I'll confess, I'm scared of color.

My closet is made up of black clothing.  And, no, I'm not going through some rebellious stage where I dye my hair aqua and rub a whole eyeliner pencil on every day.  I grew out of that phase long ago.  But, apparently, I never updated my wardrobe.

In my artwork I tend to stear clear of bright and bold colors.  Black is definitely a dominate color in pretty much everything else I create, but for some reason when it comes to quilts I love color.  Maybe it's because I was lucky enough to have my Aunt and her gorgeous color infused quilts in my life.  She and her husband are both artists; sigh, what an amazing lifestyle.  Check out their artwork here, http://www.bossbrownart.com/ and you will see a pair of people who are not afraid of color, that's for sure!

Amazing work huh!?

I'm even lucky enough to own one myself, which has traveled to Ireland with me, Boston and now Arizona.

Lucky, lucky girl with the traveling quilt!

So I set about assembling the rest of my friend's quilt, attempting to squash my fear of colors with a little vino and PBR.  I chose light blue (at my friends request), a deep purple with small floral print and a yellow and burnt umber checkered pattern.  I added several stripes to either side of the original image of my friend and I.  It was fun just to add to the quilt without any size or pattern to follow.  Just sewing and ironing at will.

The result was this:

Quilting and PBR can't get much better than this!

The next step I had never done without assistance so I checked numerous resources before starting but that will come soon.  In the meantime, I basked in the glow of an almost completed quilt!