Orange and teal quilt
 

I'm a mostly a low volume / monochromatic quilter, so I was forced out of my comfort zone to make this quilt. I wanted to give a meaningful gift to the wonderful lady who took care of my three children for the last 8 years (my youngest is going to school after the holidays). Her favorite color is teal, but she also love anything bright and cheerful, so a blue-grey quilt was out of question. I spent weeks procrastinating over my fabric selection, adding or removing some, never sure it was right. I finally had to take the plundge so I could offer it to her for the farewell party. As soon as it was finished, I look at it and everything just felt right. Lesson learned: I shouldn't over-procrastinate and just go for it. [ATTACH=CONFIG]615423[/ATTACH]

So glad you stopped procrastinating! This is a wonderful quilt and looks like you handled "out of your comfort zone" quite well.

Also my favorite colors. You can make me one in those colors any day of the week1

Turned out beautifully, great colors.

It looks great!!

looks terrific

What a happy quilt. BrendaK

What a pretty color combo I would have never thought of! And getting outside of our comfort zone can be a good thing and your quilt is a perfect example of doing just that. I’m sure it will be a treasured gift, well done!

Those colors are great.

Beautiful! I'm sure she'll treasure it! So light and cheerful!

I love color so of course I think this quilt is beautiful. Colorful but not bright jump out at you gaudy type.

It is a winning combo. I love the colors and it is so cheerful.

Those colors are wonderful together!!! I love it.

Beautiful and I'm sure she will treasure it!

Watson

Colors are great, as is the quilt.

I'm sure she will treasure it forever. It's beautiful!

The colours are wonderful, great job.

So fresh and pretty! I bet you take the recipient's breath away when she receives it.:cool:

Very pretty quilt and love your fabric choices. This gift will be so treasure. You did a wonderful job and great workmanship.

Very pretty!

My two favorite colors. ...…………...

That's lovely! I recently did a very bright quilt out of my comfort zone in several regards. It was fun, but I'm back in the comfort zone for my next few projects...

what a lovely gift, great colors, and all the work you put into it

While it is colorful, I would say it's colorful in a muted way. I am sure she was thrilled to receive this lovely quilt :-)

I love the colors!

Yes indeed... I had an not so subtile exchange offer prepared in my head in case she wouldn't like the color combo, but I really didn't had to say anything. She just saw a corner of it and her face told me it was a done deal :-)

It’s beautiful! It looks like getting out of your comfort zone was worth it!

I understand what you mean; comfort zone is where we feel confident and competent. But I think this project (and all the wonderful comments of member of this board!) have help me to extend a little my comfort zone! I'm willing to try a few more projects like this.

Love it, I am sure she will to!

Nice orange and teal quilt.

She’s going to love it and will know how much you appreciate everything she’s done. Very pretty.

She’s going to love it and will know how much you appreciate everything she’s done. Very pretty.

I think this is such a lively, cheerful quilt. I can certainly appreciate the hesitation of going with a palette you're not comfortable with. Very thoughtful and courageous of you. Bet there will be a lot of happy tears when you give it to her.

I love the fabrics you chose...they work wonderfully with your pattern. Great job.

Love, love your quilt or her's. lol Beautiful quilt and colors.

I love HST's and this quilt is so pretty. Nice job.

That is such a lovely, thoughtful gift for her.

A very pretty, bright, and colorful quilt.

Love this color combination!