has anyone made a quilt for the color blind?
#1
I have a friend who I wanted to make a quilt for but he is color blind. He can see yellows.
I don't want to make an all yellow quilt. So I am looking for some ideas. I was hoping someone here has encountered this issue before. I think he can also see blues but I don't remember and I really hesitate to ask. LOL.
Any guidance is valued!
I don't want to make an all yellow quilt. So I am looking for some ideas. I was hoping someone here has encountered this issue before. I think he can also see blues but I don't remember and I really hesitate to ask. LOL.
Any guidance is valued!
#2
I have a friend who I wanted to make a quilt for but he is color blind. He can see yellows.
I don't want to make an all yellow quilt. So I am looking for some ideas. I was hoping someone here has encountered this issue before. I think he can also see blues but I don't remember and I really hesitate to ask. LOL.
Any guidance is valued!
I don't want to make an all yellow quilt. So I am looking for some ideas. I was hoping someone here has encountered this issue before. I think he can also see blues but I don't remember and I really hesitate to ask. LOL.
Any guidance is valued!
#4
I don't think there's any harm in asking your friend.
Having said that I saw a fabric line on an online store that I liked, that was in yellow/black/white. Some were more delicate patterns, others quite bold. I think you could do a lot with that colour scheme and by using a mix of large and small patterns.
Good luck. Sounds like a fun challenge.
Having said that I saw a fabric line on an online store that I liked, that was in yellow/black/white. Some were more delicate patterns, others quite bold. I think you could do a lot with that colour scheme and by using a mix of large and small patterns.
Good luck. Sounds like a fun challenge.
#5
Although colorblind, he can still see shades/ tones.My sil is colorblind, can only see yellow, everything else is a shade of grey, but he is terrific in picking shades, even very slight variations.
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Originally Posted by scoobertina
I have a friend who I wanted to make a quilt for but he is color blind. He can see yellows.
I don't want to make an all yellow quilt. So I am looking for some ideas. I was hoping someone here has encountered this issue before. I think he can also see blues but I don't remember and I really hesitate to ask. LOL.
Any guidance is valued!
I don't want to make an all yellow quilt. So I am looking for some ideas. I was hoping someone here has encountered this issue before. I think he can also see blues but I don't remember and I really hesitate to ask. LOL.
Any guidance is valued!
#8
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Isn't there something you can buy at the quilt store to look through in order to view contrasts?
Something may look beautifully coordinated to us, but if the colors have the same density(?) it might appear as the same fabric.
Maybe you can try some of that wildlife fabric that Favorite Fabrics was showing.
http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-67025-1.htm
It's very masculine and has some gold tones in it. Use a big piece of the fabric for the center of the quilt - like a Medallion, then put some yellow flying geese or star blocks around it.
Something may look beautifully coordinated to us, but if the colors have the same density(?) it might appear as the same fabric.
Maybe you can try some of that wildlife fabric that Favorite Fabrics was showing.
http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-67025-1.htm
It's very masculine and has some gold tones in it. Use a big piece of the fabric for the center of the quilt - like a Medallion, then put some yellow flying geese or star blocks around it.
#9
I made one earlier this year.
Here it is:
http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-53950-1.htm
Good luck with yours.
Post pics!
2 Doods
Here it is:
http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-53950-1.htm
Good luck with yours.
Post pics!
2 Doods
#10
I would concentrate on the pattern and contrast. Use colors as usual for the non color blind, but make yellow a focal color and be sure there is a nice contrast so he can see the pattern. You could take a selection of fabrics for him to see and let him help with the contrast.
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