Quilting for your audience
#11
We make quilts at church for congregation members who have health problems, surgery, or that we feel just need a reminder that they are loved. The ladies are easy. For the men we try to keep in mind masculine colors, themes, or patterns. It's certainly harder, but so worthwhile.
#13
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Join Date: Oct 2009
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My late DH loved color, maybe because he was slightly color blind. He had better taste in color than many people I know. His quilt that his Mom and Sister made him when he was a baby was a Grandmother's Flower Garden and he loved it. He did not like those "masculine" colors with browns and dark greens, etc... So, you just never know.
#14
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Join Date: Mar 2009
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When Pat pointed out that he didn't have his own quilt, I showed him some patterns that I was interested in making. He immediately zeroed in on the tumbling block. Then we talked color. He wanted green and dark red/rust. I suggested yellow for the light side. He first "went shopping" at my sewing stash and then WE supplemented. In the end, he had a lot of input and he loves his "blanky."
Not sure if the flower garden hexes are a good pattern for your average Joe (or Bill, or Dave...)
Not sure if the flower garden hexes are a good pattern for your average Joe (or Bill, or Dave...)
#16
Thank goodness I have a girly man!! I bought my husband a purple flower covered screw driver he uses it everyday, takes it to work. I am in the process of making him a quilt, He loves color. So it is going to be a bright purple batik, matching blue batik then a tan to balance it out. Sometimes I wonder if he really all that he says he likes or if he is just humoring me. Then again, he is the absolute best at picking out dresses and fabrics for our daughters....
#17
Originally Posted by k_jupiter
Saw a post today about a woman who made a quilt for her husband. A Grandma's Flower quilt. It was nice. Very well done.
And what husband would want that? He will say "Beautiful quilt, thank you", but... Did ya make it for him? Or did you make it for you?
Give me a Grandmother's Basket quilt and I will be polite. And think "What the hell was she thinking?"
Now... I am not every man, never claimed to be. And I think the magazines that say "Make YOUR man this wonderful wool quilt that screams "Testosterone" all over it are equally off base. But...
He likes browns, tans, grays, maroons, dark blues, intense golds, coppers, etc. He probably won't like pinks, light greens, yellows, etc. He will like strong geometric patterns, stars, heavy stripes.
He will be polite if you give him applicae flowers... or bunnies. or...
Think about your audience.
JMHO,
tim in san jose
And what husband would want that? He will say "Beautiful quilt, thank you", but... Did ya make it for him? Or did you make it for you?
Give me a Grandmother's Basket quilt and I will be polite. And think "What the hell was she thinking?"
Now... I am not every man, never claimed to be. And I think the magazines that say "Make YOUR man this wonderful wool quilt that screams "Testosterone" all over it are equally off base. But...
He likes browns, tans, grays, maroons, dark blues, intense golds, coppers, etc. He probably won't like pinks, light greens, yellows, etc. He will like strong geometric patterns, stars, heavy stripes.
He will be polite if you give him applicae flowers... or bunnies. or...
Think about your audience.
JMHO,
tim in san jose
Grandmother's Garden, whatever, it is a gift that a person has given to her husband with all her love. What the heck difference does tan, brown, golds, etc. have to do with it. There may be a story behind it that no one knows about. "My quilt - My rules."
There I have vented my spleen. Oh, my husband loves the quilt, and is very proud of me and my work. And, I thank God every day that I still have him here with me. Edie
#18
Junior Member
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Lake Villa, Illinois
Posts: 278
When I get the dozen or so projects finished that I have started, I am going to make my DH a quilt. I am letting him pick the patterns and the fabric. He has already gone through my stash and picked some if his favorites. I have set those aside and tied them off so I know I can't touch them until I start to make him his quilt. I made him a quilt when I first started quilting and just like a little kid, he sleeps with it every night. He is the best an so supportive of my habit!!
#20
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Livonia, New York
Posts: 167
Originally Posted by Edie
Originally Posted by k_jupiter
Saw a post today about a woman who made a quilt for her husband. A Grandma's Flower quilt. It was nice. Very well done.
And what husband would want that? He will say "Beautiful quilt, thank you", but... Did ya make it for him? Or did you make it for you?
Give me a Grandmother's Basket quilt and I will be polite. And think "What the hell was she thinking?"
Now... I am not every man, never claimed to be. And I think the magazines that say "Make YOUR man this wonderful wool quilt that screams "Testosterone" all over it are equally off base. But...
He likes browns, tans, grays, maroons, dark blues, intense golds, coppers, etc. He probably won't like pinks, light greens, yellows, etc. He will like strong geometric patterns, stars, heavy stripes.
He will be polite if you give him applicae flowers... or bunnies. or...
Think about your audience.
JMHO,
tim in san jose
And what husband would want that? He will say "Beautiful quilt, thank you", but... Did ya make it for him? Or did you make it for you?
Give me a Grandmother's Basket quilt and I will be polite. And think "What the hell was she thinking?"
Now... I am not every man, never claimed to be. And I think the magazines that say "Make YOUR man this wonderful wool quilt that screams "Testosterone" all over it are equally off base. But...
He likes browns, tans, grays, maroons, dark blues, intense golds, coppers, etc. He probably won't like pinks, light greens, yellows, etc. He will like strong geometric patterns, stars, heavy stripes.
He will be polite if you give him applicae flowers... or bunnies. or...
Think about your audience.
JMHO,
tim in san jose
Grandmother's Garden, whatever, it is a gift that a person has given to her husband with all her love. What the heck difference does tan, brown, golds, etc. have to do with it. There may be a story behind it that no one knows about. "My quilt - My rules."
There I have vented my spleen. Oh, my husband loves the quilt, and is very proud of me and my work. And, I thank God every day that I still have him here with me. Edie
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