Almost Primary

I stated in my introduction that I'm daring myself to get involved in some link-ups, so here's one I've always wanted to do - one of the Stitched in Color mosaic contests.

This time, the mandate from Rachel was "Almost Primary" - just a bit "off" from the classic red, yellow, and blue you might find in those Crayola eight-packs everyone's picking up this time of year. I tried to go for a "dusty" palette: For reds, I chose two from Fig Tree, the queen of dusty reds, and a mid-volume blender from Bonnie and Camille's Miss Kate line. For yellows, I tried to find some with a mustard tone and picked one from Heather Bailey, one from Carolyn Friedlander, and one from Jeni Baker. For the blues, I thought a hint (or more than a hint, in the case of the Hadley print) of green would satisfy the "almost," and went for three vintage-inspired lines from American Jane, Denyse Schmidt, and Kim Kight. I like the way the grids in the Botanics and Lucky Strike prints balance with the more floral choices in some of the other fabrics. And I think the mix of different eras of inspiration for the different designers gives the bundle a funky, thrift-store feel.