As I sit thinking about what to write about, I keep thinking about all the beauty I saw in Ireland last month. The true beauty was the bride and groom, dear friends and family. But in thinking about other beauties of our trip, I have to say the GREENS have it. So much green! In all varieties of bright, light, dark and in between. So looking back through my photos, I see GREEN. Lots of green!

In relating all these beautiful pictures to quilts, I see color inspiration. Think about green quilts that you have seen or made. Were they only one shade? Did you use light medium or darks in your greens? What background went well with your greens? Did you add other colors besides green? I’ve made one green quilt that I can can say I only focused on green. It was from a workshop I took with Beth Helfter of Eva Paige Designs. (Yes, I still take workshops!) I loved the process of mixing up all my greens and thrilled that they ALL went together. Fabrics don’t always have to be matchy-matchy to go together. The photo is a bit yellow but you can see all the different shades and variations of green with the gray background. The pattern is called Kickin’ Stash.

Nature proves this point of ALL greens work well together! See some GREEN color inspiration below…

So, give nature a look-see! Find inspiration in her beautiful colors, especially GREEN!

#1 – Look to Mother Nature for color inspiration!

#2 – Just because you choose one color to be the focus does not mean all your fabrics have to match. Look for light medium and dark AND variations of the color…example lime green, dark green, mustard green, olive green, blue green, yellow green, etc.!!!

in quilting,

Debbie