Arugh!! :-(
#21
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Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Bosque County, Texas
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I think the colors are wonderful! They look so very masculine to me. Lighter colors to me would look "cute" or "pretty" not the way you'd describe a soldier involved in killing for the defense of freedom.
#22
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Join Date: Dec 2010
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quilt it with a brighter color, for example, to match one of your brighter colors like the gold. That should help brighten it overall. I think you will love this quilt when it's done--it really is pretty now.
#24
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Join Date: Jul 2010
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If I remember it correctly, there is a large applique shield in the center. In my opinion, that is the focal point of the quilt (along the triangles in the corners), and I would want enough contrast on it to draw the eye to it. The blocks you have shown us here are part of the background of the shield and therefore do not need to stand out. In other words, what you have done so far is great!
Again, sincere thanks to an American hero!
Again, sincere thanks to an American hero!
#26
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Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Southern California & New Mexico
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Remember too that the lighting conditions may be much brighter and "harsher" in the barracks so the subtle contrasts in your colors will be more noticeable. Also, if he does wash the quilt, the colors may fade a bit over time since I doubt they'll have a "delicate" cycle! The idea of the contrasting quilting on some of the darker blocks is interesting as well.
It will be gorgeous, he will love it, and his buddies will probably all want one too!
It will be gorgeous, he will love it, and his buddies will probably all want one too!
#27
I have mixed feelings about it (darkness), however, if your son is anything like my son...Anything you make for him will be "perfect"...! Thats what my son tells me...."Mom, it's perfect"... He doesn't see or care if its all on point, he doesn't know what that is...also knows Mom isn't REALLY pefect, he just tells me that I am...
Just know that he knows how much love you are putting into it...
Just know that he knows how much love you are putting into it...