Wow, that fall quilt is an eye-opener; the Christmas pickles are delicious. Both are fantastic!! :thumbup:
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I've always hated RED ad my Mum thot white blonde haired little girls looked GREAT in red. Funny tho, now that I am "ah-hum" OLDER, I am more RED tolerant. My FAV color is burgundy - go figure...
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[quote=jdavis]I dislike Olive Green! But when I decided to do the Christmas Pickle quilt from Lynda Milligan and Nancy Smith's book, Home for the Holidays, I made myself include all greens, regardless! I spent about a year picking up fat quarters until I had over 60 green prints. Not a single batik or hand dyed in the bunch. I ended up using 59 of those prints. (See attached) The photo color may be a tiny bit off - a bit blue-ish I think.
Now this is a green I could love. Your quilt is simply delicious!! Cheryl |
I don't mind greens or oranges at all, if they are in the right arrangement.
Speaking of arrangements, I am surprised that I really like your pickle quilt. I usually go for thinking with...I like samplers and appliques especially, but I really like this. Don't know If I would be brave enough to do one, but yours looks great. I also like your fall quilt, and I think orange can be a great contrasting color in some quilts. One of the top designers, can't recall her name right now, always quilts with orange thread, bc she believes it gives a little something something to it. I think it could be very interesting. I think we grow when we try knew things. Good for you, that you conquered your green aversion and look at your reward. Btw, I am not a big fan of olive, but think with either pink or yellow, could be very pretty, believe it or not. :wink: |
I love that Pickle Quilt! It's pretty!!!
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I have already checked out the Home for the Holidays book on Amazon as I REALLY love that Christmas Pickle quilt. As much as I hate them, I had better start on my green collection to be ready to make the quilt in the fall for the Holidays.
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Thank you!
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Thank you all for the kind words.
Wow Wendy, if you think you can do the pickle quilt in time for Christmas, you must have a lot of free time! Good luck, and have fun! I have been working 50+ hours/week for the past 6 weeks, so I've had very little quilting time. I only check this message board during my breaks at work, so I'm usually way behind on the latest topics! |
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