HELP WITH HIDEOUS YELLOW
05-18-2011, 02:37 PM
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Originally Posted by ghostrider
I would stay with the marbles, not adding any florals or prints at all. And, in my opinion, beige and/or brown would just look like mud with those brights.
I'd go with the same dark blue as sashing then a narrow border of the light blue and a wide border of the dark blue again. Another obvious choice is a black marble in one wide border with the dark blue as sashing. The blue will balance the yellow without making it look sickly (or sickening).
I actually like the colors. :oops:
I'd go with the same dark blue as sashing then a narrow border of the light blue and a wide border of the dark blue again. Another obvious choice is a black marble in one wide border with the dark blue as sashing. The blue will balance the yellow without making it look sickly (or sickening).
I actually like the colors. :oops:
05-18-2011, 02:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Lisa_wanna_b_quilter
I think black would look good, but I don't think the yellow looks bad. I love bright colors bordered with black. They really pop.
05-18-2011, 02:49 PM
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Remember when it all gets quilted that the color of the thread used there can also help detract from the yellow.
A friend just finished a similar BOM project. She used a solid sorta marbled color for every other block, used one of the block colors [not yellow!] as sashing, and put the whole thing on pointe. It came out looking great. The every other blocks and sashing really toned down the yellow.
Then the quilting will also help.
ali
A friend just finished a similar BOM project. She used a solid sorta marbled color for every other block, used one of the block colors [not yellow!] as sashing, and put the whole thing on pointe. It came out looking great. The every other blocks and sashing really toned down the yellow.
Then the quilting will also help.
ali
05-18-2011, 02:56 PM
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Originally Posted by quiltmouse
LOL! Sorry! what a prediciment. So you have blocks for complete quilt, but no sashing? Or is the pic all the blocks you have?
The fabrics are all blenders, do you have a stash fabric that has 2 or more of the colors? A blue? A green? Sash it in that? No stash? buy a bold geometric or a floral that picks up the colors.
If those handful of blocks are all you have, sew them together & give as a baby gift. I like to make tummy time mats. Very heavy quilts that wont scrunch up when baby wiggles. Usually back with denim for the weight/stability. A baby will love your bright colors. (and won't know they are "ugly" :-D )
sorry about duplicate info, see I was typing from the first post only....
The fabrics are all blenders, do you have a stash fabric that has 2 or more of the colors? A blue? A green? Sash it in that? No stash? buy a bold geometric or a floral that picks up the colors.
If those handful of blocks are all you have, sew them together & give as a baby gift. I like to make tummy time mats. Very heavy quilts that wont scrunch up when baby wiggles. Usually back with denim for the weight/stability. A baby will love your bright colors. (and won't know they are "ugly" :-D )
sorry about duplicate info, see I was typing from the first post only....
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