Aurifil Five Thread Color Challenge

This month's challenge for Aurifil Artisan's was to make something using at least five thread colors, I used NINE!

Aurifil Five Thread Challenge

I started my design by first picking my color palette by pulling threads from my stash.  I started with my go to blue, pink and yellow and quickly added black white.  The orange and green were thrown in to round out my palette.

Aurifil Thread and Fabric Pull

I did a deep stash dive to pick out my matching fabrics and chose a floral with a similar color palette to represent the white thread.  As you can see from the picture I fine tuned my fabric pull and changed out the background fabric for a textured cream woven cotton.

Aurifil Five Thread Challenge

After I had my palette and fabric selected I used my Aurifil Thread, Forty3, to quilt the background fabric with an uneven grid.  From there I placed the circles with a piece of wool batting under them and quilted them down with Aurifil 28 wt thread.

Aurifil Five Thread Challenge

The wool batting added some extra character to the circles and I love using Aurifil 28 wt and Forty3 so really show off the quilting.  The circles ended up looking a bit like roses and the raw edges kept the shapes interesting.

Aurifil Five Thread Challenge

I enjoyed starting this project with a simple idea and a Aurifil thread color palette.  It definitely made pulling fabrics more fun.  Don't forget to check out the AURIbuzz blog at the end of the month to see all of the Five Thread Challege completed projects.