Alternative color for back ground white. Bee in Bonnet Farm Girl Vintage quilts
01-18-2016, 08:16 PM
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I did a search on Pinterest for "gray background quilts", hopefully you'll be able to see the results here: https://www.pinterest.com/search/pin...yped&term_meta[]=gray|typed&term_meta[]=background|typed&term_meta[]=quilts|typed
Your daughter might change her mind about the gray once she sees some lovely examples.
Jan in VA
01-18-2016, 09:33 PM
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I follow a lot of modern quilt blogs and there seems to be a trend of using light colored text fabric as backgrounds right now. I'm going to be starting a "Dear Daughter" quilt along on Rebecca Mae's modern blog, and that's what she's showing with bright colors.
01-19-2016, 06:15 AM
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or or go to amazon...that's my source of books. Sometimes better deals there
01-19-2016, 07:27 AM
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A background color can be any color. You can go with the basics, black, white, grey, tan, cream. Or you can match the room it may be in, blue, yellow, green. You can go super modern with orange. You could continue with the Farm Girl Vintage look and change the background OR keep the background and use wild/intense colors in the blocks. As always, your quilt, your rules. I always consider patterns as a guide line, not a must.
01-19-2016, 07:51 AM
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I just bought some yardage of Kona Ash for some future quilts. I was debating between a few of the grays by Kona and then read this blog:
http://thebusybeequiltshop.blogspot....e-between.html
I was sold on Silver, then saw them in a store and decided I liked Ash the best.
Here's another quilt with pics of different grays:
http://www.felicityquilts.com/2014_07_01_archive.html
http://thebusybeequiltshop.blogspot....e-between.html
I was sold on Silver, then saw them in a store and decided I liked Ash the best.
Here's another quilt with pics of different grays:
http://www.felicityquilts.com/2014_07_01_archive.html
01-19-2016, 03:27 PM
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https://www.laundrybasketquilts.com/...egory=10206234
There are other examples on her site or if you look around.
http://www.quiltkitmarket.com/shop/This-Weeks-Sale/p/Spring-Sprouts-Quilt-Kit-by-Edyta-Sitar-featuring-Silhouettes-from-Laundry-Basket-Quilts-x729155.
https://www.laundrybasketquilts.com/...0&sort=nameAsc
01-19-2016, 05:59 PM
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Well we went to Hobby Lobby and tried to buy Kona Coal. The bolt was brand new but had tiny holes and some discoloration. The other grey was silver but it was way to light. The lady told me that she would order a new bolt and it should be there next week. I would also like to see Kona ash but they did not have that. Is there a good place to buy Kona online?
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