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MadQuilter 12-31-2011 01:12 PM

There is nothing wrong with knowing what you like. However, I think it is also important to broaden ones horizon. I bet those other colors are feeling rather left out in your stash. lol Lots of purple prints have other colors in them - you may add by using prints.

Cottontop 12-31-2011 01:15 PM

Yes you do like purple, on the shelves, ironingboard and in the quilt! I like a lot of colors....

117becca 12-31-2011 01:38 PM

i know what you mean. While I do like all kinds of colors - the ones that I don't care for hardly are browns, earthtones, rusts....I want to make a quilt for a friend and those are the colors she likes the most - her least favorite color: blue.....my favorite color: blue..sigh....

Yes, understanding color theory has helped me to broaden my horizons w/ my decorating and quilting.

MrsBoats 12-31-2011 03:54 PM

I always tell people my favorite color is green, but if you look in my closet, it's clearly purple. But when it comes to quilts, I seem to be stuck on a browns-and-reds-theme.

The reason I like kits/colorways is because someone else has already done the thinking of decing what goes with what!

Irene Frohreich 12-31-2011 04:26 PM

I love red and natural, you will allways find a touch of red in my quilts.

mcdaniel023 12-31-2011 05:12 PM

I love your quilts. I love green. I have a lot of green in my stash. Very rarely do I make a quilt with green as the focus. Hummm, wonder why?

valleyquiltermo 12-31-2011 05:15 PM

Dina your quilt is very nice. I do understand where deemail is coming from, and she is sew right.
Great purple quilt Kathdavis from Missouri. I just love purple and green together.

fred singer 12-31-2011 05:29 PM

I make quilts for other people ,with color and topics that they like, in fact I don't even have a quilt that I have made for myself. If I was to make one for myself it would probably be a scrappy quilt .Because in my scraps stash is probably pieces of matterial that I used in other quilts so I can remember all thequilts too.

Krisb 12-31-2011 06:18 PM

When I make quilts for people I know, I always use the colors that they pick to wear. One Christmas I didn't!t even wrap my nieces' quilts separately, just put them in a box and figured they would sort it out. LOL, talk about lazy. Anyway, they quickly chose the "right" quilts.

Dina 12-31-2011 08:08 PM

Deemail, I have copied your advice and printed it. I appreciate all the time you took to give it to me. It is better information than I have found yet, and I can use all the help I can get. :) Thank you. Purple is good, but eventually I do want to get better at my fabric selection.

Dina



Dina


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