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Do you ever get stuck on one color scheme?

Old 01-26-2013, 05:10 PM
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Default Do you ever get stuck on one color scheme?

I have been sewing black/white fabrics in a quilt top and started a second one using the black/white pattern with red. Also using the black/white fabrics for the block of the month too and find that I still have so much black/white fabric in my stash. What is wrong with me that I keep purchasing black/white fabrics? It seems everytime I go to fabric store I see one or two that I don't have and buy to add to my 'collection.'
Do others do this or have done this before?
I have other colors I am using to, but it just seems that the black/whites stick out to me in the fabric sections!
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Old 01-26-2013, 05:16 PM
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Working with black and white makes choosing other colors to go with them very easy. I also love black and white in quilts and have to make a conscious decision to not use black or white in a quilt. I've gotten lazy and having black and white only or with 1 other color is easy. Challenge yourself to make a quilt with no black or white in it. Make another color, like red, your neutral!
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Old 01-26-2013, 05:26 PM
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With me it's green. I have more green fabric and thread .....
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Old 01-26-2013, 05:34 PM
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I am stuck on Civil War and 30's. But that's okay here, DH loves them both too!
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Old 01-26-2013, 05:56 PM
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i use every color i think in the rainbow. i like pretty bright colors. but
i do mix them all together sometime. ha ha but it sure is fun
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Old 01-26-2013, 06:28 PM
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I find that I have a problem with a certain line of fabrics, not so much a certain color of fabrics. I love Kansas Troubles fabrics and buy the entire line of the fabric just so I have it. I don't even have a pattern in mind when I buy the fabrics. Must be an addiction. LOL
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Old 01-26-2013, 06:38 PM
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Don't call it 'being stuck', call it 'working in a series' or your 'black and white period' like Picasso's Blue Period. Very artistic.
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Old 01-26-2013, 07:45 PM
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I am a purple freak. If in doubt, I select purple....and I have a lot of purple!!

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I love pink and green together - so those two colors always jump out at me. I have a lot of pink and green scraps and just can't turn loose of them........lol
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purples and blues for me, most quilts I do i have one or the other or both
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