| The Golden Hour, golden sunlight, sunflowers, golden wedding rings, smiley emojis, daffodils, butter, lemons, corn, dandelions, butterscotch, honey, bumblebees, pineapples, golden ale, cheddar cheese, goldfinches, golden eagles, bags of gold, gilded treasure, the Golden Fleece, the One Ring in LOTR, and the Grimm’s Fairytale of The Golden Bird. How many ways can we celebrate and describe the glorious color of Golden Yellow that surrounds us and fills our imagination? How many stories and myths feature this legendary hue? Gold metallic has been a favorite printed textile embellishment on quilt fabrics for decades. 20 years ago we had to worry about metallic prints washing out of our quilts, but these days new printing technology means that the opulent gold (and silver) metallic screen printing will last through dozens of washings. Hooray! Yellow and Gold have a history of being used in vintage quilts, but fell out of favor for many decades. Some of us were traumatized by the Harvest Gold of the Seventies. We thought we couldn’t wear Yellow, and therefore we couldn’t use Yellow in our quilts. But this warm comforting optimistic color has come back to us just when we need it the most. We began to use Yellow and Gold in highlights and accent colors in our quilts, often using it as a complementary hue to Purple and Plum. In the last few years it has been embraced fully by the fashion industry, and now we see more and more Gold Metallic, Sunny Yellow and Honey Gold in our quilting fabrics again. You just might be a super-embellisher who free-motion quilts with gold metallic thread! Top-stitching with yellow thread brings the eye to its shimmering light, especially when used in contrast against darker or cooler colors. We all have Yellow and Gold all around us, all the time. Are you inviting these colors to come and play in your stash, and under your sewing machine needle? Sharing your love of fabric, Luana and Paul Quilt/Travel/Sponsor Calendar: Dec 1-2 – Clinton Presidential Library Feb 22-25 – QuiltCon – Atlanta |
