Originally Posted by Prism99
Colors go in and out of style regularly. For a long time it was impossible to find yellows. That's one reason why quilters build a "stash".
I once made a quilt that used 22 shades of graduated pinks -- I had to buy over 30 pieces to get the right pink -- there are blue, yellow, beige and all sorts of off shades. And I don't even like pink!!! But the lady had been wonderful when my DH was terminally ill.