Urgh, despite the fact that I have had Lemsip and honey, plus lemon and honey every morning for the past 2 weeks, and been using the antiseptic throat spray, AND going to bed early, the ick has got me. I’m blaming it all on the desk move that just stuck a new guy next to me on Monday with previously untested germs, seriously not amused… Anyway, yesterday morning I woke up and could barely get my head off the pillow without another 4 hours sleep (which I got just after I called in sick) and today I can feel the cold, sinus headache and tonsillitis seasoned with the bi-annual bout of chest infection – grrr.
So, with my head filled with what feels like heavy cotton wool, I’m turning to you for some advice. I’ve got plans to use my Indie FQ bundle, using the following fabrics from the line:
I need to find the best co-ordinating solid, but I’m not sure which colour to go with before trying to dig out the Kona Colour Card. So which do you reckon? This is the pattern I’m aiming for:
Try and imagine the fabrics above in pairs, with the 1st as the outer and the 2nd as the inner
All help gratefully received!
Poor you, hope you are feeling better soon.
Is there an underlying pale colour that you could pick up from some of the fabrics, like an off-white or ice blue?
I'm wonderin bout finding a good match for the rusty orange print (last row of three, on the far left, the darker shade) I'm just thinking its not as girly as going with creams and roses and peaches, and its warmer and more vibrant than going with jades and mints and whatnot. And I'm thinking that darker orange, if you maybe get a match thats just a little teeny bit murkier than bright, then it'll go with the purples, pinks, jades, and the mustard?
Can you tell my card is somewhere upstairs and I'm too tired to get off my arse to go get it?!!!
No colour card here, but a lovely rich buttery cream would do it or nice teal co.our :). Hope you feel better soon!
Oh no! I hope you're feeling better soon! And tell that man to keep his yuck to himself!
I'd be tempted to go for a dark background – dark blue/navy, purple or teal…maybe even berry colour…
I hope your ick goes soon – any chance it could take mine with it?!
Take care and get some rest xx
Oh, I hope you feel better soon!
If you take a look at any of the solids I used in my Indie Vibrations quilt and like them, I can try to recall the names for you!
Oh poor you! Hope the germs bugger off and leave you alone. The fabrics are going to look gorgeous in the star.
Get well soon xxxx
I just made two of the same quilts with this fabric line. I'll look through the Kona card and let you know.
Hope the ick heads off somewhere else soon. I like Sarah's suggestion – think that would work well. I wondered about a deep maroony colour, either from the fourth from last or the last fabrics. Juliex
I hope you aren't so icked you can;t play with fabric or sew… I would go with a smoky slatey blue but a lighter version of it. Not quite blue not quite gray. I think it would make all your pretty colors pop – BOOM – like a supernova 🙂
Hot Pink!! Yeah! Look after yourself and hope you get better soon.
hope you're feeling better soon – and i thought the photo of the fabrics was your quilt layout – looks fab in rows of circles!
Have the ick too! 7 days still sick! Hope you get better soon!
My go to with all these colors is gray light – kona steel or dark – kona coal both will make your colors "pop".
I love your turle story and turtle from the other day
Just dropping in to wish you a speedy recovery and hope you get better real soon:o))
Take care and have a good weekend.
Hugs Lyn
Oh get well soon!
I would go for a pale yellow, or the cream Crossweave meself xxx
The Indie will looks gorgeous in the star design – I have these fabrics too and they seem to go with a creamy/off white colour maybe? Hope you feel better soon!
I think that many colours would work, I would be inclined to a grey, teal or orange. There is that pantone colour of the year, it is sort of a teal jade, maybe it would work and maybe there is solid available? Get better, this years bugs seem rather hardy.
I think that many colours would work, I would be inclined to a grey, teal or orange. There is that pantone colour of the year, it is sort of a teal jade, maybe it would work and maybe there is solid available? Get better, this years bugs seem rather hardy.
Hi Katy! Am sorry you're not feeling well; it's a pain in the arse, not to mention other assorted aches, to have to slow down due to sickness. Get well soon!
I am just starting my daughter's quilt in Indie, too. She turns 27 on Monday. The pattern I am using is Jeni Baker's Side Braid (or might do the mini braid). I was going to use white as the neutral, but Meg revolted. She hates white. So we are using a creamy color. Not sure how that will look, but we are going to find out!
I just want to tell you I hope the germ goes away very quickly and you don't get the dreaded asthma. Rest up
Every one wants to be well for Christmas.
Hugs
Damn those germs! I'd go for a lightish blue meself – even a grunge ;o)
Rest up and hope you're feeling better soon!
Please keep the germs with you, and don't send them my way! Hope you are feeling chipper soon – at least you won't get it for Christmas!
I'd go with a pale turquoise colour – it runs through ,out of the fabrics, and it's one of my favorites!
Sorry to hear you're under the weather, hope you get well real soon.
I have no idea of which colour you should use but there have been some great suggestions from others.
Poor you, dratted man! I love Coal, but as I've read everyone else's suggestion I've thought oh yes, that's a good idea, so I'm no help!
I would go dark 🙂 Kona charcoal and light quilting thread, maybe hand quilting…..feel better!
I would pick a bright, a teal to pick up the teal in many of the fabrics. I think this would lift these fabrics, but also allow them to shine themselves.