Color Challenged
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Hi All,
I have to do a block for a quilt guild member who is leaving our group and relocating to a different state. The block can be any design and must be 12.5" unfinished, BUT it has to contain orange. I have never worked with orange didn't even have any orange in my stash. I did buy 1/2 yd of an orange bright, but nothing in my stash seems to be pleasing with it. I've pulled out greens, yellows, purples, but it all looks yucky to me!. I guess I just hate orange! If worse comes to worse, I'll just whip up a pinwheel block with the orange and a cream. Hmm...Dreamsicle comes to mind. Anyone have any ideas about what to use with orange in a pleasing block?
I have to do a block for a quilt guild member who is leaving our group and relocating to a different state. The block can be any design and must be 12.5" unfinished, BUT it has to contain orange. I have never worked with orange didn't even have any orange in my stash. I did buy 1/2 yd of an orange bright, but nothing in my stash seems to be pleasing with it. I've pulled out greens, yellows, purples, but it all looks yucky to me!. I guess I just hate orange! If worse comes to worse, I'll just whip up a pinwheel block with the orange and a cream. Hmm...Dreamsicle comes to mind. Anyone have any ideas about what to use with orange in a pleasing block?
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Originally Posted by Loretta
The only time I seem to like orange in a quilt is when it has a fall theme. Could you use rust and browns?
#8
I'm the charter member of the "I hate orange" club. I like orange things--oranges, cheese, sunsets--but I just don't like the color. You have my sympathy. I like your Creamsicle idea--why poison other colors when you could let white take the hit???
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