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01-07-2012, 12:44 PM

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JOMARIE

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I'm working (still in design and fabric choice stage) on a series that are mid-60's songs with color titles...Black is Black (1966), Blue on Blue (1964), Mellow Yellow (1966), Purple Haze (1967), Red Rubber Ball (1966), A Whiter Shade of Pale (1967), and Green Tambourine (1967). Orange has me stumped, but I'm still digging. They'll each be monochromatic batiks.

I think batiks are a great idea for this. I am going to start my list with Indian Love Song

01-07-2012, 01:06 PM

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imdelagarza62

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This sounds interesting. Can't wait to see the finished product.

01-07-2012, 01:17 PM

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I'm working (still in design and fabric choice stage) on a series that are mid-60's songs with color titles... Orange has me stumped, but I'm still digging. They'll each be monochromatic batiks.

I searched on Google and came up with "Orange Skies" is a song written by Bryan MacLean and originally recorded in 1966 by the band Love for their second album Da Capo (1967). youtube video of the song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uu34j92FinA (better cover of the song)

Orange Blossom Special by Spotnicks : 1962
Frozen Orange Juice by Peter Sarstedt : 1969

PS - listing of songs by color: http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~ms...ong-colour.htm

01-07-2012, 02:23 PM

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I searched on Google and came up with "Orange Skies" is a song written by Bryan MacLean and originally recorded in 1966 by the band Love for their second album Da Capo (1967).

Yes!! Orange Skies fits perfectly and I still have that album (yeah, the original LP) so that makes it even better! In fact, another cut from that same album is titled She Comes in Colors, so that may be the overall title of the whole series...which will now be a nice even 8 art quilts in the size neighborhood of 36x48 each. Thank you all so much for the help. Orange is one of my favorite colors and I knew I had to have it in the series. How fitting that the solution came from someone with color in her screen name!! *giggle* Thank you redkimba, very much. Happy, happy day!

01-07-2012, 05:19 PM

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joyce888

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This is such a super idea! Can't wait to see the results!

01-07-2012, 05:58 PM

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MOBRIDGE MOM

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Now that is a series I could get into!

01-07-2012, 07:16 PM

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[ATTACH=CONFIG]301289[/ATTACH]This is My idea for Debbie Boones You light up my life in memory of my friend. He always wore a fidora had thus the hat on top of the sail

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01-07-2012, 07:20 PM

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woa should have made that one smaller!!

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01-07-2012, 08:31 PM

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That looks great! And I love the other creative ideas. I think quilting a song opens up a huge opportunity for individual interpretation and expression.