low contrast quilts? always fail?
05-19-2012, 02:44 PM
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[ATTACH=CONFIG]336452[/ATTACH]i made this quilt for a sister in law a couple years ago- as you can see the star blocks are all creams/tans- very low contrast- but work well---you do not always have to add a WOW---sometimes subtlety is nice too.
i think your grandmother's choices are beautiful- and would not add something with high contrast....but that's just my opinion.
i think your grandmother's choices are beautiful- and would not add something with high contrast....but that's just my opinion.
05-19-2012, 05:58 PM
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Originally Posted by lfletcher
Sometimes low contrast quilts work just fine. It's the blended look and several books were written on it. If your Gran picked out the fabrics then she must love them and I would hesitate to introduce anything too bright or dark.
05-19-2012, 06:01 PM
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Originally Posted by jljack
Please look at the quilt I made with similar colors. It came out really soft and inviting looking, without the need for any OOMPH! It was the plan that it be neutral, and the colors worked out perfectly.
http://www.quiltingboard.com/picture...t-t188735.html
http://www.quiltingboard.com/picture...t-t188735.html
05-19-2012, 06:03 PM
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Originally Posted by paulswalia
Here's a blue and green quilt I made recently with not much contrast except for some darker green thrown in - it becomes a very soft and calming quilt. I like your colors and think the blu echeck might turn out to be more of a contrast than you think right now, depending on the percentage of use.
http://www.quiltingboard.com/picture...d-t186376.html
http://www.quiltingboard.com/picture...d-t186376.html
05-19-2012, 09:22 PM
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i just finished the first row and it is certainly *not* a failure!
it is so damn pretty i think my gran is going to burst! and it really will light up the room it is being made to live in.
oh. i am so pleased. i love that first moment when you get something together and you did it. it really really works.
i'll post some pictures when the top is all done. i'm hoping that happens tomorrow!
and much gratitude from me to you for sharing your pictures and thoughts. they are both appreciated more than i can say
wish me luck!
aileen
it is so damn pretty i think my gran is going to burst! and it really will light up the room it is being made to live in.
oh. i am so pleased. i love that first moment when you get something together and you did it. it really really works.
i'll post some pictures when the top is all done. i'm hoping that happens tomorrow!
and much gratitude from me to you for sharing your pictures and thoughts. they are both appreciated more than i can say
wish me luck!
aileen
05-27-2012, 01:25 AM
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well..the top is finished and i think it's so pretty. i'll take it to my gran on monday. i'll let you know what she says.
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now accepting all quilting suggestions!!!
if i had more time (i feel like i am somehow racing....) i would handquilt an amish daisy chain with the flowers landing on the small pinwheels and the chain crisscrossing through the sashing and blocks. maybe it's time to learn how to machine quilt something more interesting than grids and straight lines
aileen
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[ATTACH=CONFIG]338096[/ATTACH]
now accepting all quilting suggestions!!!
if i had more time (i feel like i am somehow racing....) i would handquilt an amish daisy chain with the flowers landing on the small pinwheels and the chain crisscrossing through the sashing and blocks. maybe it's time to learn how to machine quilt something more interesting than grids and straight lines
aileen
05-27-2012, 01:28 AM
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those photos don't do the colours any favours. maybe once it's done a truer picture could be taken outside. i hope so.
oh.
i love this moment, whenthe last stiitch has gone into the top and you get to see it.
yes.
yes.
aileen
oh.
i love this moment, whenthe last stiitch has gone into the top and you get to see it.
yes.
yes.
aileen
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