Daydreaming in Pink

Growing up I liked pink because I thought that’s what girls do. They like pink. By eight I had a strong aversion to it. Yellow was my colour of choice. It reminded me of sunshiny days, butter, flower centres and wheat fields.

I carried this aversion to pink with me for a long time. Although, over time, I started to notice I was attracted to yellowy pinks. Blue fuchsia still made me cringe a little but I happily made my piece with pink… it was acceptable. Or so I thought. A task during my first module with Art of Business and Surface Pattern Design was to look at colours around me, things I wear, things I collect, paper, cards, designs I liked. I was dumbstruck.

Apparently I don’t just like pink, I LOVE pink! So many things I own are pink. I guess I was too close and didn’t know it happened until I was asked to take a step back. It seems silly now, if we’ve met in person this last year, you’ve probably seen me with light pink hair-d’uh! How could I not see it every morning?

One of those things I pulled out for the Art of Business and Design was a business card I collected back in December 2013 at Maker Faire.

I decided to study the design and make it back in January of 2014. Well, I finally finished it for the Creative Stitches show. It hung as a mini quilt but I’ll finish it as an over sized pillow for our home.

While making this quilt, I also fell in love Cage the Elephant but especially this song, which inspired the quilt’s title, “Daydreams”.

And yes, yes I do daydream about pink now… it’s true!