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Originally Posted by bearisgray
(Post 5207776)
I once asked my sister what she would like for some event one year.
She said pillowcases. Okay, I can do pillowcases. I asked her "What color?" She said: "Light blue." Okay - I asked her to send me some paint chips so I could get the right 'kind' of blue. She said: "What's so hard about 'blue'? Anyone else have this type of dialog? I was just trying to get a shade that would be compatible with what she had. I did not appreciate her apparent lack of cooperation. PS - She has finally come around to realizing that there is more than one shade of any given color. |
Originally Posted by helenhiwater
(Post 5211281)
Some people like me will argue for hours over the difference between turquiose and teal. Some people don't see it. I go into a fabric store with hundreds of selections and never do find the shade I am looking for. The easiest thing is to just find something pretty.
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25 years ago when we we building this house, I wanted beige vinyl on the gable ends. The builder brought us samples of beige. One was too pink, one was too yellow, one was too green, one was too blue----------I ended up with one that was more gray. Hubby decided I was nuts and that beige was beige.
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I say make it blue in many shades, then they can match things to the quilt LOL
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there are so many shades of blue and if you go to dark it could be a country blue, or sky blue, lol...the list goes on. I know what you are talking about. My sister is buying her first house and I asked her if she wanted anything in particular. She said she couldn't think of anything. She said everything they own is tan/beige and just to make it go with that. That is much easier than "blue". :) I've seen my my sisters house once before, and everything she owns is plain. I can do just about anything as long as it isn't countryish(that's my new word for the day). I know you want to make something that goes and matches what she has. Is there anyway you can go visit or get a pic of what she has already? You can then pick fabric to go with it.
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Hi there....found this business of blue interesting. Sounds like something my kids would have said
"What's hard about blue" . I understand the frustration. ggl Vickey S. |
I also ran into this situation. I asked my brother's girlfriend what her favorite color was and she said light blue. Well I made her a beautiful large foot warmer (bed runner) for the end of her bed and all she said was that's the wrong color blue! I about fainted! All that work for that?
Here is another story... My cousin begged me to make her a quilt. I said what color is your favorite? "Tourquoise" was her only response. So I made a beautiful queen sized tourquoise and purple star log cabin for her. When she got it last christmes she said. "This was not what I was expecting". She came to love it, but geez... What a let down for me! Here it is... I know not everyones cup of tea... http://www.quiltingboard.com/picture...n-t101447.html |
Fantastic idea. I'm going to use that.
Originally Posted by butterflies5518
(Post 5210150)
What a great idea. Rarely do I ask about colors.
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Originally Posted by RedGarnet222
(Post 5211900)
I also ran into this situation. I asked my brother's girlfriend what her favorite color was and she said light blue. Well I made her a beautiful large foot warmer (bed runner) for the end of her bed and all she said was that's the wrong color blue! I about fainted! All that work for that?
Here is another story... My cousin begged me to make her a quilt. I said what color is your favorite? "Tourquoise" was her only response. So I made a beautiful queen sized tourquoise and purple star log cabin for her. When she got it last christmes she said. "This was not what I was expecting". She came to love it, but geez... What a let down for me! Here it is... I know not everyones cup of tea... http://www.quiltingboard.com/picture...n-t101447.html I think I might have asked for another color that she likes with turquoise - some people like rust or brown. By the way, turquoise, purple, and lime is one of my favorite color combinations. |
I was just pondering things like this earlier.
Sometimes when we have a person in our lives that wants to find something, shall we say, "out of joint", they will! :rolleyes: I've been advised to ignore and not take stuff personal. Sometimes the very thing you are told "not to do", just puts it right 'there' on your brain :shock: |
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