Thursday's Thoughts - Color

We all see colors a little differently.  Wikipedia has an excellent definition of color.  Part of the definition includes the next photo and description. Image and information is copied and pasted from Wikipedia.

from Wikipedia

"The upper disk and the lower disk have exactly the same objective color, and are in identical gray surroundings; based on context differences, humans perceive the squares as having different reflectances, and may interpret the colors as different color categories; see same color illusion." from Wikipedia.

What it means to me in respect to quilts is that the colors of the borders we choose for a particular block or quilt top really do make a difference in how the final quilt appears.

Remember I see quilts everywhere.  I really see inspiration for quilts everywhere. 

Look at yesterday's Wordless Wednesday's glasses of water.  Here are two photos to show you the differences of the backgrounds. It is the same glass and the same fruit, but it is placed on a different quilt.  

Which one is more appealing to you?  

I prefer the blue background.

We all see colors differently.

This is the same pattern and it is quilted the same.  See how the colors change the look of the quilt.

If you missed the post about I see quilts everywhere, click here.

  

Or any of the daily posts, go to the side bar and click on the day for all of the posts.

Look for inspiration everywhere for your quilts!

Marcia

Wordless Wednesday - Fresh Fruit, Water, and Quilts

Hodgepodge Patchwork Tuesday - Sewing at the River

We have a sewing room in our camper.  My husband fishes and I sew!

This past weekend I worked on my Mystery Quilt-along that Tonya from Hillbilly Handiworks did in May. I followed along with each step on her blog in my little sewing room.

See my sewing room isn't quite so little, when you see it like this.  When Ritch goes out fishing, I move the iron and board over to the kitchen counter.  I place the cutting board on the table. I expand my sewing room temporarily, but I really can sew just in the little space - My little sewing room.

Here is my view of the Mississippi River.  We are right on the main channel of the Mississippi River.  We watch the barges go by.  

When I stand up I can see the steps to our boat. I wave goodbye to Ritch as he heads out to fish.  I wish him good luck and I hope it doesn't rain. 

Ritch and his brother, Bob and our son, BJ are heading out to fish! Good luck!

There they go down river to fish.  Now I can sew!

After waving good bye I head back to our camper.  Gabby and I go inside and sew.

Here is the view up River.


We have been camping here for 19 years.  We started camping when our kids were in middle school.  We had a pontoon boat then and sometimes I went fishing too.






Hodgepodge Patchwork Tuesday posts started because I wanted to share some of my personal quilts and sewing projects on this blog.  It was a post that could be anything from an old quilt I made, to a tutorial, to something new I made, or something I just want to show you.  That gave me the idea to start a new blog.  That way I would have an online album of all my projects from over the past 100 years. I invite you to also follow along on my new blog, which I created to share my personal quilts, creations, and other sewing stuff.  Lots of photos and just a few descriptions. Crafty Sewing and Quilting in My Garden, Kitchen, and Home.

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Enjoy your day!

Marcia