I decided to keep all embroidery and embellishments to yellow and white (and of course green). I went through my bits of junk and do-dads and found a yellow rosebud pin. It works perfect with this piece so that will be the focal point on this purse.
I do have 1 minor problem with working in mostly yellow, I don't have alot in the way of yellow beads and embellishments. Thinking about it, I never cared much for yellow except when it comes to Black-eyed Susan flowers. That's the only yellow thing that I can think of that I like. So now I'm wondering, why is it that I never cared much for yellow? I did buy a yellow dress last Summer that I just love but it's the only yellow thing in my closet. And in thinking about my fabric stash, I don't have much in the way of yellow in there either.
Who would think that one's stitching and stash habits could become a vehicle to a path of self-discovery? Maybe I'm getting too deep here but I'm wondering, does anyone else have a color that they don't care for? I must say, I do like the way this looks. I'm off to stitch and contemplate why I never cared for yellow!
More tomorrow...
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I keep noticing that I don't have much yellow in my stashes of materials either. It's not that I don't like it.
Maybe it's because it's so light, that I can't see it contrasting in medium tones. *shrugs*
But I just thot you'd like to know that there is another "don't have much yellow" out here.
Annie in Chicago
Your post got me to go peek at my stash. I think I'm most low on orange.
I find that interesting, because I do have a thing for collecting pumpkin charts. But I guess you don't need orange fabric if you're going to stitch orange pumpkins.
Not much orange in my sewing fabric stash, either. I do have a spiffy orange ribbon with white polka dots now. One of my good friends loves orange and I used the ribbon in finishing a piece for her.
FYI, I'm blogging now, too, as of January 1. (You and Sharon B inspired me to start!) No needlework yet, but some is sure to show up soon.
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I can't say that there's a color I don't like, but my 'favorite color' does tend to shift and change.
I like yellow. It's such a cheerful color. I do have some pieces that have a lot of yellow in them.
Kim
I used to hate yellow and orange and over the last few years have learned to "enbrace them".
I think they are wonderful against so many other things....Like purple, my favorite color!
I am even tossing around the idea of painting my kitchen a soft shade of yellow. (I have wanted to add color to the walls for 5 years now, and so far, that are all still eggshell or whatever it's called.)
whoops, "embrace"! My fingers are out of practice typing.
I've always been the different one because I love quilts with yellow and orange in them -- especially yellow. Yellow seems to give any quilt a nice glow. I buy yellow whenever/wherever I can find it because it's pretty hard to find.
Maybe it has more to do with where you use it? This looks really pretty. I don't use a lot of yellow - more likely to use gold - but there are places where yellow is the only possibility. =) Now orange - that's one that I hardly ever touch.
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