I recently saw an interesting quilt done on solid backgrounds called Bottled Rainbows. You can google it and see it. I thought it was gorgeous. I'm also very drawn to the Amish quilts which are always solids and sometimes on black backgrounds. I believe they're beautiful!

I work out the overall design of my quilt and then search out the colors - usually use more solids than anything else. The only time I have trouble is when I try to stick to what is in my stash - I need the wide selection of several fabric stores. LOL Probably wouldn't have this trouble if I used someone else's patterns. Usually the color I want is a shade or two different than the one I have on hand. Economics is going to change my choices soon.

I think it depends on the quilt, :)

I really like solids and use them often, even all solid quilts. If you use lots of various brights and set them off with black, that makes an eye catching statement.
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i am a fabric 'junkie' i love them all *except blue* solid mixed in as a blender really makes design pop.....sigh......I just plain love quilting, every step of the process !!!!!!!

I most always use solids in my quilts! they just set the prints off and add more dimention to your quilt.

My sewing room is a mess right now. It is used as a guest room also and even though it is 14 by 20 when you have a guest it is scrunched up and I cannot have all of my tables up. One of our sons is with us right now and really I would rather have him than all the stuff.

I don't purchase any solid colors anymore it seems (or should I write "it seams"...hehe). One of my mantra's about 3 years ago is that every fabric I pick up MUST be a print that reads as a solid. I love every piece of fabric to be working - if that makes sense. Even if it's just the slightest pattern... I like that.

I do agree I have seen some quilting that turns solid fabric into a work of art...but.. that would not be my hand quilting.. or anything that I can afford to have done. It's sure gorgeous when it's done right.

I am not big on solids but do use them sometimes with a nine patch to bring out the busy fabrics on my preemie quilts

I LOVE solids in 2 color quilts. Otherwise, I only use them as an accent. I've seen some really fine quilts made with solids, but these women were artists (really, they went to art school and all).

I tend to go more toward blenders or fabrics that read as solids. I've never cared much for solids but do use them on occasion.

I love solids! I am most partial to black because I prefer to make either bright quilts or autumn colors and black makes them POP! Sometimes you just need a solid to calm a quilt down or at the very lest keep you from getting dizzy.

I almost always have some solid in a quilt. I especially like to use them as the narrow strip in borders. I have a wonderful collection of solid scraps--most were given to me when solids were "out"--and I certainly would not want to part with them. Have made a "male" Log Cabin with only solids. No pink, no purple, no posies!

I love adding solids as accent, but don't think I'd care for an all solid quilt. Of course, my quilting is not of a quality I'd want to draw that much attention to. LOL

I'm way behind everybody. I'm just now starting to really like solids. I ordered some FQ of all solids and a charm pack of pure black. I'm going to try a simple "Amish" looking quilt. I'm very excited about what the quilt will look like. I love Amish quilts now.

I have never made an all solid quilt, but I do almost always a couple of solids in my quilts. I was at one of the LQS in my area recently and I was trying to find a solid for a top I was putting together. I mentioned to her that she didn't have many solids and she said most quilter's don't use solids. I thought that was kind of sad. It can help your other fabrics really pop!

I've made lots of quilts using only solids, but I almost always use solids for sashing and binding when I use prints for the block piecing. I think it's because my grandmother did it that way.

I'm a solids fan from way back in my garment sewing days...I never used a lot of busy prints in my clothing. I use a lot of solids in my applique. I love the modern quilts using solids and especially the use of solids as negative space with a few colorful print blocks. There doesn't have to be a lot of fancy quilting on the solids...imaginative use of straight or gently curving lines is, many times, all that's needed.

The only solid I really use is Black. I like the marbles or tone on tone as they give it a softer movement than solids. I just like the softer look.

My use of solids after reading this thread.
 

I have been called upon to make a quilt for someone having chemo and she loves butterflies. I had these two bright print butterfly fabrics so decided to go for the solids and use 9 patch blocks in the quilt. The square center panel of butterflies is the middle of the top just to give you an idea of the size of the quilt top so far.

First pic was sideways so I added one upright. It's only part of the top, couldn't get a good angle of the whole thing.

I've been eating solids since I was about 6 months old. Oh, you mean fabric! The only problem I have with solids is telling good side from bad side. I'm not sure it matters, but I am a bit nutsy about stuff like that.

I like solids but don't have enough of them. I have so many florals that when I walk in the room I can feel my allergies coming on!! :)

I love solids!

I practically never use solids. If I get a block of the month or a rare kit and if there are solids I usually pull them out and find a tone on tone to use. I just don't like using them. Much much prefer to use the tone on tones!!

I like the look of tone on tones better than straight solids...personal preference. Besides, they hide the boo-boos so much better! LOL! Think that may be the real reason I like them so much.
I've discovered that I also like the prints that read more as solid for most things. However there's nothing like the the big vibrant color prints for kaleidoscope type quilts. Have one in progress sitting in it's stack of paper plates waiting to be stitched together when I get done with the other projects that have 'due dates' on 'em. Seems like those push the ones we do just for fun farther and farther back on the back burner.

As a handquilter I love solids. The quilting shows up so well on a solid color block. If the quilt top is made with florals or prints I always use a solid backing so the quilting will show somewhere.

I tend to like solids for background. Since I applique alot of quilts I find the solid background appeals to me better than print or tone on tone. But saying that my applique pieces tend to be bright and made of prints. tone on tone. etc. very little solids in the applique pieces. Even the hearts in the Rose of Sharon quilt are tone on tone.

LOL, you sound like me! I didn't think I had many solids till I reorganized my fabrics and decided to seperate my solids. WOW, I had way more than I realized. So now I'm using them more. But I still love my florals and am always drawn to them.

I like solids, especially brightly colored ones. I use them a lot, but I have never made a quilt entirely of solids.

I need to like solids. I have a whole drawer full. I bought them when I first started. The quilt in my avatar is the only quilt in which I used them.

now that you mentioned it , all my quilts have plenty of solids in them

I love solids it give a quilter's imagination the freedom to create, like paint on a blank canvas.

Check out this freebie: http://blog.missouriquiltco.com/awes...quilt-pattern/

I've bought the charms and jelly rolls for four different palettes to make four different wall hangings/throws. This is a very contemporary pattern that lends itself to men and urbanites alike.

I designed a quilt top using just solids. I love them. I feel there is just color and shape, no competition from print.
What I don't like about solids: the small selection. I don't rely on online pictures...they can be vastly different in person.
So...I dye fabric to get what I'm looking for.