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    Old 06-18-2009, 09:07 AM
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    My dxh :mrgreen: was the same way. I have to say that my ds is quite the opposite. He is interested in everything I do with quilting and loves the color and patterns combos, whereas my dd has a big problem with so many patterns and colors in quilting, she likes everything to "match"!
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    Old 06-18-2009, 09:18 AM
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    I have learned that when I ask "how do you like my quilt?" He hears...try to find all the mistakes and question me on WHY I did / chose that. I don't ask anymore. BUT when he talks to his friends he always brags about my quilts. He is very supportive of my quilting because now I can't get on him about all he spends on his hobbies...it's kind of a draw now. Don't ask, don't tell.
    Listen to others but do what you want, it's totally your creation.
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    Old 06-18-2009, 09:44 AM
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    DH will talk about the newest electronic gadget until my eyes glaze over and when I talk to him about quilting he snores. I guess opposites attract. He also wore a uniform for 20 years and lived on a Navy ship so he has absolutely no eye for color so I never ask him if the color is good because all I get is "Hmmm."
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    Old 06-18-2009, 09:57 AM
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    My DH of almost 25 yrs. is nothing less than supportive. He can tell by how I react to the colors whether it "goes" or not. I like that I can think out loud around him. It works for us, he's not pressured to say the wrong thing and I'm not hung up if he doesn't "get it."

    I have fun too with my 23 yr. old son who I call into the room to get his take on my "creations", then we end up pretending to have a serious conversation about what direction to take. It just makes it feel like we are all involved.

    In the end, I get to take all the "credit"!!! :lol: :lol: :lol:
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    Old 06-18-2009, 10:53 AM
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    I really don't show DH the fabrics until I'm done. He does drive with me to purchase the fabrics, but if it were up to him, he'd just say "just get want you want".
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    Old 06-18-2009, 11:04 AM
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    I am new to this, but had to coment. I am one of the truly lucky ones my DH is always very supportive and positive about my quilting. But he does give me input when I ask for it. Sometimes I agree, sometimes I don't. But if we thought alike on everrthing I would hate it. :-D
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    Old 06-18-2009, 12:15 PM
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    Don't ask him anymore, but not all husbands are that way a friends husband helps her all the time with her quilt colors and they are amazing and we also have a man in our quilt guild who does great work. My husband likes some of the quilts I make better then I do. Just keep quilt and love what you make!
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    Old 06-18-2009, 12:30 PM
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    dh and i went to the same fine arts college, where we met. he graduated with a degree in architecture, i, finally, in pattern making and design. i guess we compliment each other in arts-related projects. color is a big issue here, and since he's basically a quiet man, he lets me win. he loves my quilts and that i quilt at all. how double-lucky am i?
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    Old 06-18-2009, 12:35 PM
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    Originally Posted by OHSue
    OK, behind his back I call my husband Mr. Dull, I say you could step into his closet with your eyes closed and pick any two items and they will match. He does not understand the fabric / quilting / color thing at all.

    So today I went to my LQS to get some fabric for a class this Friday. I needed two complementary colors, six shade of each ranging from very light to very dark, should read as solid. Now you know you go in there and it seems like there must be 100 shades of yellow alone. I start of by saying I think I would like yellow and blue, we are unable to find six colors of yellow that really play together. So we move to blue and do find the blue eventually. By now I have invested a lot of time, but am ready for next color and one of the women gets out the color wheel, finds this beautiful brown and voila in no time we have six shades of this ranging from creamy yellow to dark brown. The whole mix is beautiful, I am actually hugging the staff in gratitude, I know my quilt will be the best in the whoel class. It took over an hour to do this.

    I come home, have the fabrics laying out just so I can walk by and admire them. My husband comes home from work, I say 'aren't these gorgeous colors' and he agrees. I tell him about the project, and he says 'you mean you are going to use them together?' If it was up to him our whole house would be done in brown and beige.
    start introducing new colors into his closet. bring in some brown with a tiny red print or something. let him gradually see color as something that won't bite him on the a**. khaki or olive? that can be eased in without notice. convince him that red is the new brown. and a basic color, to boot! (it really is, you know.)
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    Old 06-18-2009, 12:36 PM
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    Remember: Do what makes you happy -- after all, you're the one spending all the time and effort making the quilt.

    For what it's worth, I am terrible at matching colors. I'll pick what I think will work, and I make a test block, and it's terrible -- really boring or clashes or something.

    Fortunately, God gave me a talented artist for a daughter. She helps me tremendously.

    My daughter does not quilt, but she sews. This year her 4-H project included a patchwork vest of her own design. I did not like it. I thought it would not do well in contest. I thought I needed to let her know so she could reconsider her project.

    She was so upset that she cried.

    So we called in a good friend who is also an artist. My friend loved the vest. (When the blouse and capri pants were added, I loved the finished outfit!)

    Make a long story short: My daughter won first at county, first at district, and 5th at state. (That's saying a lot when you compete in a large state like Texas.)

    The moral of this story is:

    Create what makes you happy.
    Ask for help if you have trouble.
    Be happy with what you make.
    Keep your mouth shut if someone creates something you don't particularly care for -- it may just be that you are the one that has faulty vision.



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