“Go Green in 2023” TWENTY-THREE is the number of CREATIVITY. It’s the number that encourages ARTISTRY. The color most closely identified with the number 23 is GREEN.
That’s right! 2023 is the year of the green quilt. Your quilt has to read as green. And it’s up to you to decide how that happens. It can be all green – a challenge. It can be green and white – a classic. It can be green and another color – green & blue or green & purple or green & yellow or green and whatever. It can include all the colors of the rainbow – as long as the viewer looks at it and sees a green quilt. Elaine DuBois once said in a program she gave that the binding color on a quilt with many colors determined the color of the quilt. A green binding reads as a green quilt.
So pull out your green stash and get inspired. Get with your Quilting Besties and swap greens. Swap ideas. Share inspirations. No restrictions. You determine the size – the pattern – the shape – the technique – the final project.
As an added challenge, if you want to take “Going Green” a step further, don’t buy any fabric for this challenge. Make it completely out of your stash. You can swap or barter with quilting friends, but no new fabric. (Or at least use your stash for the majority of the quilt.) Have FUN!!