Bonnie's Color Cards
I'm not really that keen on her colors this year, unlike last year's quilt with amethyst, lime green, teal, and white/black. So I've decided to go a different direction with my colors. And for inspiration, being a car enthusiast as well as a quilter, I decided to take my color cues from BMW's Motorsport division. Yes, I chose the "M" colors:
I think this color combination is very handsome, don't you? Here's how I'm going to arrange my colors in relation to Bonnie's colors...
I'll use Dark Blue where Bonnie currently has her blues.
I'll use Light Blue where Bonnie will use green.
I'll use Red where Bonnie will use orange.
And I'll use Grey where Bonnie will use yellow.
I will still use white or very light cream neutrals, just as Bonnie will be with her color scheme. But I want to keep this quilt crisp so I'll try to go through my whites before I touch any of my creams.
So, what about you? Are you going to play along? What colors will you use? Which size will you make? Bonnie will be providing directions for two sizes this time... Big and Bigger LOL. I'm going to do the smaller of the two, since I've made several king size quilts in the last year I've decided I don't like making them that big. :)
Until next time....
I'm planning to do it too Val, i'm glad to see your colour choices, cause I didn't have any idea how to start!! I'm going to pull colours today and see how I make out!!!
ReplyDeleteWe can play together, how fun!
DeleteIn general, thought it would be prudent to replace darks with darks, lights with lights, warm tones with warm tones, and cool tones with cool tones... in general. Obviously grey replacing yellow breaks this warm/cool guideline LOL, but it's still a light replacing a light. :) I can't wait to see the colors you pick for your quilt!
Love your colors! I'm going with reds, greens, teals and yellowish-golds for my Christmas Solstice. ☺
DeleteThank you, Maree! Your colors sound beautiful as well, I'll have to keep an eye on your progress to see how you Christmas Solstice is coming along. :)
DeleteGreat choices. Only suggestion I would make is to put your light blues, greys, and whites in a stack and make sure there is enough contrast. This way you don't lose some of Bonnies crazy design elements.
ReplyDeleteVery good point, Ann Marie. In real life, the greys and light blues aren't quite as washed out, against the white they seem to have decent contrast. I also tried to put lighter colors in the same places as Bonnie's (grey for yellow, for example), though light blue for green may be an issue. It will be interesting to see how the pattern turns out with these different colors. :)
DeleteI am late to start Bonnie's mystery because I could not get into her colour choices. While reviewing the non-standard colours in the link up I found yours. May be my favourite. Lovely work.
ReplyDeleteI know what you mean about the colors, they just didn't speak to me like Easy Street's colors did. This is a color combination I was wanting to try out for a while, so I decided to go for it on this mystery. So far it's turning out beautiful, look at my other posts where I share pictures of the clues as I finish them. I think the chevrons are my most favorite part so far simply due to the color placement. :)
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