klgreene

Oh, I love green. That's my favorite color. It's the first color in what ever pattern I'm doing that I look for. There are so many different colors of green that go with everything. Just look outside your window and even in winter, there are a lot of shades of green. I have a hard time with blues. And there isn't a color I don't like.

nstitches4u

I have "umpteen" shades of green, but I never have the right one and have to go buy new fabric for whatever I am working on. lol

Ccorazone

The Chevron pattern from QuiltersCache would look good in shades of green.

noveltyjunkie

Exactly! I love many shades of green, but there are many many more! Yellow is the same, but less so. Orange is a tricky customer as well!!

jollyquilting

I'm not too fond of green either but thinking of using some kelly green in a runner.

faykilgore

Can we just make a quilt block? Then someone (are you volunteering?) could assemble all the ugly green quilt blocks. Might turn out very interesting. I love green but it does seem to have a broader range than the other colors.

quiltingshorttimer

I'm a "green" person--love most shades of greens. I especially like greens with brights (but not a bright green) or blues, purples, turquoise, other greens, burgandy, tan, grays.... you get the picture! But greens are tricky--someone mentioned the yellow vs. blue undertones. When you look at the color wheel, it's easy to see that green is likely to go toward one of those primary colors unless it's a true kelly green with a perfect blend of both yellow and blue. The key to greens is to make sure that regardless of the value or shade, saturation, or brightness, that you stay with one "type" of undertone--either the yellows or the blues. And when working with other colors, check the color wheel and see which colors go best with the yellow/green vs. the blue/green--usually it means just stepping over a color one direction or the other on the color wheel from where you would like up the true, kelly green for a triadic or quadaic match, etc. For instance, I love a yellow/green avocado green with turquoise--but the bluegreens compete too much with turquoise. and a blue/green looks well with a purple and maybe magenta or orange but clashes with turqoise or other colors close to the greenish/yellow hues. and think about that garden--the dark greens look great with bright rose, yellow or red--but may overpower a light blue or pale violet. I covet the garden catalogs that are coming in the mail right now--I tear out color "swatchs" of ones I like how they blend in the pictures of flowers and greenery. Great ideas!

raksmum

I love green but am like many others and have a hard time finding just the right shade. Went through that today when picking colors for my latest quilt, found all the colors I needed and spent an extra half hour looking for just the right green.

busy fingers

I like green and most of my quilts have green in them - but having said that I spend a lot of time looking for the "right" green.

lots2do

That's a great idea! I am rethinking my position on the ugly greens.