"Outdated" fabric
02-11-2014, 07:11 PM
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02-11-2014, 07:17 PM
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I've got some that were popular 50+ years ago----------but I've also got projects for them.
And I would never get rid of a vintage quilt.
02-11-2014, 10:58 PM
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Mauve is not outdated, for goodness sake... it's just another color. It's pretty evident that we have become a nation of people controlled by the advertising and fashion industries. Who are THEY to tell US what's outdated and what's not? Don't drink the kool-ade, quilters. Go on what you like, not what the industry tells you is fashionable. Their profits depend on your buying what they tell you to think. We need to learn to discern when our thoughts (and our spending) are being controlled by interested parties.
If mauve is outdated, what about puce? <g>
If mauve is outdated, what about puce? <g>
I felt like mine was too snarky. So, I'm glad to see that you wrote my thoughts EXACTLY!
I happened to love the mauve/blue combo and STILL like it.
I think people have a tendency to overuse things and then when they get a little tired of it, then it is so "yesterday".
There is little doubt that the chevron stripes (what is so compelling about them that they they are so popular, anyway? They really aren't that amazing of a design--not like someone had to think for weeks/years to figure out a new style/design--, and yet someone has done a fantastic job of marketing them) and certain retro/wild styles are going to definitely be dated in 5-10 years and then some "Oh, that was so early 2010's.". I know that I don't care. If it is something that I like, it doesn't matter to me whether a magazine publisher says it is in style.
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02-11-2014, 11:07 PM
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According to Wikipedia:
Puce (variant spellings: "puse", "peuse" or "peuce") is a dark red or purple brown color,[SUP][2][/SUP] a brownish purple [SUP][3][/SUP][SUP][4][/SUP] or a dark reddish brown.[SUP][5]
[/SUP]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puce
Puce (variant spellings: "puse", "peuse" or "peuce") is a dark red or purple brown color,[SUP][2][/SUP] a brownish purple [SUP][3][/SUP][SUP][4][/SUP] or a dark reddish brown.[SUP][5]
[/SUP]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puce
02-12-2014, 04:39 AM
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The fashion industry has tried to tell us what colors we need to wear THIS year. The quilting fabric manufacturers have followed suit. I am sort of a nonconformist in that I wear what I like and I use what I want in quilts. I don't expect to enter my quilts in any juried shows, just give them to my favorite people, therefore I am free to use what I want for fabric and patterns. I don't let anyone tell me I can't so pooh, pooh, quilt police and fashion police! Quilt on!
02-12-2014, 05:10 AM
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I have some older fabrics given to me that I'm not in love with but try to work into quilts. Sometimes I use them for my "try it and see" blocks. Often I am surprised with how the fabric really works!
02-12-2014, 05:19 AM
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My first thought was I guess that's why I'm a scrappy gal. I don't think fabrics are outdated, color combo's date things. Remember green kitchens, harvest gold kitchens? Never work today. But fabrics are different. I, personally do not like a lot of the fabrics today - colors yes, styles not so much. So, I combine them and like them better. The only fabric I have gotten rid of is the cheap stuff I bought over the years. Now I'm a quilt snob on a budget.
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