What inspires you quilt color choices.
06-26-2009, 11:32 PM
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I love bright colours and scrappy quilts...I get inspired by vintage fabrics, nature, memories....some are quiet and thoughtful designs others more bright and jumbled. I love looking at other peoples work, I find that injects me with a bit of courage and makes me braver in my choices. I am learning to "just go for it" and not let my fear of failure or imperfection hold me back.
06-27-2009, 12:20 AM
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i usually find a piece of fabric that catches my eye and can't live without it, I buy 3 to 5 yards (just to make sure I have enough) and then I wait until the right project comes along. I then go to my stash to find coordinating colors and if I need more then it's off to my LQS, where I usually find another piece I can't live without and here we go again! :D
06-27-2009, 06:05 PM
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Originally Posted by amma
I am like a little kid and am drawn to any brightly colored shiny object :D :D :roll: I like to see how I can use dark colors to set them off even more.
Two fabrics I found are so bright they almost hurt your eyes...one is oranges and the other is pinks :lol: I just had to have them 8) 8) 8)
Two fabrics I found are so bright they almost hurt your eyes...one is oranges and the other is pinks :lol: I just had to have them 8) 8) 8)
06-27-2009, 06:07 PM
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Originally Posted by cutebuns
what ever takes my fancy, might be some embroidery that I am putting in, might be a piece of fabric, my mood plays a part, sometimes it depends on who the quilt is for. Depends on the block or blocks. It changes more than the wind does.
06-27-2009, 10:21 PM
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Since maybe 95% of my work is made as gifts, I end up choosing colors for the recipients; their favorites or the color scheme of the room(s) in which they may put the quilt item. For myself, there is no consistency, for example, I made a long wallhanging for the empty wall above the stairwell in bright red, yellow, royal blue. I made a wallhanging in golds, creams, browns, touch of green, for my "tuscan" bedroom and my new lapquilt for me is different yet again. It makes life interesting. Also, I have never repeated a quilt pattern, maybe a block, but not the overall design. There are just too many to try so I guess I just have to live forever, unless there is a quilting heaven!
06-28-2009, 02:44 AM
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Originally Posted by sewhappy57
i usually find a piece of fabric that catches my eye and can't live without it, I buy 3 to 5 yards (just to make sure I have enough) and then I wait until the right project comes along. I then go to my stash to find coordinating colors and if I need more then it's off to my LQS, where I usually find another piece I can't live without and here we go again! :D
This is what I do. The problem is that my hubby says I have too much fabric that I couldn't live without. But, that is his problem not mine. :lol:
06-28-2009, 03:38 AM
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Originally Posted by kluedesigns
i've always been drawn to color. if things aren't colorful i actually feel like my retina is hurting.
i take my color ques from nature and when i studied natural surroundings i discovered that all colors go together and its value and tone that makes them play well with each other.
i take my color ques from nature and when i studied natural surroundings i discovered that all colors go together and its value and tone that makes them play well with each other.
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06-28-2009, 08:20 AM
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I love the 1930's fabrics. Also green and rose. Blues and yellow are alright but Im more of a green person. I love the marble fabrics in all colors and batiks. I also like red, white and blue for stars. It just depends on what I am making. I have made two quilts from brown and turquoise and loved the results.
06-29-2009, 03:39 AM
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Originally Posted by Shemjo
I look for a focus fabric and coordinate with it. Then when I am in among the fabrics, whatever catches my eye is what I NEED at the moment, which I why I am limiting my trips to the LQS until I find a place to put what I already have! :?
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