sandpat

Poor orange..... since you did go with the bright...unless you want to spend some more on poor orange for this block..I'd definetly go citrus...

tlrnhi

Here's a quilt I did as a wedding gift.
The bride's favorite color is orange.
Yes, it was a challenge, but it came out beautiful.
I think it's maybe on the top 3 of my favs

http://www.quiltingboard.com/posts/list/30/9738.page

You'll have to scroll down for the pic

Tippy

I like orange with purple, cream and a mossy green.

Ducky

Hate is such an ugly word, is it not?....so I'll say I strongly dislike orange. BUT, the quilt I am still waiting for from my long arm quilter has some orange in it. My focus fabric in that quilt is a paisley with black, rusts, greens, golds and oranges. It was great because I pulled all those colors out with my other fabrics....and orange was one of them. Turned out very nice.

Ninnie

Olive green goes well with orange and you wouldn't have to use a lot of the orange!




Ninnie

sewjoyce

Orange is not my favorite color either. The ice cream block (orange and cream) sounds like a winner to me. But also orange looks nice with browns, rusts, yellows and of course black.

Chele

I'm a huge fan of orange. I once read every quilt should have some orange in it! Check out this gal's site: http://howaboutorange.blogspot.com/

Use your orange with abandon. Orange is directly across the color wheel from blue, which complements it nicely. Or try a warm approach with oranges, yellows and reds. Mix in a white and I bet your block will be bold and beautiful. Don't overthink it, just throw in some colors and sew.

quiltswithdogs

My physical therapist just gave me a lot of fabric since she has changed hobbies. So, when I joined the Pioneer 09 BOM, I decided to somehow use 2 of her oranges. These are my 4 fabrics for the block:

...a pale orange with a sublte print
...a bold orange solid
...a cream background with a tiny print of dots of orange in teenie flowers
...a brown with rows of cream dots.

I'm liking it!

Next week I hope to photo and post my first 2 months blocks when hubby can help. You probably would like it sooner, but my mom is coming so I will not be participating here much until next week.

littlehud

I love orange. Not the really bright orange, but the muted fall orange. It's a fall color and I love fall colors. Browns and yellows go well with orange.

CindyBee

Thanks to everyone for all the great ideas! I'm still considering my options, but at least I have options now, LOL.