Wednesday, June 6, 2012

FQS Bella Parade : Season 2 : Post # 11

Bella Solids Peacock
What a treat! Today's color is so beautiful! I could use peacock in everything that I sew! It's a very versitile blue that is slightly more aqua than most blues. Just like yesterday's color, it's a happy color! I dare you to sew with peacock and not be happy! 

1. Simple Mug Rug 6 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches, 2. Beautiful hand stitching, 3. Vintage sheet quilt in progress, 4.Pillow Swap detail, 5. Three Upturned Fabric Bowls, 6. Girl on a Swing, 7. "Quilting Process" Pincusion back for Scrappy Pincushion Swap, 8. Nicey Jane hexies, 9. Urban Swap Gifts - Sent - Emmeline Apron and Trivet
It's easy to see that peacock would look great in numerous ways! I absolutely love it that first example, a mug rug made by Carol / mamacjt it's really put on display by pairing it with white and grey. It looks great paired with some varying greens as in the center photo by Jill. The crispness of peacock reminds me of the colors found in vintage linens. 

What fabrics would I pair with peacock? These ones! I adore this bundle -- peacock, mustard, and berylicious frame out the prints. Bright, happy and intense! I can hardly keep myself from ordering all these fabrics! I'm a big fan of blue and yellow color palates, the pop that berrylicious makes the others shine that much more! On a side note, how cool are those butterflies? You could go a more monochromatic route by pairing peacock and those butterflies together. It would be pure happiness as well!



This is by far my favorite FMQ sample ever! I was inspired by this, that I'd pinned a while ago. I decided to push myself to try it. It's so amazing. I would have loved to do this with a really bright contrasting thread too! It kind of reminds me of this quilt by Tula Pink (I adore that quilt! -ps it appears that her site is having some troubles, so I linked to the pin... hopefully the website problems will be fixed soon enough). I like how fragmented it is, and I like that it's continuous like a stipple. I didn't have to stop and cut my threads every few minutes. No thread cutting means less thread trimming/burying! If you could touch this I'm sure you'd fall in love with it too. It's really great!

So you want to win a yard of Peacock??!! Join in the fun! Here are the rules:


1. Create a pinboard with the name "FQS Bella Parade : Season 2"
2. Pin at least one image with the "Color of the Day" onto the board. The image has to be sewing related. Notions, sewing rooms, finished products anything.
3. Leave a comment with a link to your board.
4. The winners will be selected randomly and announced in the weekend giveaway post.
5. All entries will qualify to win the Bella Solids 2012 Fat Quarter Bundle in the weekly giveaway.
6. Pin it! And you could win it!

14 comments:

  1. One of my fav colors! I have a pillow made by Mo Bodell with it http://pinterest.com/colleen_yarnell/fqs-bella-parade-season-2/

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  2. Here's my inspiration board: http://pinterest.com/juliannapl/fqs-bella-parade-season-2-peacock/
    Having sewing machine in peacock is my dream:)

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  3. Beautiful color!!
    Here is my board - http://pinterest.com/hueisei/fqs-bella-parade-season-2/

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  4. I do love this color! So soothing and relaxing, I think.

    http://pinterest.com/turtlesrs/fqs-bella-parade-season-2/

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  5. That is an amazing blue! http://pinterest.com/pin/33706697181579906/

    And I totally love your fabric set to go with it.

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  6. Lovely colour. Here are my pins: http://pinterest.com/shapemoth/fqs-bella-parade-season-2/

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  7. Gorgeous!
    http://pinterest.com/tildastwisted/bella-peacock-on-parade/

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  8. Beautiful color. I love it. Here are my pins http://pinterest.com/debuko/fqs-bella-parade-season-2/

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  9. This is a favourite colour!

    http://pinterest.com/Katherinesews/fqs-bella-parade-season-2/

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  10. Oh my gosh! You are making me want to order all those fabrics, they look great together!

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  11. love the FMQ today, and this color!
    http://pinterest.com/amidrex/fqs-bella-parade-season-2/

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  12. Love this colour but boy it was hard to match up with something I had made!

    http://pinterest.com/scrappynhappy/fqs-bella-parade-season-2/

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  13. BELLA PEACOCK-A FAVORITE OF MINE!
    http://pinterest.com/msstitcher/fqs-bella-parade-season-2/settings/

    msstitcher1214@yahoo.com

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  14. love love love this color, and some of the coordinating choices are ones i have never seen!
    http://pinterest.com/mlebb/fqs-bella-parade-season-2/

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