Do you like the Chevron Fabrics?
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Chevron stripes have been around along time. I have a feeling they will be considered a "fad" and in 5 or 10 years we'll look back and say "Those were SO 2012-2013! Yuck".
I'm wondering how they'd work as binding. I'm really liking using stripes as binding...looks pretty neat on my charity quilts.
I've made a scrappy chevron quilt--for charity. I'm not sure what I think of the chevron fabrics. I tend to like pretty--but my mom made me an afghan in a chevron design when I was about 20...it was nice. I think I could find a use for them but am not sure why "everyone" is so enthralled.
I have to add that a man chose the chevron quilt--so maybe could be a great "manly" design. Sometimes it is hard to think of something simple but nice for guys.
I'm wondering how they'd work as binding. I'm really liking using stripes as binding...looks pretty neat on my charity quilts.
I've made a scrappy chevron quilt--for charity. I'm not sure what I think of the chevron fabrics. I tend to like pretty--but my mom made me an afghan in a chevron design when I was about 20...it was nice. I think I could find a use for them but am not sure why "everyone" is so enthralled.
I have to add that a man chose the chevron quilt--so maybe could be a great "manly" design. Sometimes it is hard to think of something simple but nice for guys.
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Chevrons aren't my favorite, but they do make a striking contrast to the more "organic" prints I tend to like. When I first saw them in the stores a year or two ago, it made me think of clothes from the 60s and 70s. Remember Charlie Brown and his signature shirt? [ATTACH=CONFIG]444241[/ATTACH]
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I was in a local quilt shop in New Orleans this spring and they were REALLY pushing chevrons. The colors were bright but flat, and I couldn't figure out what to do with them. Maybe trim out one of those Swoon quilts that are all over the internet?
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I was in a local quilt shop in New Orleans this spring and they were REALLY pushing chevrons. The colors were bright but flat, and I couldn't figure out what to do with them. Maybe trim out one of those Swoon quilts that are all over the internet?
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" i am increasingly disenchanted with both the "modern" colour story and the cutsey wootsey, slap dash quick pieced quilts."
I think there is probably a way of saying that you don't like Chevrons and the currently popular colors without being rude and condescending about a style of quilting which many others do enjoy.
There's room for a wide array of styles and tastes in the world of quilting, and it's actually a good thing for more traditional quilters to have so many younger "modern" quilters interested in the hobby -- it keeps manufacturers making fabric, stores (both online and brick and mortar) in business. A quickly pieced, less technically advanced quilt being popular does nothing to detract from the expertise and time you personally invest in a quilt -- so, please avoid saying things that discourage newer quilters and make them feel "less than."
I think there is probably a way of saying that you don't like Chevrons and the currently popular colors without being rude and condescending about a style of quilting which many others do enjoy.
There's room for a wide array of styles and tastes in the world of quilting, and it's actually a good thing for more traditional quilters to have so many younger "modern" quilters interested in the hobby -- it keeps manufacturers making fabric, stores (both online and brick and mortar) in business. A quickly pieced, less technically advanced quilt being popular does nothing to detract from the expertise and time you personally invest in a quilt -- so, please avoid saying things that discourage newer quilters and make them feel "less than."
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