Originally Posted by ptquilts
Originally Posted by Jan in VA
The green is a "muddy neutral." The theory is that it's muddiness is a foil for the other colors, makiing them brighter.
Mary Ellen Hopkins always used to say that "every quilt needs muddies."
Oh-oh, sounds like the quilt police !! I don't think I have any muddies in any of my quilts, guess I will be going to the Big House for a long time!
Design principles are hardly quilt police! LOL! :shock: :lol:
Surely just because one doesn't agree with someone or something doesn't mean the one they are differing with is wrong/'opinionated'/demanding/critical/judgemental or any other negative description.
A principle is a principle whether we use it or like it or agree with it. We can consciously use design principles in our quilts to help us choose colors or shapes or overall design, or we can 'wing it' on our personal emotions, which is what the largest majority of us do (me included). Either works for quilts that are loved.
Neither I nor Mary Ellen Hopkins are the quilt police. (Is she still alive now?) Absolutely no judgement was meant on my part; I just happen to like the way the idea was used.
Do I always do it in MY quilts? Nope.
Do I even always remember it? Nope.
Does that matter? Double NOPE! 8-)
Jan in VA