Choosing Fabrics

I have a panel with a seahorse and sea shells and some wonderfully soft colors.  I have been wanting to do a low volume quilt so I hung it on the design wall and lulled some fabrics!

Of course, the low volume turned into a mid volume with, shall we say, accent darks.  Right.

But I think I pulled some great fabric prospects.

Started off with this:

Dumped the dark gold, even though I liked it a lot......yeah, just not right.

Added the peachy pink at the bottom of the photo for a pop of color.  Oops, there's that darn dark gold again

I added in this sea glass color.  Loved it, because it is the sea and everything, but when I got it up there it made the grey in the panel look really blue.

I found a bag full of fat quarters and assorted pieces of beiges and tans that will work as pieces in various blocks.  Nice.  

So I changed out the sea glass color with a blue.  I didn't have the perfect blue.  So I ended up with several light blues and that darker one is totally perfect in color and tone. ended up with the following fabrics.  I am hoping that the blue and peachy pink will be the soft pops of color I need in there. 

Blocks?

I have been saving sea related blocks to an Instagram folder for the last few months while I have been thinking about this panel.  So right now, there will be several blocks, maybe some Ohio Stars, some sail boats and some modern improv blocks.  Hopefully it will be a story, of sorts, told in soft fabrics.  

I am excited to start this quilt journey!