Originally Posted by Cookn
Quiltncrazy,
One thing I do for color combos is to pick up paint swatches at Home Depot or Lowe's. They are free and often contain many colors of the same family. It makes it so easy to visualize what goes with what and see different tints. Then all I have to do is find the color value I want and go from there. I tend to go with bright vibrant colors and my Lovely Lady goes for more traditional combinations. We compliment each other quite well. I'm way left of center and Linda is much more balanced and she enjoys my sick and twisted sense of humor.
We only have two addictions quilting and food, and we don't keep track of expenses.
whoa, you'll read my second reply, before you see this one...we really do have a lot in common, Cookn. I use the paint cards too. In fact, took some to my daughter, bc she wants her quilt to be a 'certain' color of what she was calling fuschia.
When she saw fuschia paint card, "no, it's a little darker than that",...ends up, 1 - about the same color she picked for her daughter's quilt, and 2 - I got a what I call a tonal (?), differernt shades in that realm, so there's bound to be the right shade in there.
I love this color also, so will end up making 3 quilts, eventually, with different themes, but not all that far apart.
Linda sounds like a good fit for you. Opposites and all that. Glad you guys agree, on monetary stuff. Makes for a much happier relationship, when you don't have all that in the way. Don't think we ever type-talked before, nice meeting you Cookn. You seem, LOL, like an interesting person, to me. :lol: :lol: :lol: