Green quilt delivered
06-10-2011, 12:43 PM
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I made a green quilt, a very very green quilt, for my best friend who just turned 65. Even though she okayed the fabric and the pattern, I was worried that it was too green. She was on a bike tour in France when I made it, so I didn't send pictures of the progress for her input, like I had planned. (I decided I wanted it finished by her 65th birthday, which was yesterday.)
Bottom line is that she LOVED it, really LOVED it. I am so pleased. (I did not even get a thank you for the last quilt I gave someone....so this was much better. :) )
I'll attach a picture. Warning, it is very green. (She does not like traditional quilts.) I forgot to take a picture after I quilted it, so this is just the quilt top. I stitched in the ditch, so it actually looks the same.
Bottom line is that she LOVED it, really LOVED it. I am so pleased. (I did not even get a thank you for the last quilt I gave someone....so this was much better. :) )
I'll attach a picture. Warning, it is very green. (She does not like traditional quilts.) I forgot to take a picture after I quilted it, so this is just the quilt top. I stitched in the ditch, so it actually looks the same.
06-10-2011, 12:45 PM
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It's pretty. The green colors are nice. My daughter wanted a green quilt so I made a jewel box. There was one really ugly green that took away from the entire quilt. It was only my second quilt so I had NO experience in colors for one. (The colors in my first were worse!)
06-10-2011, 01:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Dina
Lori, I bet you were just too hard on that "ugly green" and it looked just fine. We are our worst critics, you know. :)
06-10-2011, 02:29 PM
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She said she intends to use it as a lap quilt when she and her cat are reading in her computer room, which has a green carpet and green stained woodwork. She lives in Maryland, and I am in Texas, but I have seen her computer room, and it IS green. :)
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