

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  13. Oh gosh this is a huge project! Good luck!

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  14. I love that you took inspiration from the Galaxy! I'm working on this too but sticking with the kit provided so I can focus on the techniques. Thank you for sharing!

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  15. Oh, Ruth, I love, love, love your inspiration and colors you have chosen for this project! I have a Pinterest board that is basically lots of deep space images like these... It will be great seeing how this comes together for you this year!

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  16. That is quite a pattern! I like the colors you picked, the night sky is a wise choice, I like where this is going. Good luck!

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  17. What a gorgeous design! I really enjoy seeing where other quilters pull inspiration for their designs and color schemes. Your inspiration images are fabulous! I am really looking forward to seeing this project come together.

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  18. Hey, it appears we are at the same stage at the moment. I have also just begun contemplating colors and I am trying to find the courage to look through my stash - hoping to find enough. I wish you the best of luck to figure your colors out!

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  19. Sooo pretty! Can't wait to see it progressing!

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  20. This looks really interesting. I've not come across the method for coming up with a colour scheme you describe. I look forward to seeing the quilt's progress.

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  21. Love your colour palette! I can definitely get the sense of space from it like your inspiration photos! Space really is wondrous.

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  22. That will keep you very busy! It looks amazing already. Looking forward to the updates!

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  23. Wow. Can't wait to see your progress and then the finished project. Good luck.

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  24. Wow! It's going to be gorgeous when you get it all done.

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  25. I think the original is lovely, but it is nice that you are personalising your version and making it your own.

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  26. I really admire you for taking this project on - it's going to be spectacular - I like the deeps blues you are adding to the background :)

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  27. This project looks amazing Ruth. I was so surprised to scroll down and see your colored version of your design. I love it! It does look cosmic and conveys the a sense of wonder from looking at photos of space! Your colors also draw my attention to things I hadn't noticed at all in the original design.

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  28. Oooo, Ruth! I really love the colorway you developed for this. I admit that this BOM intrigues me greatly.

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  29. Oh my, this is going to be FAB!

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