Gray?
 

I like some gray but prefer it more for a backing. Of course it all depends a lot on the pattern as far as I'm concerned. I would have liked it better if the artist would've used a darker gray - to black. It is a gorgeous quilt though!

ohh I`m one who loves the grays....I guess it depends on taste , but to me it is a great background fabric.

I actually like that quilt with the dark gray. A nice change from a black background. I think probably everyone has colors they don't particularly like. I seem to have trouble with purple.

You aren't alone! I do not like grey at all. I think it's "cold."

Our older daughter will be getting married this summer, and is not a fan of "traditional" quilts. Their bedroom is grey with burgundy accents. I've purchased a several cuts of grey, a couple of burgundies and am going to ... Do something with it! Honestly, I think something like the Jelly Roll Race quilt would be her taste! So varying strips of grey, with occasional blocks or HST's of burgundy, may be what ends up coming together. It'd certainly be easy.

I don't mind gray in the right context. But yup, I dislike heartily the yellow greens!! Ugggg, to each his own :)

I don't mind the grey in this particular quilt because it's a mottled/marbled grey, but I do agree that the solid flat grey used in many modern quilts just does my head in. At least in the quilt you linked, there is some interest in the grey background.

I love gray/grey. I use it a lot. There are cold grays, for sure, but there are some that read as warm. A gray is far less harsh than black (which I also love and use a lot), and less likely to get dirty and dingy looking than white or cream. Plus a lot of home decor is geared toward grays now, so quilts with gray sell well, go for high prices at charity auctions, and tend to make recipients who are setting up new homes or nurseries very happy.

I agree. Beautifully pieced but not crazy with the background color. My best friend lives in Phoenix now and she really wasn't impressed with the quilts in the show. She did like that it wasn't as crowded as the Road to California quilt show but then she went on the first day.

I like gray but not all for backgrounds. Some are too cold, or appear dirty to me. But I have seen gray used very effectively in some quilts, especially more modern quilts.

I am in awe of the quilting on this quilt, and I do like the grey. In most cases where I've seen grey I have liked it a lot, but I'm in the process of using it in a quilt now and not sure that I like it in MY quilt, but hopefully that will change as the quilt gets assembled.

It's a beautiful quilt and the quilting is spectacular, but I also am not loving the gray so much. But, to each his own.

OMG! Did anyone zoom over that quilt and see the quilting? It took my breath away! Gorgeous!

I do own some fabrics that have med gray with a yellow/gold in it and those I love. But other than that I am not a big fan. I guess it depends on what else is put along side the gray.

My granddaughter has asked me to make her another quilt (made 2 for her last year) and she wants it in yellow and gray. Can't wait to get started.

I feel rather lukewarm about the whole gray trend. Don't hate it but probably wouldn't include in my projects.

I think gray goes well with black and white for piecing, but not as a background color, well at least not in the quilt on the link. Gray can work with other colors, too. I can see it with blue, burgundy, maybe even red (although I'm not a fan of red).

i just had a request for a grey and yellow chevron .....i used a yellow bandana print with a tone on tone grey ....wasn't sure when i started the project but it turned out ok ...

I HATE grey and yellow and it seems to be all over the place

I'm with you--not wild about the greys all over the place. The other color combo I see everywhere, which I really dislike, is all the light blues with baby-poop green. Yuck! :p

Okay, so the dear friend's daughter was having a baby and chose not to find out the sex of the baby so I went with this and she loved it. And since we live in Ohio and Ohio State University has "Scarlet and Grey" - every quilt that the DH wants is grey with red and white.

Not a fan of grey , but I also not a fan of stainless steel appliances.

I love how this quilt turned out. And yes, I looked at least briefly at the quilting. Amazing. And I do like the grey/gray! But I do think it is overused currently and then will go out of vogue...and then some will say, "that is so dated/vintage/out of style/yesterday", etc.:D

I'm with you there. Much prefer wood in the kitchen--or at least wood veneer to warm the whole place up!

Growing up I despised gray. But, as with most things, my tastes have changed through the years. My preference with gray is a very soft, clear, light gray which, trust me, is VERY difficult to find. There are so many other colors that go with it beautifully. To me, neutrals are peaceful. As others have said, I don't care for darker grays and I, also, find those depressing.

I like grey. I find black to...odd.. For a background. I like white or grey. But that's just me. Probably because I have too many pets for black to be a safe color lol.

I like the soft grays, but not the battleship gray.

After living in the Seattle area for 18+ years, I don't want anything gray. Nuff said.

I like different grays as a neutral background color it really depends on the colors and the quilt block - I really like white or off white background too - I think that looks very clean.

I have seen a few with gray and think they are pretty. thinking of trying one myself...

I do like gray in a quilt, but, like you, I don't particularly like it in that quilt. Maybe it's the picture, not the gray.

I made a quilt for my 19 year old dgd for Christmas that used a dark charcoal gray blender as background, but there were only two fabric, both bright with a lot of black/gray sprinkled in them. It was perfect for the quilt, and my dgd loves it, but I don't see me making many quilts with a gray background.

After I typed that, I realized that I have a plan for a two fabric quilt that uses a light gray as sashing, but it's perfect for that quilt. So I guess I will be making another quilt with gray as a background!

I just bought some gray plaid flannel to go with a girly pink/blue/gold/gray print. Love it adn I"m not a fan of gray

Very pretty

I'm not a huge fan of the darker greys. I think many of them look like washed out black.

Not loving the grey just saw a fq set from Moda, reds and grays. ok I love red and white and red and black combos but gray? ugh.. it reminds me of laundry in the day when you washed new jeans with something white on accident and how your clothes came out.. grayish? ugh. I have yet to purchase any.

My father was red/green colorblind. He would bring home a new vehicle and tell us it was so pretty, color just beautiful. When the sun came up.......it was gray. I think it was the only color that didn't hurt his eyes.

A very long time ago when I was a little girl my mother painted our living room and dining room pink with gray trim. It looked flat and not very interesting-but obviously remembered. I am making a baby quilt for a girl to be born in May-pink and gray. I did toss in some white and lots of dots-gray fabric with white dots and pink fabric with irregular dots. I is going to be better than I first thought-in fact I like it. As for the quilt in question, I think it is very modern and innovative. It certainly showcases the quilting. I think the use of gray stands up to the bright and pure colors of the design. I see lots of things that I would never put together but try to see the beauty through someone else's vision.

Until recently I didn't realize there were so many different shades of grey. A friend of mine is having a baby and her colors are aqua, yellow and.............................grey. I didn't have enough of the grey she liked in my stash so went out looking for another one to add to it as this one is no longer available (yes, I've checked). I found one I thought would look okay until I got it home and it had a green cast to it. Didn't look greenish at the store so I'm wondering about their lighting compared to what I have over my cutting table? Anyway, came up with another alternative from my stash so the one I bought will just be put into the stash. Connecting Threads is always having a sale on something and I just received their magazine for March. Went online as they were advertising variegated quilting threads which I have a few of from long ago and wanted to add to them. Didn't read on the magazine it was for March though so couldn't find them but found lots of fabrics on sale and have a bunch in greys, aqua and yellows as I found I had very few in my stash. So much for not buying fabric this year.

I like gray, but not that particular "dead" gray. That quilt is a " bust" in my book.

grey seems to be the new color for curtains and drapes also, several different shades