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08-23-2012, 09:04 AM

#101

Sierra

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Dina

No, my guild is not full of quilt police...though there are one or two. It is just that my quilts always look so different from the others that are shown. It isn't that I want my quilts to look like everyone else's, I just sometimes wonder...I guess I don't know what I wonder.

...and I suppose they wonder "Does she ever sew anything besides purple??"

Dina

Do you really want to do quilts "just like everybody else"? The fact that your quilts "always look so different from the others" is a wonderful compliment to your work. I wouldn't disrupt the quietness of this quilt with anything the least bit bright!!! It is itself a wonderful, and yes "calm" creation. Don't do anything to change that!!!!!!!

Your instincts have been "right on".

08-23-2012, 10:03 AM

#102

Challys

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What's wrong with soft? Your quilt looks very cuddly!

08-23-2012, 10:06 AM

#103

dorrell ann

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I think you might have used a deeper purple on the small squares.

08-23-2012, 11:43 AM

#104

Jackie R

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It's soft looking and very pretty.

08-23-2012, 12:08 PM

#105

burchquilts

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Quote:

Originally Posted by crafty pat

I really like the color's you chose. It will be a beautiful quilt.

I think it's beautiful, too. It is sofy & dreamy-looking & I find that quite attractive.

08-23-2012, 01:43 PM

#106

PollyA

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"Soft" looks very nice to me. Go for it.

08-23-2012, 01:50 PM

#107

sewnsewer2

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Looks good to me.

08-23-2012, 03:35 PM

#108

Scakes

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Very pretty! I like it. I wouldn't worry about your quilts being different from the other guild members' quilts. Do your own thing and enjoy it.

08-23-2012, 03:58 PM

#109

grandme26

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I like your colors and your display. It is just right

08-23-2012, 04:44 PM

#110

MissQuilter

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It is beautiful! And I like to shake it up a bit and do new and different things. Hey, they can't all look alike!!!!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dina

I am not sure that is the right question, but I want to make a quilt that isn't bright, where nothing really "pops." (My last two have been so bright that I almost needed sunglasses when I sewed.)

I have laid these five inch blocks on my design wall, and I like it. I even like how the two fabrics tend to blur together.

But now I am wondering if it is too "soft," colorwise. I have been looking at it for a day now, and I am ready to actually sew the blocks together....but I am wondering if I am stalling because it is too soft?

So, I should proceed, right? If I like it, it doesn't matter what my guild would say about it? (My quilts always seem so different from the others in Show and Tell.)

Dina