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Posted by joan8904 in Bellevue Nebraska on August 25, 2009, 9:26 am
The Irish Chain thread reminded me of something I've been thinking
about off and on.
Classic color combinations
Blue and yellow
Blue and white or red and white
Black and brights
Red/black/white
Gold/Burgundy/Green
and those I connect to fabric lines like Kansas Troubles and Fig Tree.
I feel like I'm 'cheating' when I use one of these old favorites.
It's like I'm writing a song, using someone else's melody and I'm just
changing the words around a bit.
Do you have a favorite color combination?
joan
BTW, in working in a quilt store I have some to the conclusion (not
original or earth-shattering either) that people tend to quilt with
the colors that they wear. After all, it only makes sense. But it's
still funny to check out someone with a stack of fabric that is the
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same color as their outfit that day. :> One of the reasons that I
enjoy making store samples or getting fabric as a gift is that it
forces me out of my comfort zone. Not for long, mind you, but out
there just a little bit.
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Posted by Polly Esther on August 25, 2009, 9:36 am
Beauty in the eye of the beholder aside, and classic aside, I've seen some
blue and yellow quilts that simply bombed out. There's an Irish Chain in my
future but I've been studying what 'I like' and don't with blue/yellow for
years. No conclusions. Just looking.
Purple and gold should be easy enough but I managed a combination that
simply sat and snarled at each other. Polly
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"joan8904 in Bellevue Nebraska" <wrote> The Irish Chain thread reminded me
of something I've been thinking
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> about off and on.
> Classic color combinations
> Blue and yellow
> Blue and white or red and white
> Black and brights
> Red/black/white
> Gold/Burgundy/Green
> and those I connect to fabric lines like Kansas Troubles and Fig Tree.
> I feel like I'm 'cheating' when I use one of these old favorites.
> It's like I'm writing a song, using someone else's melody and I'm just
> changing the words around a bit.
> Do you have a favorite color combination?
> joan
> BTW, in working in a quilt store I have some to the conclusion (not
> original or earth-shattering either) that people tend to quilt with
> the colors that they wear. After all, it only makes sense. But it's
> still funny to check out someone with a stack of fabric that is the
> same color as their outfit that day. :> One of the reasons that I
> enjoy making store samples or getting fabric as a gift is that it
> forces me out of my comfort zone. Not for long, mind you, but out
> there just a little bit.
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Posted by dealer83 on August 25, 2009, 9:46 am
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> Beauty in the eye of the beholder aside, and classic aside, I've seen som=
e
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> blue and yellow quilts that simply bombed out. There's an Irish Chain in =
my
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> future but I've been studying what 'I like' and don't with blue/yellow fo=
r
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> years. =A0No conclusions. =A0Just looking.
> =A0 =A0 Purple and gold should be easy enough but I managed a combination=
that
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> simply sat and snarled at each other. =A0Polly
> "joan8904 in Bellevue Nebraska" <wrote> The Irish Chain thread reminded m=
e
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> of something I've been thinking
> > about off and on.
> > Classic color combinations
> > Blue and yellow
> > Blue and white or red and white
> > Black and brights
> > Red/black/white
> > Gold/Burgundy/Green
> > and those I connect to fabric lines like Kansas Troubles and Fig Tree.
> > I feel like I'm 'cheating' when I use one of these old favorites.
> > It's like I'm writing a song, using someone else's melody and I'm just
> > changing the words around a bit.
> > Do you have a favorite color combination?
> > joan
> > BTW, in working in a quilt store I have some to the conclusion (not
> > original or earth-shattering either) that people tend to quilt with
> > the colors that they wear. =A0After all, it only makes sense. =A0But it=
's
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> > still funny to check out someone with a stack of fabric that is the
> > same color as their outfit that day. =A0:> =A0One of the reasons that I
> > enjoy making store samples or getting fabric as a gift is that it
> > forces me out of my comfort zone. =A0Not for long, mind you, but out
> > there just a little bit.- Hide quoted text -
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Ha, I'm going to love this thread, as color is what attracted me to
quilting in the first place. There's a red/white quilt in my future
as well as a blue/yellow one. Everytime I've seen a red/white quilt
in an antique mall, it's like there's a magnet pulling me right over
to it! Donna
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Posted by J* on August 25, 2009, 6:46 pm
re the irish chain, i can see in my minds eye chains in shades of all greens
from light thru dark, and the rest done in a rainbow effect across the quilt
covering shades of the other colours in the garden.
sort of a watercolour effect i think. that is just my initial thots on the
colours tho.
i just love greens. they are so neutral in nature.
uh oh, just had another thot...maybe reverse that and make the chain in
shades of all colours except green and shade the greens across the
background like it would be in a garden.
back to the drawing board.
shrug,
j.
"Polly Esther" wrote...
Beauty in the eye of the beholder aside, and classic aside, I've seen some
blue and yellow quilts that simply bombed out. There's an Irish Chain in my
future but I've been studying what 'I like' and don't with blue/yellow for
years. No conclusions. Just looking.
Purple and gold should be easy enough but I managed a combination that
simply sat and snarled at each other. Polly
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"joan8904 in Bellevue Nebraska" <wrote> The Irish Chain thread reminded me
of something I've been thinking
show/hide quoted text
> about off and on.
> Classic color combinations
> Blue and yellow
> Blue and white or red and white
> Black and brights
> Red/black/white
> Gold/Burgundy/Green
> and those I connect to fabric lines like Kansas Troubles and Fig Tree.
> I feel like I'm 'cheating' when I use one of these old favorites.
> It's like I'm writing a song, using someone else's melody and I'm just
> changing the words around a bit.
> Do you have a favorite color combination?
> joan
> BTW, in working in a quilt store I have some to the conclusion (not
> original or earth-shattering either) that people tend to quilt with
> the colors that they wear. After all, it only makes sense. But it's
> still funny to check out someone with a stack of fabric that is the
> same color as their outfit that day. :> One of the reasons that I
> enjoy making store samples or getting fabric as a gift is that it
> forces me out of my comfort zone. Not for long, mind you, but out
> there just a little bit.
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Posted by Sandy on August 25, 2009, 10:08 am
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> The Irish Chain thread reminded me of something I've been thinking
> about off and on.
>
> Classic color combinations
> Blue and yellow
> Blue and white or red and white
> Black and brights
> Red/black/white
> Gold/Burgundy/Green
>
> and those I connect to fabric lines like Kansas Troubles and Fig Tree.
>
> I feel like I'm 'cheating' when I use one of these old favorites.
> It's like I'm writing a song, using someone else's melody and I'm just
> changing the words around a bit.
>
> Do you have a favorite color combination?
>
> joan
> BTW, in working in a quilt store I have some to the conclusion (not
> original or earth-shattering either) that people tend to quilt with
> the colors that they wear. After all, it only makes sense. But it's
> still funny to check out someone with a stack of fabric that is the
> same color as their outfit that day. :> One of the reasons that I
> enjoy making store samples or getting fabric as a gift is that it
> forces me out of my comfort zone. Not for long, mind you, but out
> there just a little bit.
I have to concentrate really hard to avoid going to my favorite color
combinations all the time. You're right, Joan, I do tend to wear the
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colors I quilt with. <G> I think my all-time favorite quilt combo has
been blue/yellow, but I'm trying to get away from that so as to have
some variety. I love blues, purples, violets into pinks -- greens and
browns are difficult for me.
--
Sandy in Henderson, near Las Vegas
sw.foster1 (at) gmail (dot) com (remove/change the obvious)
http://www.sandymike.net
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