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Posted by Susan Laity Price on June 24, 2007, 9:28 pm
Lately I have seen several quilts made entirely from neutrals (white,
off white, light creams to creams and light golds). They were great
and brought an idea to mind.
Sometimes I want to just sew something without much thinking. I am
planning to choose a simple pattern and start making blocks in these
nuetral colors. No planning, just sewing lots of blocks. The next time
I need a wedding gift I will not spend so much time worrying about the
bride's colors. I will choose ready made blocks from the "neutral"
box, sew them together, add a neutral border and send it to the long
arm quilter with a neutral backing.
This also gives me an excuse to look for more neutrals when at the
LQS!
Susan
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Posted by Polly Esther on June 24, 2007, 11:33 pm
Susan, I love your plan. Since you're collecting neutrals, have you seen
Nancy Crow's 'Crush'. There's an ivory one and another that reminds me of
toast. Sort of like keeping a substantial supply of new needles, I like to
keep some Crush in the pantry. Polly
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> Lately I have seen several quilts made entirely from neutrals (white,
> off white, light creams to creams and light golds). They were great
> and brought an idea to mind.
> Sometimes I want to just sew something without much thinking. I am
> planning to choose a simple pattern and start making blocks in these
> nuetral colors. No planning, just sewing lots of blocks. The next time
> I need a wedding gift I will not spend so much time worrying about the
> bride's colors. I will choose ready made blocks from the "neutral"
> box, sew them together, add a neutral border and send it to the long
> arm quilter with a neutral backing.
> This also gives me an excuse to look for more neutrals when at the
> LQS!
> Susan
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Posted by Susan Laity Price on June 25, 2007, 8:08 am
No, I have not noticed it. Thanks for the suggestion. I will take a
look. As soon as I have chosen a pattern I plan to sort through my own
neutrals and start cutting. If I have a cut stack sitting my the
machine I am more likely to sew on those "just can't do anything that
requires thinking" evenings than to mindlessly watch TV.
Susan
On Sun, 24 Jun 2007 22:33:39 -0500, "Polly Esther"
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>Susan, I love your plan. Since you're collecting neutrals, have you seen
>Nancy Crow's 'Crush'. There's an ivory one and another that reminds me of
>toast. Sort of like keeping a substantial supply of new needles, I like to
>keep some Crush in the pantry. Polly
>> Lately I have seen several quilts made entirely from neutrals (white,
>> off white, light creams to creams and light golds). They were great
>> and brought an idea to mind.
>> Sometimes I want to just sew something without much thinking. I am
>> planning to choose a simple pattern and start making blocks in these
>> nuetral colors. No planning, just sewing lots of blocks. The next time
>> I need a wedding gift I will not spend so much time worrying about the
>> bride's colors. I will choose ready made blocks from the "neutral"
>> box, sew them together, add a neutral border and send it to the long
>> arm quilter with a neutral backing.
>> This also gives me an excuse to look for more neutrals when at the
>> LQS!
>> Susan
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Posted by Sandy Ellison on June 25, 2007, 5:06 pm
Howdy!
This reminds me of an article in July/Aug. QNMag:
She's using her interpretation of "taupe", another neutral.
http://qnm.com/articles/feature302/
There's a growing collection of creams & off-whites in one of my stash
baskets; I'm still thinking LogCabin for this.
When it comes to gift quilts I don't much worry (care) about
the "bride's colors". Not everything should match. And quilts
coordinate so easily. ;-)
Also thinking of the gift bows: some of my friends saved them as a
big wreath (god, where would you hang this monster?), some decorated
a Christmas tree w/ the bows; I stuck mine in a bag, took them to
church school for kids' craft projects (guess I was kinda' neutral about
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the bows <g>).
R/Sandy
On 6/24/07 8:28 PM, in article e26u735j211mtd8g4a2vgabcvucmvl43mh@4ax.com,
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> Lately I have seen several quilts made entirely from neutrals (white,
> off white, light creams to creams and light golds). They were great
> and brought an idea to mind.
>
> Sometimes I want to just sew something without much thinking. I am
> planning to choose a simple pattern and start making blocks in these
> nuetral colors. No planning, just sewing lots of blocks. The next time
> I need a wedding gift I will not spend so much time worrying about the
> bride's colors. I will choose ready made blocks from the "neutral"
> box, sew them together, add a neutral border and send it to the long
> arm quilter with a neutral backing.
>
> This also gives me an excuse to look for more neutrals when at the
> LQS!
>
> Susan
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Posted by Connie on June 25, 2007, 5:57 pm
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> Howdy!
>
> This reminds me of an article in July/Aug. QNMag:
> She's using her interpretation of "taupe", another neutral.
> http://qnm.com/articles/feature302/
>
> There's a growing collection of creams & off-whites in one of my stash
> baskets; I'm still thinking LogCabin for this.
>
> When it comes to gift quilts I don't much worry (care) about
> the "bride's colors". Not everything should match. And quilts
> coordinate so easily. ;-)
> Also thinking of the gift bows: some of my friends saved them as a
> big wreath (god, where would you hang this monster?), some decorated
> a Christmas tree w/ the bows; I stuck mine in a bag, took them to
> church school for kids' craft projects (guess I was kinda' neutral about
> the bows <g>).
>
> R/Sandy
The last time I had an over-abundance of neutrals (is there REALLY such
a thing?? LOL) I did a crazy quilt ... there wasn't enough yardage
(mostly scraps) to do a traditional patchwork quilt. It really turned
out better than I expected ... and best of all, I didn't have to follow
a pattern! :)
Oh, and my daughter, about 6 at the time, got to pick out the charms
and doo-dads for it ... made a very nice "bonding" session! :)
Does anyone here enjoy crazy quilting? :)
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>
> On 6/24/07 8:28 PM, in article e26u735j211mtd8g4a2vgabcvucmvl43mh@4ax.com,
>
> > Lately I have seen several quilts made entirely from neutrals (white,
> > off white, light creams to creams and light golds). They were great
> > and brought an idea to mind.
> >
> > Sometimes I want to just sew something without much thinking. I am
> > planning to choose a simple pattern and start making blocks in these
> > nuetral colors. No planning, just sewing lots of blocks. The next time
> > I need a wedding gift I will not spend so much time worrying about the
> > bride's colors. I will choose ready made blocks from the "neutral"
> > box, sew them together, add a neutral border and send it to the long
> > arm quilter with a neutral backing.
> >
> > This also gives me an excuse to look for more neutrals when at the
> > LQS!
> >
> > Susan
--
Connie :)
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> off white, light creams to creams and light golds). They were great
> and brought an idea to mind.
> Sometimes I want to just sew something without much thinking. I am
> planning to choose a simple pattern and start making blocks in these
> nuetral colors. No planning, just sewing lots of blocks. The next time
> I need a wedding gift I will not spend so much time worrying about the
> bride's colors. I will choose ready made blocks from the "neutral"
> box, sew them together, add a neutral border and send it to the long
> arm quilter with a neutral backing.
> This also gives me an excuse to look for more neutrals when at the
> LQS!
> Susan