In quite a tizzy here! Purple & Orange??
03-08-2011, 07:06 PM
#31
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i made a log cabin quilt with mostly plums and melony oranges. dark plums/lighter plums for one square and dark melons/lighter melons for the other square. deep wine for the center. just alternated the squares. it turned out beautiful. i also wasn't too sure on that combination, but i liked it so much, i turned one of my flower gardens into purples and oranges! i do really like it.
03-08-2011, 10:34 PM
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Did she say how purple a purple and how orange an orange? There are many shades of each color and a lighter version of each or of one or the other might look better to you. I hope that made sense. I understand what I meant. lol I hope you find something you can enjoy working with.
03-09-2011, 05:55 AM
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Originally Posted by adyldrop
i like the idea of shades with batiks....there are some beautiful "blender" looking batiks in all colors. I'd say to look into that. With a kona cotton white...Mmmmmm sunset....
03-09-2011, 06:02 AM
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The pattern that comes to my mind with those two colors, is variations of those two colors and make a log cabin with the one diagonal being the one color and the other half the other color, and then lay it in a design - someone posted one very recently on this site and it was gorgeous. It was of purples and light colors and it zigzagged back and forth in a beautiful design. Wish I'd bookmarked it - and my memory for who the quilter was does not come to mind.
03-09-2011, 06:03 AM
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The past year or so the batiks have come out with some gorgeous orange prints. I've been busy buying them. I bet they would look great with the right shades of purple. The best purple batiks were out several years back but the 1895 Hoffman batiks (blenders) have quite a bit of color choice and are often cheaper than those with patterns.
03-09-2011, 06:24 AM
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My son loves orange. I did a Trip Around The World for him.I collected shades of orange for about a year. I did not like orange at the out set. By the time I was done I had a new attitude toward orange. I did another one color quilt later, it really is a great study. Orange and purple from light to dark in a trip around the world or a bagello type quilt could be quite stunning.I could not figure out how to add a picture to this quick reply box )-: guess that's my new study.
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