I have noticed that In my own quilts, there has been a shift to the softer pastel colors for quilts that I have made that don't have a particular purpose in matching something. You know what I mean; "Aunt Martha wants you to make a Quilt for her Yorkie's dog bed, that 'Exactly' matches Poopsies coloring". What I am talking about is just things that are made for your own pleasure or gifts to others with no preconceived color choices. I probably started out with the intent to use bold colors that "made a statement". Now I think that subtlety is as much of a feature of my color choice process. I find it easier to pick that bold red and much harder to pick that subtle mix of colors that "pull the whole thing off", which is what I find myself working toward. I like the challenge of making those subtle tones come together, into a unified whole, more important than knocking your sox off color combinations. Not that that is a bad thing, as during the summer months, I rarely wear sox.but to me the challenge is in the subtle choices that work. I wonder what influences other peoples choices of colors, that are for the quilts they make for themselves and not to "match" some other object. It could be just a phase I am going through, and I will evolve into the Mylar and Neon phase, but I hope that if I do, it waits for awhile before to calling me.
John