You could declare yourself the orange strip queen... :twisted:

I do believe wildyard wants to do a trade with some of us or even sell the orange fabric. I'm going to trade with her if I have what she wants.

The blocks are very pretty. Can you post a pic of the quilt ? Or did I miss seeing it. I bet it is very beautiful !

Dye them in your washing machine---very hot water and Tan Rit dye. This will dull the brightness but keep an eye out, you don't want them to stay in the machine too long.
I've used this method before and it really works.
Good luck, Kutnso

Orange is one of my favorite colors and I could think of so many things to use it in. I Like all the suggestions that I have read on here so go with it and you will be suprised.

I sure could have used them right before Christmas when I was making my son a Florida Gators quilt. I had a hard time finding oranges and had very little in my stash. Use it to make a quilt for another Gators fan.

I am a Tenn Vols fan.

L O L......at the bannas joke.

hey, 70's is back! Turquoise/aqua and orange look great together or do an amish style quilt with black and another couple of colors or a Halloween quilt. Take some samples of the fabrics with you to your LQS and get inspired--A Bargello quilt of various oranges might look like a sunset or sunrise

white with orange is good.

Make them up into jelly rolls and offer them for sale. I love orange and would love to take a couple of jelly rolls off your hands.

Add some navy blue and white and make a Bears fan a quilt.

Carol J.

make a Harley davidson quilt ad black and white to the orange

Yeah make pumpkin table runners for family and friends and us of coarse

http://www.patchworktimes.com/patterns/peaches-dreams/

I'm making this one. I really like it, and it's easy to make. The blocks are big.

Throw some with some aquas, yellows and tans and go for a beachy Florida look?

--Sharon (from Florida....)

I am posting WIP photos on the UFO of the month thread. This quilt is my UFO for January. I hope to finish it this week and then I will post the final photo in pictures.

OK, well, I am sending out two envelopes of strips and keeping some for applying some of the great suggestions you all have made here. If I have more left after sorting those out, I will let you know and they will be up for grabs. Hugs and smiles and thank you for all the interest and wonderful responses.

Well, I also believe you have a treasure chest!

I'm a lover of orange, and red, and yellow, and all warm colors. I think they really warm up a quilt and look great contrasted with darks or cool colors, like blue or purple.

I made this Pineapple Blossom quilt in a workshop with Bonnie Hunter and used solid cheddar orange as the "neutral" and Civil War reproduction prints as the darks. The pattern is on her website for free, www.quiltville.com

I just bought a new quilting book A PATH TO THE CIVIL WAR and all the blocks were sashed in orange but they called it cheddar, which was considered the most popular color at the time of the war. Have any strips left?

Carol J.

Orange and purple is for Arizona Suns basket ball team.

I use sscraps alot but I would use it to make Halloween bags or decorations with. Our high school colors are orange and black so I would do a banner for that as well.

You NEVER have enough fabric!!!!!

God bless, Dee

You can use the orange strips on the bottom of the *window* in the Attic Windows blocks with dark blue or purple as the side of the window.

I would love to have some if you want to sell it I live in orange country Tennessee

Thanks, Teresa

Make a couple quilts for your local hospital. I make them for Rainbow baby and childrens hospital and they always need quilts
debbie

Wow, Well the strips are all spoken for. Now I wish I had 3 bags full so many are wishing for them. I'm sorry to everyone that I haven't PM'd; I didn't have enough for you. I did reply to everyone who sent me a PM tho.
And the best news of all is: I finished the quilt.. the last of the quilting went in just minutes ago!!!!!!!!!!!

Haha I will be coming to you for my next color choices Jan Love the way you think

Glad you got your strips displaced to ones who wanted them. If you get too many again try sending them to Stillwater, Okla as Okla State University's colors are orange, black and white. Someday I'll make my son a quilt as he is an OSU fan. I tell everyone that he has orange blood even.

It's my favorite color!

I justs did my gr dau a quilt using lots of orange and pink. The young girls seem to like bold colors, and large flowers etc.

Oh, my--I am sorting my strips by width--and I have LOTS! Guess the kids will get strip quilts faster than I thought--had just been throwing them in a box....
Now I am rolling the various sizes together, and it is going to take hours!

Oh, today they are using reds and purples with orange. Sounds lovely and special to me.

In my humble opinion orange goes with every color ... lol I just love love love the color orange!

There are many fabric bowl patterns that utilize strips and cotton clothesline. I am planning to use some of my strips to try one of these.

Can you use some to make a clothesline basket?

A lady in our guild did a black and white quilt with lime green for an accent. It was stunning. I think orange would do the same thing.

I don't know ...I googled "fabric bowls and came up with lots and lots of options. The one I chose is called a popcorn bowl. The 2.5" strips are sewn together legthwise, threaded with cotton clothesline and crocheted using a "Q" hook. I got it at Quilting by the Bay in Panama City, FL and they have a website you might reference. The pattern I chose is from Aunties Two Patterns in Portland, ME, and the front of the pattern also references the following website : auntiestwo.com Pattern no. AT224. I have also seen patterns for bowls, vases, purses, etc. that utilize strips, too. Hope this information helps.

Cheryl

I am making an orange, royal blue, yellow and off-white quilt right now. I am hoping the royal blue will kind of tone it down a little. I will post it when I get it into some semblance of order. I also cut way too many strips, so thanks everyone for the ideas with all the color combinations!