(And the new Fiesta color was announced!)
I love the colors of Fiesta and how versatile they are; there are multiple shades of many colors. Since 1936, there have been 56 colors introduced as Fiesta dishes. By my count, there are 44 colors of Fiesta (post-1986), and I have all of them except black and pearl gray. In most of the shades, I have two dinner plates of each color. I swap out the colors of the dinner plates in my main kitchen cabinets by season, and in January, I fill the cabinet with the winter blues. The conundrum is which of the many Fiesta blues do I add? There are warm blues (Peacock and Turquoise), cool blues (Periwinkle, Sapphire, and Lapis), dark and light (Cobalt and Sky); there are so many choices!
Although I own a lot of blue Fiesta, I'm generally not someone who favors blue. I enjoy combining blue with other dinnerware, particularly Chocolate Brown and Paprika. Johnson Brothers Friendly Village is one of my favorite transferware patterns; its snowy scene featuring blue and brown is incredibly beautiful! The snowfall appears so serene!
I've had a blue toile tablecloth for a while and have been eager to use it for a table setting. With all the blue Fiesta dishes available, I decided to try it out. My dear friend Kissy and I began selecting dishes, combining Fiesta blues, ivory, and browns with the Friendly Village pattern. We were thrilled with how Lapis paired with the Friendly Village, and then I remembered—I have Lapis luncheon plates featuring a snowflake decal around the edge! (Although the picture makes the plate look like Fiesta Cobalt, it is actually Lapis.)
Putting together the plate stacks for this table was fun; the variety made the table setting really interesting. We started with a platinum-colored woven placemat that echoed the snow colors in the Friendly Village plates but was neutral enough not to add more "busyness" to the table. We alternated Fiesta Periwinkle and Lapis as the dinner plates. On top of some of the Fiesta dinner plates, we added a Friendly Village dinner plate, while others we topped with the Fiesta Lapis luncheon plate with snowflake borders. Next, we added a Fiesta bread and butter plate in Ivory, Chocolate, Cobalt, or Lapis, and finally, a Friendly Village or Royal Staffordshire Liberty Blue appetizer plate. After much experimentation (and digging through cabinets), all of the colors of the plates harmonized with each other. Success!
Earlier, I mentioned I love Fiesta Paprika with blues. The vase in the center of the table actually came off my kitchen table, which has a blue, teal, ivory, brown, and paprika print runner on it. The flowers and the vase from the kitchen matched this table perfectly! On Facebook Marketplace a couple of years ago, I purchased an original Ivory Fiesta casserole dish that I just love; the art deco lines of it are so beautiful. I want to note that after Kissy and I culled several plates off the stack, we actually ate dinner at this beautiful table.
The glassware was also mix and match, Fostoria Versailles in ice blue and Lenox Valencia on others. The napkins were dusty blue cocktail napkins with embroidery I found on Etsy, and wrapping them was an ivory brocade. We used napkin rings that were leaves painted brown and taupe, and finally, my everyday silverware, Mikasa Harmony.
Viola Lee was curious as to what we were doing and wanted her picture taken! For dinner, we had mashed potatoes, roasted Brussels sprouts, and my world-famous ketchupy meatloaf. I am so proud of the entire family, not a drop of ketchup on the tablecloth!
I started this post with... and the new Fiesta color was announced this week. And the color is... Linen. At first, I was kind of disappointed; I love Fiesta for the color. However, when I saw how it mixed and matched with other colors, I was hooked! I ordered the small vase, and here it is:
I love it! The picture makes it look gray, but it is a beautiful neutral creamy white color. The tone is very similar to a light drabware. I read that it is un-colored glazed clay, so that makes sense to me. The post-'86 Ivory looks very yellow next to it, and the original ivory takes on a yellow cast. The place settings go on sale in April. I will likely start with two dinner plates, but my bestie and I were chatting about the new color last night (she is a Fiesta person too!), and she said she thought it would make beautiful chargers if they offer them. I love the idea of chargers; my original ivory chargers are two of my favorites. I can't wait to see how the Linen plates coordinate!
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