Big Idea
You know how I was going to do the Eclipse quilt in red, yellow, orange and pink for the Modern Quilt-Along? Scratch that. I just couldn't make it look right. I have a new plan though. First off, I'm changing to the Love Beads pattern.
Then I started thinking about an actual Big Idea. Why did I want to use those colors in the first place? They're colors that I keep wanting to make a quilt out of (most things I've made seem to end up in the blue and green family). At that point I decided to drop the pink and orange from this quilt. I just think it's going to be necessary for this project.
My next train of thought was to determine what things I love are red and yellow. Flowers, of course!
They were in my wedding bouquet:
And they're some of my favorites in my yard:
I made a list of my favorite red and yellow flowers and picked fabric to represent each one of them:
The main color will be similar to the color of my house to represent all of my favorite flowers growing next to my home. I feel content finally with this Big Idea. It's much more satisfying than my original plan was.