joym

I am making a CHILD'S crumb quilt for charity. It has lots of small child centered prints. I have lots of black sashing strips and wondering if I could use black for a child's quilt. Opinions please.
Thanks in advance. You all are so helpful.

ratherhaverain

Go for the black! It can really spark a quilt that has bright colors--like kids prints. I don't think that people see black as a funeral color anymore if that's what you were thinking.

sewingitalltogether

No. On a child's quilt I'd use a bright blue, red or a green. Now, if it was for me then I'd say black. Use something bright, turquoise etc.

MadQuilter

If the other prints are bright, then black would be great.

PurplePassion

Black will set off the bright colors. Go for it!

quiltmouse

I acquired a bonus granddaughter, ready made at age 5. I wanted to make her a doll quilt. I asked her her favorite colors, she said pink, blue, green, purple, and black. I scratched my head over it for a while, then bought bright batiks and solid black & made an amish style quilt, with 9 bright/black pinwheels, sashed in black, small black border, then 4 rows (one each color) of checkerboard, then an outer black border. The back was a batik in all the colors, and I bound it with that, too. Ended up 36" square. I make my doll quilts large enough to wrap the doll in.

It depends upon the child. I am sure there will be one child in the charity THRILLED with your bright/black quilt.

charlottequilts

A narrow sashing would look better than a wide one in black, I would guess, or else the black grid would be the main thing you'd see. Perhaps use a narrow black inner sashing with a wider one in a bright color?

hugs,
Charlotte

ManiacQuilter2

Nothing wrong with using black in my opinion. It will make the bright colors POP.

dunster

I think black will be fine.

just_the_scraps_m'am

i came to find out that black is associated with one's own independence....even if i didn't know that is true, i would still use black, isn't its definition the absence of all color?