I don't know about you, but I was not that thrilled with Pantone's color for the year 2012 Tangerine Orange. I do like orange and like to pair it with grey and blue or green, but Pantone's shade seemed just a little too dark of an orange for me.
Lately, many fun and wonderfully
creative quilts using tangerine orange started popping up all around the blogland . That got me thinking that maybe, just maybe I could give this color a try. I ordered Kona tangerine (for some reason I wanted to work with a solid color, no pattern) and this is what I came up with.
I decided to go simple and bold. I paired tangerine orange with white to achieve a crisp, modern look and I thought zig zags was just the right pattern for this color combo.
I used flannel in these pretty aqua and green daisies for the backing. I think they contrast the boldness of the zig zag very well.
I echo quilted around the zig zags, using white thread on white and orange on orange.
I finished the whole quilt off using Kona slate for the binding. I do like how this quilt turned out. Definitely not the color I would have reached for as my first choice, but it was nice to get out of the box and try something new. How about you? Did you give tangerine orange a try? Are you going to? What 's your feeling about this saturated shade of orange?
Linking this post up to AmandaJean's
Finish it Up Friday.
Svetlana
Oooh, how cool! It's definitely growing on me, but not sure I could do an entirely orange quilt...
ReplyDeleteIt's a beauty! I adore zig-zags and using solids only for this makes it all the more gorgeous, Svetlana.
ReplyDeleteI'm currently in the midst of working on a couple of quilts using this colour. Orange happens to be my hubby's favourite colour, so I thought I'd make him a quilt of his own using it. Then the leftovers called to me, so now I've got a second orange quilt on the go. The colour is winning me over. Hard to beat the energy and happy feeling this colour creates!
I love orange and it was such a nice surprise to see the back! It's such a happy quilt!
ReplyDeleteI love your zig-zag quilt. I find the orange beautiful. I don't know why, but to me, orange is a "healthy" colour. So vibrant... really like it.
ReplyDeleteIt's lovely!! The bold pattern is perfect for the bold color. Perfect.
ReplyDeleteIt's great Svetlana! Are those just giant HSTs on the front? The backing is awesome!
ReplyDeleteYes, I'm tango-ing! Your quilt is very fun!
ReplyDeleteI'm not usually keen on orange but I love the way you've used it here! The back is a lovely contrast too :)
ReplyDeleteI love it, it is so bold and cheerful! You should enter it in the tangerine tango challenge on flickr. (http://www.flickr.com/groups/tangerinechallenge/)
ReplyDeleteoh, my goodness! i just love this quilt! i'm currently working on an orange quilt...and loving it very very much. but then again, that's no surprise. i've loved orange for a few years now. :)
ReplyDeletethanks for linking up to ifnsih it up Friday!
Orange isn´t one of my favorite colours but its growing on me. For this bright (almost traffic cone) coloured orange I think that the pattern is absolutely perfekt! It really is like a bold statment.
ReplyDeleteCongrats to a wounderful quilt!
Love it and orange, so fun!!
ReplyDeleteA lovely quilt with nice orange color ..
ReplyDeleteHave a nice weekend :-)
Lovely and bold! The backing goes perfectly with the front.
ReplyDeleteI love chevrons and I LOVE orange!!! This is fantastic :) Great finish!
ReplyDeleteLove this quilt - so simple, bright and clean in the front and such a fun cheery back! Cute quilt.
ReplyDeleteI just got some Kona Schoolbus which I love - I guess it's not as bright as tangerine but I do love orange!! Your quilt is fantastic and I love it with the white - the zigzags are perfect :)
ReplyDeleteYour quilt is beautiful! Great choice for the binding and the backing. Orange is a color I almost never use. Somehow, on my last trip to the fabric store, I was compelled to buy 3 meters of it! And this was before I even heard of the 'color of the year'. The 2 quilts that i made that showcased orange, garnered the best reactions. Go figure!
ReplyDeleteooh I love your tangerine quilt! It works so well with the design. Can I ask what pattern you used? I'd love to re-create one at some point :)
ReplyDeleteI noticed your part of the 'fugly' fabric giveaway too, I am as well :D I have a bunch of Tanya Whelan fat quarters up for grabs if you're interested?
Jessie, xo
I love this quilt. So clean and fresh with the solid colour. Well done!!!
ReplyDeleteLovely quilt. I am also working on a zigzag with orange in it. It's definitely a strong colour. I'm liking it so far
ReplyDeleteawesome!
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