Quilting by the Book with A Splash of Color

[Alice F.]

The book is: Rainbow Quilts for Scrap Lovers by Judy Gauthier, and is available for purchase as a PDF from The Quilt Show.

[Alice F.]

Here is my progress on making a green ring from Judy Gauther's Aromatic Rings quilt pattern.

I found that the Lori Holt Gentler Times fabrics from the bundle combine nicely with her Hometown Holiday fabrics and some other Christmas theme fabrics I have. So I'm making a single "Aromatic Ring" of greens to be a holiday wall hanging suggesting a wreath.

I selected lighter value fabrics for the background and compared them to the greens for the ring by stacking them to each side of the column of greens and then used the B&W filter in my camera app to help evaluate the values as Dee suggested.

My green ring is now assembled. Next I need to work on the arrangement/layout for the background. I'm thinking to alternate the 5" background squares with 5 inch four patch blocks to add more detail and color movement throughout the background.