FQS Bella Parade Post # 1

Hello and Welcome to all my old and new friends... I'm absolutely excited to start off our month long adventure...

Without much fuss, here's the FIRST 

COLOR OF THE DAY

WHITE

Bella Solids White Bleached

According to Wikipedia, White is a color, the perception of which is evoked by light that stimulates all three types of color sensitive cone cells in the human eye in nearly equal amounts and with high brightness compared to the surroundings. A white visual stimulation will be void of hue and grayness.

The word white continues Old English hwīt, ultimately from a Common Germanic *χ^wītaz also reflected in OHG (h)wîz, ON hvítr, Goth. ƕeits. The root is ultimately from a PIE *k^wid-, surviving also in Sanskrit śveta "to be white or bright"^[2] and perhaps Slavic svet' "light".^[3] The current Icelandic word for white, hvítur, is very closely related to the Old English and Old Norse forms of the word. Common Germanic also had the word *blankaz ("white, bright, blinding"), borrowed into Late Latin as *blancus, which provided the source for Romance words for "white" (French blanc, Spanish blanco, Italian bianco, etc.).

White often represents purity or innocence inWestern Civilization, particularly as white clothing or objects are easy to stain. In most Western countries white is the color worn by brides at weddings. Angels are typically depicted as clothed in white robes. Healing or "good" magic is called White magic. In early film Westerns the stereotypically "good guy" wore a white hat (earning them the name "White Hats") while the "bad guy" wore black (earning them the name "Black Hats"). This has given rise to the use of the names black hat and white hat for people who abuse and counter abuse of computer systems respectively. In popular culture this idea is sometimes reversed to play on reversal of stereotypes.

In quilts, white has been used right since the beginning of quilting... A full white bed is the ultimate symbol of luxury...

Picture Source : Pottery Barn

Traditionally, white fabric is used in whole cloth quilts and has been found striking...

Picture Source : Google Images

Today, it is combined with a variety of colors to make striking statements...

Here's a look with pastels...

Photo by Pioneer Valley Girl

or in combinations with bold solids!

Photo by Mamacjt

Quilter's Pick

HToday's guest Quilter is Amanda Ryan of Scranda's Musings... 

Here's what she says about White "My favourite thing about white is that it's so clean looking and makes other colours really pop"

And her suggestions are

First the solids...

Magenta

Caribbean

and Kelly

and the prints are

Alexander Henry Hot Pink Delilah 

Garden Divas Exotic Iris and Bleeding Hearts by Free Spirit 

and Aqua Red Turquoise Eiffel Tower by Michael Miller 

Expert's Pick

Our Expert of the week, Angela of Cut to Pieces, recommends

Scarlet

30's Pink

Etching's Slate

And

Aqua Red Aqua Ta Dot

Sherbet Pips Cotton Candy Blue Scoot

and Sugar and Spice Red Sugar Argyle

Now grab your cameras and start clicking... Upload your photos to Flickr Pool... 


Rules :
1. You can enter as many photographs as you desire in the next 48 hours! 
2. Irrelevant or disqualified photographs will be removed from the group pool... 
3. If anyone is found uploading photographs NOT CLICKED BY THEM BUT DOWNLOADED FROM THE INTERNET  they will be banned from the group.
4. The photograph MUST contain the "Color of the Day" - White!
5. Uploads allowed until 11.59 pm 2nd May 2011, GMT. 


Ready???


Go for it gals...


And dont forget to tell me whats your favorite thing about this color! Leave a comment and I'll know what you like about it. Or just share an experience about working with it... Just say anything about the color itself!