Stash Play - Macaw Spectrum

As I mentioned when I was organizing my stash earlier this summer, I rediscovered a lot of beloved fabrics and came up with an easy, little game to play with my stash more (sounds a little dirty, eh?). I'm also hoping that this game will help me get better at picking fabrics according to a colour palette. I don't necessarily plan on using these arrangements for any projects, but you never know.

So here's how it works -- I'm going to choose a palette from one of my favourite sites Design Seeds, and try to find fabrics in my stash that would work with it. Pretty straightforward and fun, right? Shall we give it a try?

The first palette I chose was Macaw Spectrum:

Here's my take in solid fabric:

1. Golden Yellow - Heritage Quilting Cottons

2. Orange - Heritage Quilting Cottons

3. Ruby - Kona

4. Navy - Heritage Quilting Cottons

5. Charcoal - Kona 

The navy I have is quite a bit darker than the one in the palette and should have a little more grey in it, but I think the fabric palette still works (at least in person it does -- I'll work on the photos!).

Let's make it a bit trickier and try print fabrics:

1. Yellow crosshatch - No idea

2. Orange - Bloom by CP Designs

3. Red dot - No idea

4. Blue ocean swirl - No idea

5. Grey - Southwest Fantasy by Joyce Straus for Northcott

Even though the colours seem to work together, I find the patterns really don't.

So let's try something else:

1. Yellow tone on tone - No idea

2. Orange tone on tone - No idea

3. Red dot - No idea

4. Navy gingham - VIP Crantston

5. Black and white - Tattoo by Melissa Marie for Camelot

Meh. How's that for some sophisticated analysis?

I think I like this combo best:

1. Yellow tone on tone - No idea

2. Orange - Bloom by CP Designs

3. Red dot - No idea

4. Blue ocean swirl - No idea

5. Charcoal - Kona

I don't have any charcoal grey prints and few ruby red prints, so this stash play was not so successful on the print side, but the solids work. And it did get me trying out different fabrics in my stash. The hardest part was actually trying to get good photos of the fabrics. Hopefully that will get better.

What did you think? Would you give this game a try with your stash?

See you on the quilt side,
M-R