Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Yellow or no yellow, that is the question

Moving forward again on the On a Summer's Day project, finally! Almost everything is pinned to the background. I seem to be a larkspur short of a quilt (no surprise there). I'm hoping it will magically appear while I'm making other choices. After looking for several days for the leaves, I found them exactly where I had put them: in my project bag for my last teaching trip of the year.


All the dots are the heads of the flat flowerhead pins. Those babies are sharp. There was a whole lot of ouching going on as I pinned more and more pieces. I'm just glad that I didn't bleed on the thing.

Clearly I still need to add in the stems, but I have to decide which will be fabric bias stems and which will be embroidered in.The butterflies have been left off as well. I had planned for one in the upper left and the middle right. The missing larkspur should be right at the top. I'm not at all sure that it needs to be replaced.


Now the little yellow flowers have been added in. I fancy them to be little coreopsis zagreb, named for a small town in Croatia, where my grandparents are from. Along with them, feathery ferny leaves would be embroidered. I moved the top larkspur over just a smidge, and now I don't think the a.w.o.l. flower is missed at all.

Yellow or no yellow, what do you think? I'm tending towards the yellow, and I think it also needs a few more. Just a couple up top, and maybe in the lower left. Yes? No?


15 comments:

  1. Yes, yes, and yes to the yellow. What a difference just those little spots of color make. It makes the whole basket of flowers sparkle.

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  2. Anonymous5:52 AM

    A few touches of yellow are a definite "yes".
    Judy in KY

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  3. Anonymous7:24 AM

    Yes to yellow, yes to the lower left. Truly beautiful, I always like seeing what you come up with.

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  4. Yes, I agree more yellow, love it! Thanks for sharing! Vanya in Texas

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  5. Anonymous8:31 AM

    It definitely needs the yellow! Kathy in NH

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  6. I'm not a yellow person, and I say yes! This is just stunning Beth, thanks so much for sharing with us!

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  7. Anonymous10:20 AM

    Yes, yes to the yellow!!!! This basket is awesome and hope to one day buy this pattern from you too 8-)

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  8. I'm also saying "yes" to the yellow. I'm not a big fan of yellow, but it, like black, can make other colors pop and does it beautifully here!

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  9. Anonymous2:56 PM

    Yes to the yellow, it adds just the right amount of zip! Your project is just beautiful.

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  10. definatelyy add the yellow flowers, they brighten the bouquet. If you add any hand embroidery, french knots would be eye appealing as well-it is beautiful

    aka kingcooper0001@aol.com

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  11. Yesssssssss to the yellow, it sure makes it in to the XFactor block. Stunning as usual. I tried buying some of your wash away but no joy, they must be out of stock, I was going to use it on Esther Aliu's new BOM . Thanks so much for all you sharing Beth it's fun to see the boys all grown up and married now. Cheers Glenda Down Under

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  12. I love the little yellow flowers! and their name...my grandparents were from Croatia, too! ;-)

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  13. My mom told me to always make sure each quilt has a little black and a little yellow to spark interest. I believe her and always do it myself!

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  14. I like the yellow. It makes the centers pop.

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  15. Zagreb is the capital city of Croatia... It is fairly large, and very beautiful 😃 (My family is from a tiny village northeast of there)... You could very well be my cousin!

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