Any colors you struggle with?
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Any colors you struggle with?
I am curious... Is there a color you have a really hard time with, maybe avoid altogether? For some reason I have found that I avoid both pink and brown. I have seen beautiful quilts others have made that included one or the other, so I am not sure I can explain it.
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My problem color is yellow. Since I've been using up my scraps, I find myself struggling to find some to add. To a lesser extent, oranges and purples, too. Surprisingly, even though I don't particularly like olive green, I seem to have quite a few in my scraps, and have to push myself to use them.
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I seem to have problems incorporating yellow. I like it but I just don't put it into quilts. I do use gold a lot. I admire the work of others who use yellow in lovely quilts.
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Because of something that happened to me when I was young, I have a problem with red. It is someone else's favorite color and that someone did something to me. I might use cranberry or crimson so that my quilts are not dull, but I do not care for bright Christmasy red.
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Purple - I'm just not drawn to it so I have to make a point of buying it for my stash. Right now I'm cutting out for scrappy blocks, and still have to remind myself to occasionally grab the purples.
It's not that I dislike purple, it just does not say "come play with me" when I look at it, like the other colors do.
I have a sister that must feel the same way. I bought out her stash, over 300 yards, most in 1-2 yard cuts. And not a purple in the bunch!
It's not that I dislike purple, it just does not say "come play with me" when I look at it, like the other colors do.
I have a sister that must feel the same way. I bought out her stash, over 300 yards, most in 1-2 yard cuts. And not a purple in the bunch!
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