Have noticed that yellow is not a very popular color for quilts. Is there a specific reason for this? It's cheerful, happy and sunny.

Love yellow!

Yellow is my favorite color, so I use it alot. I really like blue and yellow together.

Yellow isn't a popular color with some people..but it does wonders for a quilt..I learned that years ago..when I first started to quilt..didn't have a lot..but it can pop a quilt..I have a lot of yellow in my stash now!!

Oh, me too. Blue,yellow and white is a really pretty combo.

I don't know if there's a reason but light yellow fabric is very hard to find. When I shop on-line that's the first thing I look for and very seldom find anything but bright yellows.

When I started putting in gardens at our home, I loaded the beds with yellow and white flowers. It was a bit bright and hot looking. I traded some of the yellow flowers for pinks and purples, added a few blues, put in more evergreen shrubs, and now it is the way we love it. I think now the yellow flowers accent rather than overwhelm.

I feel the same about yellow in quilts. I love yellow. But in quilts as in gardens, a little goes a long way.

My favorite color, but it is hard to work with in quilting. I think that is why most don't use it. I have dreamed of an all yellow Giant Dahlia for years. I have not had the nerve to try it though.

lots of reasons/opinions:

you may like it; others may have another opinion...

think it depends on the palette you are using & what mood you are trying to create with that palette

Also, many make quilts identical to the ones they see in magazines--and many use traditional WHITE

yellow is seen as a feminine color...

it's a great color--it just doesn't "FIT" with every project--

many of us are color challenged & i find it hard to build a quilt around a single color...

I love yellow too. My first quilt used yellow as the sashing. I feel happier when I work with bright cheerful colors. Is that silly?

i don't know where you came up with that assumption???
around here i see lots and lots of yellow...
and in our little sewing/quilting group we have one lady who has been actively quilting for over 50 years---according to her- it's not a quilt if it doesn't have at least a piece of yellow somewhere---she really loves yellow in quilts- and makes FABULOUS ONES!
so...
maybe in your neighborhood they do not use yellow???
typed yellow quilts into the search engine- over a hundred pages to look at....
personally- not a yellow person- but have included yellows when they were needed- i'm not quite convinced that every quilt should have a little yellow :)

I love yellow too, but it's a very strong color that draws the eye. I think that's why many quilters use it sparingly in their quilts (when they use it at all) so it doesn't overwhelm the overall look.

I have several quilts that are either predominantly yellow or have yellow in them. I find it's a great color to use when used correctly. :D :D

I sure don't think so. I tend to work on it faster if it's in cheerful colors and it sets my mood for the day!

supposedly, yellow is the first color your eye sees when looking at a mass of color...

I love yellow and orange for quilts.

I don't use much yellow because a too bright yellow can make a statement in a quilt. Yellow is not one of my favorite colors so maybe that is why I don't use much of it.

says who?

Perhaps I should have phrased the question differently ....yes, I see a blotch of yellow here and there in quilts but if you look at the quilts overall it's almost never the dominating color. The reason I asked was because I did an old timey Butter and Egg quilt for my daughter, on point, with a white background and a single, repeated, patched block of yellow with small,white polka dots alternating with a white square in which I quilted flowers. The border , also, was white with quilted vine and leaves and it was so stunning it just made me wonder why I didn't see something of that nature in most of my many, many quilt books and magazines is all.

I use a lot of yellow in my quilts and tablerunners and toppers. I LOVE yellow!

I love yellow..It just brings your eyes to it and its so cheerful :-)

I agree whole-heartedly!

I don't care for yellow so it is not popular in my quilts.

That's totally understandable....we all have our favorite colors. :-)

yellow is popular - its high up the list of 2 color quilts with blue.

many people have made yellow and blue quilts

A quilter after my own heart. :)

I use a lot of yellow, and have made at least one quilt where it was the dominant color. I think it really wakes up some designs. I wouldn't say it has to be in all quilts, but it's not a color to be afraid to use.

Janet

I like yellow. but, honestly, haven't even paid that much attention. Will have to keep my eyes open. You are very observant.

type yellow in the search funtion and you'll see that quite a few people here use yellow.

Love yellow myself. Made a log cabin using yellow and purple for my 9 year old GD and it came out so pretty and sunny.

I thought I'd add some photos of quilts to demonstrate what I mean, These are mine. The zinnia table runner is a summer piece, but wow, a bit much. The others make better use of the yellow.

Yellow is just not one of my favorite colors. I do think it looks pretty in quilts though.

The eye is drawn to those yellow patches quite quickly! Thanks for sharing.


[/quote]I thought I'd add some photos of quilts to demonstrate what I mean, These are mine. The zinnia table runner is a summer piece, but wow, a bit much. The others make better use of the yellow.[/quote]

maryb119--couldn't help notice how the yellow pops in your avatar quilt :thumbup:

I read a book quite awhile ago that said Never put yellow in a quilt. I thought it was interesting, because I like yellow in a quilt.

Orange is my favorite color but yellow is a close second. I have made all orange and all yellow quilts. I scrap quilt so it can be all different shades of the color.

I love yellow and blue and my favorite yellow is fairy frost sunshine...

I agree! Yellow is my favorite color for quilts. I even just painted my kitchen yellow! :thumbup: :thumbup:

I am going to be making a quilt for my youngest sister, and it's going to be blue and yellow. Yellow goes great with a lot of colors, lavender, lilac, purple, greens...to name just a few. Yellow is a great color

I like blue and yellow together too!

Yellow is my favorite color, too

After red...yellow is a fave color of mine. But you are right, there doesn't appear to be much yellow in quilts these days.

I agree with your last statement. Yellow can either make or break a quilt. It makes it when used CORRECTLY, unfortunely I feel like I'd have to go through quite a bit of ugly before I found my yellow balance!