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#71
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Join Date: May 2011
Location: Pacific NW
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Regarding "puce"..... when I'm making swap blocks, sometimes I'll google the color and click "images", and that will help guide me in my fabric selections.
However, when I googled "puce" I got some verrrrry interesting images!
p.s. Posts # 62 and 63 in this thread are hilarious to read back-to-back!!
However, when I googled "puce" I got some verrrrry interesting images!
p.s. Posts # 62 and 63 in this thread are hilarious to read back-to-back!!
Last edited by Peckish; 02-12-2014 at 12:33 PM.
#73
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Join Date: Apr 2011
Posts: 5
I love the old feed sack prints, I have made many quilts, kitchen curtains, and aprons from the over 800 feed sacks I have obtained, some of which are still stitched from the old feed mill. They are so soft, and some of the colors and patterns are amazing.
#74
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Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Just laughing at "puce." I bought a new Columbia two layer winter coat this year. The outside layer is definitely a greyish-brown, but the inner layer is a purple-ish brown - puce. I love it, and I get compliments every time I wear it.
Fabric colors and patterns are so much a matter of taste. I have made several quilts that were in shades of brown, which I love, but so many others avoid. Same with oranges, yellows, greys and greens. I have very little red or true blue in my stash, because those are not colors I am drawn to. Different strokes.
I love the idea that if you think a fabric is ugly, you just haven't cut it small enough. LOL
Fabric colors and patterns are so much a matter of taste. I have made several quilts that were in shades of brown, which I love, but so many others avoid. Same with oranges, yellows, greys and greens. I have very little red or true blue in my stash, because those are not colors I am drawn to. Different strokes.
I love the idea that if you think a fabric is ugly, you just haven't cut it small enough. LOL
#76
Along with avocado green, and harvest gold, don't forget burnt orange--that trio was everywhere!.
#78
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Posts: 216
I have an obsession of owning a Singer Featherweight and my hubby thought he had bought me on but in checking into that beautiful machine it says this one is the sister to the Featherweight. Looks like it has never been used and he gave 20.00 for it at a place where you buy used stuff cheap. It is still in its box.
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