vintage rainbow {mosaic challenge}

Starting the new year off fresh with a fabric mosaic challenge from Stitched in Color. Our inspiration this time around comes from a vintage twist on the rainbow colors. I couldn't help but play along...
and create a couple mosaics using the fabric offerings from Fabricworm. As you might be able to tell from each of these mosaics, my current fabric crush is Sarah Watts's new Cotton and Steel line - Cat Lady.  Both mosaics feature prints from this super cute and playful fabric line.

My first mosaic on the theme was built around the decidedly vintage feeling print in the center. Both the color palette and the whimsical design caught my eye. Building out from there I didn't feel the mosaic was completely hitting the mark with the "rainbow" portion of the theme, but I was happy with the fabrics chosen and together they tell a very vintage story.

::Fabrics::

Sarah Watts - Cat Lady - Stack-o-cats, Teal || Aneela Hoey - Vignette - Petals, Red || Aneela Hoey - Vignette - Floret, Turquoise || Emily Isabella - Homestead - Clouds, Mint || Elizabeth Olwen - Park Life - Hyde Park, Multi || Sarah Watson - Garden Secrets - Two Tone Tiny, Green || Naomi Ito - Nani Iro - Double Gauze - Scatter Dot, Charcoal || Birch Organic Fabrics - Double Gauze - Solid, Sun || Sarah Watts - Cat Lady - Friskers, Coral

While I loved the first mosaic, I felt is was not fully embracing the rainbow aspect of the vintage rainbow theme. I set out, with the second go, to capture the rainbow part with an eye towards the vintage feel. Rainbow colors with a vintage twist! Besides the design and color of the fabrics, I also wanted this mosaic to fit the theme with the feel and weight of the fabrics. Impossible to tell through the computer screen but each of the fabrics chosen has a light and airy hand. Double gauze, lawn, and voile should all make for a light, spring-time quilt that is soft and vintage feeling to the touch. Of the two mosaics, I think this one is my favorite.

::Fabrics::

Free Spirit - Voile Solids, Peony || Sarah Watts - Cat Lady - Double Gauze - Friskers, Pink || Robert Kaufman - Cambridge - Lawn, Gold || Free Spirit - Voile Solids, Apple || Free Spirit - Voile Solids, Emerald || Robert Kaufman - Cambridge - Lawn, Emerald || Sarah Watts - Cat Lady - Double Gauze - Friskers, Teal || Robert Kaufman - Cambridge - Lawn, Lagoon || Naomi Ito - Nani Iro - Double Gauze - Colorful Pocho, Teal