I want to start putting together my “Life is Pink” color area soon. In order to do that I need to think about what color I want to use for sashing in this area. I initially thought that I would use Pink, but after laying out my blocks on the Pink yardage, the Pink started to look more like White in comparison to the blocks.

I decided to try laying out the blocks on Carnation yardage, which is darker than the Pink yardage. I was pretty happy with that. However, I eventually decided that it might be more interesting to do the sashing with a mix of the colors being used in this area.

Using a variety of values for sashing will allow me to emphasize some blocks by outlining them with a complementary sashing value. This will be helpful in balancing the values in the entire “Pink is Life” area.

Below you can see the difference in value between the Carnation and the Pink yardage.