Modern Mood Quilt---Week 1 ~ Get Your Chart On

I love reading other quilting blogs....that's where 50% of my quilting inspiration comes from.  I was blessed to come acroos a blog by Sherri Lynn Wood  (original post date:  June 5, 2010) about a Mod Mood Quilt Along and I've decided to give it a try. From the looks of it, it seems like a great expressive arts therapy technique that I may be able to incorporate later on as I continue working on my therapist license. 

There are 10 steps to the process, so I've decide to to complete one step each week. 
 

Step 1: Get Your Chart On

Step 2: Get Your Mood On

Step 3: Get Your Pattern On

Step 4: Get Your Line On

Step 5: Get Your Puzzle On

Step 6: Get Your Curve On

Step 7: Get Your Bias On

Step 8: Get Your Stitch On

Step 9: Get Your Binding On

Step 10: Get Your Quilt On ~ Mod-Mood Quilt, Summer 2010

Week 1 ~ Get Your Chart On

picture downloaded from daintytime blog website by Sherri Lynn Wood

My color perception and association
Q1:  How do I respond to and use color? 
A1:  I will say that I love color when it is used in a modern, contemporary fashion.  I'm not one for whimsical styles in which color is allowed to "run wild".  I like quilting with fabrics that coordinate as opposed to being contrasting.  I love neutrals, browns, and pinks---typically these are the types of fabrics that I'm drawn too when I'm in the quilting shops.  I prefer quilting with no more than 5-6 different types of fabrics because I really feel that the beauty of fabric can be lost in a quilt when it has to compete with so many colors/patterns. 

Q2:  How do you preceive color and what do you associate it with? 
A2:  My color associations/perceptions are as follows...

• BLACK:  strength/positive
• GREY: dull/negative
• GOLD: regal/positive
• LIME GREEN: frazzled/negative
• GREEN: abundance/positive
• BLUE-GREEN: wishy-washy, unstable/negative
• BLUE: calming/positive
• DARK-BLUE: bold/positive
• WHITE: simplicity/neither positive or negative
• BROWN: comforting/positive
• BRONZE: strength/positive
• YELLOW: joyful/positive
• ORANGE: warm/positive
• RED: passionately powerful/both positive & negative 
• PINK: fantasy, dreamy/positive
• PURPLE: royalty/positive