Color Conundrum: Am I really THAT addicted to pink?

For the past few weeks I’ve been trying to get a couple more patterns ready for the store. I realized that my Miss Ronna and my Miss Amy patterns were done in Christmas color so I wanted to do a non-Christmas version. You can read all about my adventures with Miss Amy in previous posts (the ones where I drove all over Denver looking for just the right raspberry pink).

When I started working on Miss Ronna I initially got these fabrics out.

I really really like them. They are perky and fun and that’s usually what I’m going for with a quilt. But truth be told, they just sat there. I couldn’t get the motivation up to start the quilt. Then I was in a shop last week and I saw this fabric.

Yummy isn’t it? It's from In the Begining. It's called Breeze by Wendy Slotboom.

Of course, since I like to make life hard on myself I didn’t buy it that day. Which, of course, meant I dreamt about it all night. So, I drove all the way down to Denver the next day to buy some and I got stuck in traffic. OF COURSE

But now I have some, and just look how nice it is with these fabrics.

When I went over this in my head my only explanation is that the first color selection didn’t have any pink in it. I guess I’m going through a pink phase. I’m also partial to that blue…it reminds me of a swimming pool.

Does this ever happen to anyone else?

Comments

[Eileen Keane]

I don't dream about fabric but I visualize what I want to buy. Bad thing about that, I can never find a fabric as nice as the one in my imagination.

[Diane]

Where did you go in Denver? I will be flying in for a couple days and would like to find a quilt shop or two. I have been to Harriet Hargrave's and Great American Quilt Factory. Do you have another shop that you like?
I will be attending a class in Estes Park with David Taylor also. I just accidentally found out about the classes and quilt show. Will you drive over to see the quilt show?

[LINDA ARNOAUT]

Very pretty fabric choice. I can't wait for ypur next project.

[Michelle Curtis]

I'm partial to the first set (I've been on a dark orange kick) so you can mail those care of me. Ha, ha! :)They're both great sets and I love those blues too!

[Linda]

I've been in a pink phase for several years, once bitten by the pink bug it's hard to go back to anything else:))

[Michelle]

It used to. Know when I see a fabric that jumps out at me I just buy it. Why fight it? I'll just dream about it at night, have it chase after me all day and finally end up going back!

[Anita Westerveld]

Yep, been there, done that, got the t-shirt! I often dream about certain fabrics, I go to my little sewing room to find out it was all a dream!! Fabric makes me happy, hubby brings me fat quarters in stead of flowers and I love him for that! Have a great weekend Erin, hugs from Holland, Anita.

[Jantine Urban]

I tend to have the same problem with red. Can´t do without it. But dreaming about fabric you did not buy. You bet I did!