Suggestions needed for Quilt pattern
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Suggestions needed for Quilt pattern
I am currently hosting an international high school student for this school year- with graduation in june 2014. I would like to make a quilt as a graduation/going away gift. His 2 favorite colors are sky blue and orange. I am a fairly new quilter and can't even picture these 2 colors together let alone a quilt made with them! Anyone have suggestions for an EASY :-) quilt. I have made several quilts using pre cuts since I have never been confident with accurate cutting!Precuts would be my first choice but I can't seem to get past the colors! I have done a "rail fence" as well as a patch work one with lots and lots of charms so I am not use to designing with 2 colors. Thanking you in advance!!
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Find out what his favorite things are and incorporate that into a quilt also. There are many shades of sky blue and orange. You could do a rail fence in shades of sky blue and shades of orange. Attic windows would be a good one. Scrappy would work. Also.
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You could probably do a rail fence that would look good. I just finished a quilt in blue/orange/ and white. The blue is darker than sky blue, but perhaps it could give you an idea of what such a quilt might look like. This is a chevron quilt, which is made of half square triangles. It was a challenge for me to make, and a rail fence would have turned out looking about the same.
Okay, let me find a picture, in case it "rings your chimes."
Dina
Okay, let me find a picture, in case it "rings your chimes."
Dina
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Jenny Doan from Missouri Star Quikt co. posted a new video for a 2 colour quilt called Jabob's Ladder remix. It is simple to do using pre-cuts or yardage. Watch the youtube video and see if you would like to try it.
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I love this combination of blue, orange, and white. I haven't made a zigzag or chevron yet, but I do like the pattern.
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Dina's pretty quilt is a great idea.
But I also urge you to think about using more than one orange and one blue in the quilt you make. The two colors come in many values, using several fabrics/prints in each color will make the quilt have textural interest when you use a quick simple pattern.
But I also urge you to think about using more than one orange and one blue in the quilt you make. The two colors come in many values, using several fabrics/prints in each color will make the quilt have textural interest when you use a quick simple pattern.
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Dina's pretty quilt is a great idea.
But I also urge you to think about using more than one orange and one blue in the quilt you make. The two colors come in many values, using several fabrics/prints in each color will make the quilt have textural interest when you use a quick simple pattern.
But I also urge you to think about using more than one orange and one blue in the quilt you make. The two colors come in many values, using several fabrics/prints in each color will make the quilt have textural interest when you use a quick simple pattern.
Dina
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