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    Old 04-08-2012, 09:24 AM
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    I think all those together would go great!!! I love bright quilts. If she has picked out the fabrics, you know she is going to like it. My daughter picked out 4 fabrics for a quilt. The colors do not go well with each other at all, but she is the one that picked them out and it's been a few years. She still LOVES the quilt. The fabrics she picked must make her happy and that is what matters. So I hope you make the best of making the quilt. You will make one happy customer!!!
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    Old 04-08-2012, 11:46 AM
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    This is the perfect situation for EQ7. You can scan in your fabrics and use them in your design to see what it will look like before you make the first cut of your material. I had to do this with my granddaughter's quilt last year. Her colors of choice were black and white. She didn't want any other colors except black and white but I told her I wasn't comfortable with that and then showed her the designs I had made up in EQ7 that also had some blue batiks in addition to the black and white. She loved it and so did I. It was her Christmas gift last year. Ann in TN
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    Old 04-08-2012, 03:57 PM
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    My middle niece, 11 years old, would love it. She just made her first pieced quilt. She wanted neon colors but settled for black print and assorted bright tone on tones. It turned out cute and youthful and is already on her bed.
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    Old 04-08-2012, 06:01 PM
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    If its that bad try to put some on one side of the quilt and some on the other. Good luck and be sure to post the results Best stitches
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    Old 04-09-2012, 03:34 AM
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    I had the opposite situation when I said I would make a memory quilt for a dear friend who had recently lost her husband. A box of the dreariest old flannel shirts arrived a week later with mostly gray, brown, black plaids and stripes. I didn't know where to begin. Long story short; I made a version of a rail fence, then added red sashing and borders. I thought it was the ugliest quilt I had ever seen and didn't want to even send it. She has written 2 letters and called to tell me she was delighted. Absolutely thrilled with this quilt. (She sent a picture and I'll try to post it later.)
    Moral of the story: Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. If this young lady loves these colors that IS what matters.
    Good luck.
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    Old 04-09-2012, 04:51 AM
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    I decided to make my great niece Cassie a quilt. Her favorite colors are purple and lime green. We were at Joanns and I told her to pick out 15 purple FQs and 15 green FQs for her quilt. Well the colors were all over the map and didn't go together and I told her, but she insisted that these were the ones she liked. After consulting with my mom, Nana, she helped me with a pattern and in the long run it turned out well and my niece is in heaven.

    http://www.quiltingboard.com/picture...p-t135595.html
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    Old 04-09-2012, 05:33 AM
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    I find most people who don't do what we do are not very critical, they just love that someone cares enough to make something special for them. Don't worry about the fabric, just enjoy in the delight of making someone special happy.
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    Old 04-09-2012, 05:46 AM
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    It might be a good idea to give her a preview of what the quilt is going to look like before you actually start it. She may change her mind on the colors.
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    Old 04-09-2012, 06:53 AM
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    The process is what I love about quilting. I can quilt any colors for anyone. If I am working for them, the sky's the limit. I still enjoy every stitch, block and designing the quilting to go on the quilt. I am very picky about My quilts, colors, etc. Half the fun of working for others is watching it come together and their excitement at the finished product. I just did one for a college grad getting her first apt., lime green, orange, yellow and black. It was gorgeous.
    i would never have chosen the colors but I may do another one for my CHristmas show.
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    Old 04-09-2012, 08:31 AM
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    That will definitely be an interesting quilt. Hope you post a copy of it when you finish!
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