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?

Orange is my FAVORITE color. I must have felt sorry for it as a kid, so it became my favorite. Poor orange, no one likes it :(

Earthy tones with orange are the best way to go I think.

dark orange with reds would be nice.

regular orange with really pale yellows.

Yes, the maple leave lends itself to that pattern with browns, rust, purple, maroon, deep green. (Sorry - I love orange)

You could do a citrus theme - orange, lime, green, yellow and white

Pull out your color wheel and try the opposing color, or maybe a triad scheme. Or have you though of just using a small bit or orange.

for me orange is a neutral color - it goes with everything.

since you've purchased a bright orange i would go down the citrus road as previously suggested.

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???

Did you see the interactive color wheel from a post this moring?

Another vote for Autumn themes!

Poor orange..... since you did go with the bright...unless you want to spend some more on poor orange for this block..I'd definetly go citrus...

Here's a quilt I did as a wedding gift.
The bride's favorite color is orange.
Yes, it was a challenge, but it came out beautiful.
I think it's maybe on the top 3 of my favs

http://www.quiltingboard.com/posts/list/30/9738.page

You'll have to scroll down for the pic

I like orange with purple, cream and a mossy green.

Hate is such an ugly word, is it not?....so I'll say I strongly dislike orange. BUT, the quilt I am still waiting for from my long arm quilter has some orange in it. My focus fabric in that quilt is a paisley with black, rusts, greens, golds and oranges. It was great because I pulled all those colors out with my other fabrics....and orange was one of them. Turned out very nice.

Olive green goes well with orange and you wouldn't have to use a lot of the orange!




Ninnie

Orange is not my favorite color either. The ice cream block (orange and cream) sounds like a winner to me. But also orange looks nice with browns, rusts, yellows and of course black.

I'm a huge fan of orange. I once read every quilt should have some orange in it! Check out this gal's site: http://howaboutorange.blogspot.com/

Use your orange with abandon. Orange is directly across the color wheel from blue, which complements it nicely. Or try a warm approach with oranges, yellows and reds. Mix in a white and I bet your block will be bold and beautiful. Don't overthink it, just throw in some colors and sew.

My physical therapist just gave me a lot of fabric since she has changed hobbies. So, when I joined the Pioneer 09 BOM, I decided to somehow use 2 of her oranges. These are my 4 fabrics for the block:

...a pale orange with a sublte print
...a bold orange solid
...a cream background with a tiny print of dots of orange in teenie flowers
...a brown with rows of cream dots.

I'm liking it!

Next week I hope to photo and post my first 2 months blocks when hubby can help. You probably would like it sooner, but my mom is coming so I will not be participating here much until next week.

I love orange. Not the really bright orange, but the muted fall orange. It's a fall color and I love fall colors. Browns and yellows go well with orange.

Thanks to everyone for all the great ideas! I'm still considering my options, but at least I have options now, LOL.

how much time do you have? can you do a solid orange block with "creamwork" embroidery? or textile paint work? that way, you don't have to wrack your brain over what matches. or cut out leaves in various colors and machine or needle turn applique them onto the orange solid.

Orange is my favorite color. It works beautifully with autumn colors and I once did a Halloween quilt of primarily orange and a purple print with scarecrows on it -- the orange and purple looked great together.

Your Dreamsicle idea is more conservative but brings happy childhood memories. I can taste one now.

Hi - I made a scrapy, strippy quilt using orange, black, just a touch of green, gold and a little red. Came out great! I like orange!

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