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Originally Posted by aorlflood
(Post 6565389)
Thanks for the responses...I think I'm going to remake rows 3 & 4 as I had originally planned and put the orange between the gray stripes. That seems to be the consensus here, too.
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Originally Posted by DogHouseMom
(Post 6565336)
Can we see what it would look like without the row that has the orange stripe?
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I like the softened look of the mint green and gray without the orange. The orange just distracts IMO.
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I would make it the way your daughter wanted it...but add in a more intense shade of the green or gray to give it the pop.
When making a quilt for my little granddaughter, I decided to make a few executive decisions....they didn't go over well with DIL.... |
I like it, but you'd better ask your daughter if she likes it!!
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I have to agree that this orange is just way too bright for this quilt. I do understand your desire to add the pop of color, but since the two calm colors were requested, I would check with your daughter before adding such a jarring POP to it.
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Dunster said just what I was going to -- I love orange and use it in quilts often, but I'm not loving it here.
However, that row with the orange on the back would be a fun surprise. RSt |
Originally Posted by nvb50
(Post 6565405)
I would not put the orange in the quilt. I like the way it would look without that stripe that sticks out way too much.
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Originally Posted by playswithcolor
(Post 6565381)
Since you asked, if it were mine I would use a softer orange. More like orange sherbet. The intensity of the orange is too much and it's all your eye is drawn to.
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I like it just the way it is the orange really pops and the zig zag makes great roads for a boy to drive his cars and trucks on.
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Originally Posted by iowabsklover
(Post 6565417)
I like just the grey and mint togetherness. Don't care for the orange
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Take out the orange. It looks like an afterthought. without it, you have abeautiful low volume quilt, whichit sonds like what your daughter wants.
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i would like to see it with a yellow instead of the orange
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The gray, green, and white are lovely together.
Some things are much better without a 'pop' - which in some cases comes across more like a big crashing BANG! Sort of like having a cymbal bang in the middle of a lullabye. Disruptive. By the way,I am a fan of the color orange. But not in thatquilt. |
Girlfriend, I love it. If you change it, please post another picture. My daughter wanted the chevron pattern for her baby quilt also. I did it in graduated shades of blue with white. Even though I don't care for the chevron, it turned out very nice. I would consider making another in that pattern.
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Originally Posted by aorlflood
(Post 6565318)
My daughter is pregnant and is due in June. She asked that the baby quilt be made in mint green and gray.
I felt that just those colors would be too close in value, so I decided to add orange to make a "pop" of color. Originally, I had planned to put the orange stripe between the gray stripes on the 4th row down, but ended up making a mistake and putting it in the middle of the green stripes in the middle row. The blocks are not sewn together yet, so I could remake the 3rd and 4th rows: 3rd row would be green and white just like rows 1 & 5, and then the 4th row would be gray with orange in the middle. I could salvage the current 3rd and 4th rows by putting them on the back. I'm posting a picture of the current, but unplanned, layout and I'd really LIKE YOUR FEEDBACK!!! |
If you go with the mom's requested colors you'll have a lovely modern, calming quilt. Adding such a bright orange is more than a pop of color, it's more like a BANG! How about just a touch of a bit lighter orange in the backing instead?
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Originally Posted by nvb50
(Post 6565405)
I would not put the orange in the quilt. I like the way it would look without that stripe that sticks out way too much.
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Sorry about the "sic" it was supposed to say "since." :)
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I think very pale baby quilts are the newest thing now...I found this out when I made a bright yellow, orange and turquoise baby quilt for a baby shower, everything she got was pale, pale pale.
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I have to agree with most everyone; leave out the orange. If your daughter told you the mint and gray, just do the mint and gray. I have been on the receiving end of things that the maker thought needed "just a little more" and I ended up hating it and stashing it in a closet.
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Personally, I would leave out the orange, or use a soft sherbet shade. Last year I made a surprise wedding quilt for our niece. Her mother told me her favorite colors were sage green and gray. That was a challenge in color value, so used varying shades of both colors with white. It turned out beautifully and is one of my favorites.
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Originally Posted by playswithcolor
(Post 6565381)
Since you asked, if it were mine I would use a softer orange. More like orange sherbet. The intensity of the orange is too much and it's all your eye is drawn to.
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