Depends on the quilt!

I like 'em all! The wonders in nature that God created range from tiny and subtle to huge and magnificent, so my tastes are right in line with his... It's all beautiful!

If you look @ my stash I am a jewel tone gal!!! I love looking @ all quilts. Someday I want to make a quilt with nothing but soft colors:lol: :lol: :lol: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:

I have made quilts that are subtle and those that are really bright and like them both, so guess I do not have a style. I think that usually I go toward brights and pastels, not earth tones. But lately, I have found some fall prints that I really like, but they seem to be in the brighter fall colors. I do not like the "muddy colors".

Ooh, I just love batks too and mostly the bright colors, not the duller brown shades.

Trying to move outside by normal box - which always seems to lean toward the subtle colors and patterns. Working on a brighter, bolder color scheme for my granddaughter's quilt. So far, I like the change!

I love bold jewel tones, lived in Tucson and learned how beautiful turquoise and purples work together!

I never really thought of it that way. Depends on the pattern. A more traditional pattern, say double wedding ring i am a subtle sally. A ecclectic pattern, you know spikes points and such then i'm bold betty.

I used to go for bright colors and batiks. I did go thru a '30's kick a few years ago. This winter I helped our historical society with antique quilts and got interested in the stories behind quilts made during the Civil War. So I stepped out of my comfort zone and made a quilt using CW fabrics. And I like it! Sometimes it's refreshing to step out of the comfort zone.

I love the bright colors for scrappy quilts. Can not understand why people use black in a baby's quilt. Black is such a negative color, I shy away from.
IdahoSandy

i love nearly any color, but i tend to go with "pure" colors, even in pastels. i really dislike some of the recent colorways. it might be because i've lived through them in the past--the "orange/green/pink/turquoise" palette that is so common is driving me nuts. i had to wear that in the early 60s, and hated it then. been there, done that.

I started out subtle but now will do any colors.

I used to be Sally but have had great fun with colors... I'm a BOLD BEATRIX (prefer that name to the other)

I look at my stash and I see pastels, bright primary, solids, prints and everything in between. I love them all.

I am a traditional girl! And my house is a combination of traditional Ethan Allen Country Living (antique pine from the 1980s) & Western. Yes, I left my hubby decorate with bull horns.

me too! :thumbup: :thumbup:

Hmmmmm.....good question! What I know about myself....I like clear pastel colors, not "muddied", love to use them with white, love the calming effects of blues and greens and whites together for my personal use, can appreciate the time and effort that goes into the really detailed quilts but prefer the traditional quilt patterns, occasionally like a brighter quilt for a bed as in the one I'm making next but, always with a white background...so, what does that make me???????

Ditto here !!

Subtle - from the evidence of my quilts, but I love the bolds I see. Sometimes I make a deliberate decision to go bold, and always like the results. End story - 75% subtle, 25% bold.

You're right, everybody has their own style. I do think, however, that styles change and evolve over the years.
I used to use the boring "pick a color and use a dark, medium and light of that color along with a neutral background". Now I really like the "more the merrier" fabric approach.

I wear neutrals and pastels but quilt with brights, bolds and batiks. How many of you are like me in that you quilt with the opposite of what you wear????

Just depends on what 'takes my eye' at the moment. I am adventurous!

I like the word eclectic to describe the different styles and colors that I use and have in my stash.
However, schizophrenic might work too.

I wear bold and quilt with whatever my mood is for the next project, very seldom tho realized is it pastels.

I do not know how to do it. I like the land, but also the bright colors of batiks, but only mixed with white or dark.
I see the quilts crafted with bright colors and large prints and I wonder how they manage to get such beautiful quilts? I do not know how!
I think it is best to differentiate the variety that exists, and adapt it to our tastes!

Ditto. Don't live in Tucson but love turquoise and purple.BrendaK.

Both!! I might do one for the "Subtle Sally" side of me and the next quilt will be for the "Bold Betty" side of me.

I can't decide... I drool over bright blocky modern styles, soothing monochromes, bright modern takes on traditional patterns, and all-batik quilts. I can't stop buying fabric with bright patterns and fun novelties. I have some wild things in mind I'd like to attempt after I've figured out the basics. So, in total keeping with my personality, I'm way out there and all over the place!

I am a Subtle Betty and a Bold Sally. Seems like I am always mixing and matching. Depends on my mood.

Love a little bit of "turkey red" in just about every quilt.. and also have that deep dark red scattered throughout my house. It adds just the amount of contrast to my softer, more pastel color pallet, and warms things up a bit.

But I love to wear jewel tones... they make me happy..

I have surprised myself by going more for the bold colors or dramatic color combinations. Some pastel fabrics are pretty to look at by I rarely use them in a quilt. I like civil war and 30"s prints but haven't used them yet.

It makes sense to me. I do oil paintings. The helpful "hints" I get are that I blend things together so nothing "pops". I prefer a blended look where the painting has kind of a misty look.

I guess I'm Subtle Sally. I like soft colors and most every quilt I have made has been so. I especially like pastels.

I guess I would have to say that I'm a Bold Betty. I like the bright colors and patterns. I do, however, enjoy looking at other peoples quilts that are more subtle. I enjoy the differences of the two styles.
It's great that we can all do what we like and enjoy. Thank god and vets that we can!

I used to be Subtle Sally..now a Bold Betty!

I like the pattern or accent to be just that- an accent. So I go for more "pop". that does not mean that I neccessarily use bright fabrics. I believe there is a difference.

bold Betty

To date I have only made one quilt that could fall under the traditional category. Everything else falls under contemporary or 'unusual'.

To date I have only made one quilt that could fall under the traditional category. Everything else falls under contemporary or 'unusual'. I guess that makes me krazy kelly.

DEPENDS WHO THE QUILT IS FOR. BABIES TEND TO LIKE COLORFUL QUILTS. OLDER PEOPLE (SENIORS) TEND TO NAVITATE TO SUBTLE. MEN FOR THE MOST PART LIKE SUBTLE. SO, IT DEPENDS