My 8 year old grandson wants a quilt for his twin size bed. He wants navy blue and orange. I would like a simple pattern and do you think orange and navy blue will look okay or should another color be added? Thanks.
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My 8 year old grandson wants a quilt for his twin size bed. He wants navy blue and orange. I would like a simple pattern and do you think orange and navy blue will look okay or should another color be added? Thanks.
Orange and blue are okay together - they were my school colors - and they are the school colors for one of the universities or colleges in Florida!
They are opposite of each other on the color wheel - so they work okay together (depending on the shades of orange and blue, of course!)
here is the navy blue and pumpkin orange top I am making for a friend who went to SU in New York.
I also did a block in navy blue and a brighter orange, which looked ok too. This is the day and night blocks, but it is not for a little boys room, but you can see what the colors look like.
What my grandson liked the best was the drag-around quilts I made from panels. One is a spiderman panel and the other is cars. He uses them every day.
Syl
Last edited by ThreadHead; 09-30-2012 at 03:51 PM.
Syl
Navy blue and orange are U. of Illinois colors . Pretty together can add white or black maybe. Just a thought.
Navy blue and orange go together great: I am from Illinois so I see a great deal of those colors. If you want a simple quilt, make 4 patches with solid fabrics in-between. Go to QuiltersCache.com and look at their patterns.
For a easy quilt that looks harder, I'd grab a black for the center square of the block and make a Disappearing 9 Patch. Here's a link to a three color one.
http://www.quiltingboard.com/members...37-336899.html
That picture is huge. For a look at the whole quilt, go to 'Pictures', then 'Quilt Gallery', then 'D9P'. It will be there.
There are good tutorials for that pattern here on the QB and on the web in some blogs.
Last edited by irishrose; 09-30-2012 at 12:39 PM.
Half square triangles in those 2 colors would give you lots of layout possibilities.
Here you go Mimi....how about Hunters star pattern: http://www.equiltpatterns.com/quiltp...roducts_id=549
I think Navy and Orange go together wellGood luck
SUEB
I think those colors will work wonderfully together.
alternately, do one orange on blue and the next block blue on orange.
Last edited by QM; 09-30-2012 at 03:36 PM.
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