Moda Blockheads. Week 7 and a Little Change Up

Week 7 of Moda Blockheads 5 was designed by Sherri McConnell of A Quilting Life, and I love it. This is a great block and I will definitely be making it again for other projects. 

I am making a little change to my color palette for this project. I was originally using some brighter oranges in the blocks and I decided I just wasn't loving those tones. The bright orange seemed a bit jarring, which wasn't what I was going for. Then a kind lady commented on my Instagram post that she loved my "Halloween quilt" and that pretty much cinched it for me. Halloween is not what I want this quilt to be. I want to play up the darker rusts and butternut colors and take the bright orange out.

This is what I am talking about. I absolutely love this block, but the colors aren't working for me. If you compare it to the block in the top picture, you can see the difference. I plan to remake it, but it will take a bit of effort, as it is all paper pieced. Man, that one came out great too...

These are the fabrics I took out of the mix.

This is what I am left with. I also ordered some butternut shades from a Pam Buda collection called Butternut and Peppercorn that will work in well.

Do you ever do that? Jump headlong into a project and after making a few blocks, decide that your color mix needs changing up? A quilting instructor once told me that if a color you are using in your quilt seems jarring to your eye, you either need to take it out or add a lot more of it!

Comments

[Mary]

I make a lot of small scrap quilts with just pulling things from the fabric bins. I usually don't coordinate anything - just pull what I like and hope for a good look. I actually think some of the mini blocks I make don't really look all that great. But when they are sewn together with the others, they somehow seem to blend in. I like my quilts to look like they truly come from an old scrap bag.

[T Holzer]

I love that you are going with your insticts and taking out the brighter oranges. I so often don't listen to my inner gut for some ridiculous reason and then regret it later, so kudos to you for doing this now! I'll take your advice and apply this to my own quilting, too. I do like the softer fabric choices.

[CarolE]

When I am choosing colors for a quilt from my stash, I pull out whatever colors I am looking for and put them in a pile. I walk away and come back later. If a particular piece stands out in not a good way, I take it out.

[Jan]

If you hadn't changed to the softer rust you wouldn't have been happy/had a UFO you weren't motivated to finish. It's a better plan to re-do the bright oranges, but maybe save the ones you have for a future Halloween quilt for Eva?

[Lisa D.]

I like the softer colors and especially if it makes you happier with the finished product! A shame about that perfectly paper pieced star, but now you can make another one and further perfect your skills!

[Ina]

yep. I've done that but I have to say I love that vintage Halloween orange. ;p put it in the orphan box.