annesthreads

I've recently decorated a bedroom: the walls are a neutral cream, the furniture wood, cream or white. It needs a splash of colour and I'm using bright pink (think fuchsia, raspberry, magenta) and a touch of green (lime). Of course I want to make a quilt as a focal point. I'm really struggling to find a pattern idea. One problem is that I want to avoid at all costs the lighter, sugary pinks - I want this to be a statement rather than pretty-pretty pink. That makes it difficult to provide different colour values in the quilt. I've thought about doing a 2-colour pink and cream top, but I fear that would be boring to make and might not have the impact I'm looking for. I've also thought about a Kaffe Fassett type approach, using lots of different fabrics with similar colour values - I'm going to play with that idea, but am not confident that I have the eye (or can afford the fabric!) to pull it off. Anyone got any other suggestions, please?

Auntie V

What about a bargello or something like your avatar?

katier825

I like the bargello idea. Irish Chain or Log cabin would be a good choice too. One of my favorites (but have not made yet) is a scrappy neutral background with a floral applique. Like this one I found thru Google, only with flowers rather than a tree:
http://luciethehappyquilter.files.wo...ly-quilted.jpg

Tartan

How about doing kind of a magenta to pink gradation like TerryQuiltter's chevron quilt under the title, Newest Quilt for my newest Grandaughter?

carolaug

[ATTACH=CONFIG]476757[/ATTACH] MQC has this as their daily deal...I love the colors. I am going to make a falling charms quilt.

tapper

I like the one thatTartan suggested

http://www.quiltingboard.com/picture...r-t247340.html

Onetomatoplant

I've seen some fabric lines with hot pink and lime green and they're great. Unfortunately, I can't remember the lines or find them online. But I'm sure if you look around you'll find what your looking for. Batiks might be a way to go - they have all sorts of different, fun colors. Good luck! Oh! Have you considered doing solids? That would be fun, too.

patchy-at-best

Mostly magenta, splash of lime, splash of red and a smudge of orange. Trust me. You haven't said whether you favor tradition or modern design. To suit either I'd do a rail fence, with different width bars of colour. Simple and striking, can't go wrong!

WandaVA

I think a bargello would be perfect, and they are easy and fun to make.

ManiacQuilter2

I agree. I think a bargello pattern will take the girlishness out of the pink. Usually for a simple bargello, there are 10 colors from light to dark to pull from your stash or buy.