Why is yellow not a popular color for quilts?
#4
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!!
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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.
I feel the same about yellow in quilts. I love yellow. But in quilts as in gardens, a little goes a long way.
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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...
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...
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