Help w/boy quilts colors
02-27-2021, 03:58 AM
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TY to everyone who submitted ideas for colors. Took YOUR advise and shopped my fabric for colors you recommended. Decided to do Jacob's Ladder. Pulled 2 colorful fat quarters that had aged long enough, found coordinating fabrics (I think), noticed it was time for bed and fabric choices would probably look better in the morning. (Waiting for sunrise.)
When I was looking for color options for JL quilt I saw a quilt that someone had made using a panel that had lots of printed masks. You'd cut them out for a mask but instead were used for a quilt! What a fabulous idea! Found 3 panels at Quilt in a Day...yep ordered them. Smiling showing lots of teeth, mustaches, tongue sticking out, Santa beard, snowman carrot nose. What fun!!!
When I was looking for color options for JL quilt I saw a quilt that someone had made using a panel that had lots of printed masks. You'd cut them out for a mask but instead were used for a quilt! What a fabulous idea! Found 3 panels at Quilt in a Day...yep ordered them. Smiling showing lots of teeth, mustaches, tongue sticking out, Santa beard, snowman carrot nose. What fun!!!
02-28-2021, 10:25 AM
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It is really hard to produce quilts that are non-gendered, for males of all ages. And I really balk myself at the whole idea of "boy quilts/girl quilts".
This is where the colour wheel is your friend...try using the intermediate colours ie. red-orange, purples, yellow-greens. Essex linens also play well for non-gender quilts.
For older males, the Japanese dobby cloth fabrics come in textured, muted tones that make elegant, non-gendered quilts.
This is where the colour wheel is your friend...try using the intermediate colours ie. red-orange, purples, yellow-greens. Essex linens also play well for non-gender quilts.
For older males, the Japanese dobby cloth fabrics come in textured, muted tones that make elegant, non-gendered quilts.
03-01-2021, 01:29 PM
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Ended using Plan B. Took apart two coordinating jelly rolls and used them to make a kinda Jacob's Ladder. Turned out really cool. Has teal print and gray prints with other non primary colors. Gonna be hard to give this one away but I will.
Lesson learned: Use jelly rolls to train my brain to think of dif color ways. Have two FQ bundles of Kaffe Fasset prints so those will REALLY challenge my color theory issues...lol. Wish me luck.
Lesson learned: Use jelly rolls to train my brain to think of dif color ways. Have two FQ bundles of Kaffe Fasset prints so those will REALLY challenge my color theory issues...lol. Wish me luck.
