Did you know that there is a “color of the year”?
Last year it was turquoise. My favorite.
This year it’s emerald. Nearly as awesome.
Rachel at Stitched in Color is holding a contest for her readers to come up with a list of nine fabrics from the fatquartershop that portray emerald.
This is my vision.
I call it, “Trip to the Emerald City.”
I finished reading an abridged version of The Wizard of Oz to Olivia last night. I love both the book and movie.
For my fabrics I chose mostly emeralds, but threw in some yellow brick road, a little bit of Dorothy’s dress, and some red for her ruby red slippers. (Though in the book her slippers are silver…)
It was tough finding emerald green fabrics. (Hint, hint, designers!!) I’ve been scouting out greens for a few years now and still have a limited selection in my stash. Hopefully this “color of the year” business will spur someone to bust out more great emerald prints!
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Hi! Happy to see you! By the way, I meant to tell you the other day that when we had our modern quilt guild meeting and I mentioned you, I told people that your blog was called Polkadot Sparrow. Everyone went, “Awww! What a great name for a blog. How come I can’t come up with a cute name like that?” You’re a hit.
I have to say, I’m not all that keen on the emerald green. It has never been a color I’ve liked much. I may have to get used to it for the year. I love your combos above. I like how you included the ruby red slippers and yellow brick road!
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