If you had a request for a "neutral" bed quilt, what would that mean to you?

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10-18-2011, 06:50 PM

#41

AliKat

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I'd want to know what accent colors they use in their bedroom. Then I could add that to the creams, tans, and whites.

They might move one day and personal color preferences are important.

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10-19-2011, 12:03 AM

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I had a request for a Wedding Quilt and the colour palette I was given was 'Pebbles and Cream'!!! I took this as a neutral palette!! This was my interpretation!! Just lots of soft beiges, pinks, turquoises,blues and creams!! They were delighted with it!!!!

I was thinking of suggesting your quilt and here it popped up. I just love it and think it speaks nicely to neutral-gender or color.

Thankyou for the compliment!! :thumbup: :thumbup:

10-19-2011, 12:09 AM

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Your quilt is beautiful. The pattern with the colors you chose are unique. When people ask for a neutral quilt, it's challenging because they frequently don't know how to correctly make choices of color in a quilt. Yours has enough color to be eye pleasing yet not color specific. Great job!

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Thankyou! You are so right about colour choices as peoples perception of colour can vary enormously!! I think you just have to follow your own instinct and hope it works!!!!! :lol: :thumbup:

10-19-2011, 01:13 AM

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Originally Posted by luvspaper

I want to make a quilt for our youth pastor and his soon to be wife as a wedding present. I talked with his mom and she said their home colors will be more "neutral".

I am thinking creams, tans, browns......any suggestions? I liked the "creme brulee" quilt that was posted and then gone..... but it was just two colors.

I would think of paler and greyed colours like terra cotta, dusty rose, slate blue, sage green, etc. If you keep the contrast down, the overall effect will be neutral but it will match almost any colour they bring into the room.

10-19-2011, 01:35 AM

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To me, neutral is something that goes w/ everything - that means whites and ivories. The Alex Anderson quilt looks brown to me - not neutral.

Try to find out what they mean by neutral - Browns and tans to me is not "neutral", but I don't like tans and browns.

Colors are such a personal choice, i hope you can get a better definition. The idea of going to look at their registry is a great idea.

10-19-2011, 02:35 AM

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JeannieBobbin

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Ivory, soft peach and seafoam green.

10-19-2011, 02:44 AM

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Little Sue 4.9

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I wpuld stick with the warmer colors of beiges creams and soft whites. No grays or taupe.

10-19-2011, 02:47 AM

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Originally Posted by luvspaper

What is neutral to the pastor's mom, may not be neutral to you or the pastor and his wife. I would just ask the recipients what they would like. The quilt wouldn't be a surprise to them, but at least you would know you had given them exactly what they wanted.

10-19-2011, 02:55 AM

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jitkaau

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I would think vanilla pudding colours as well - or perhaps greys.

10-19-2011, 03:07 AM

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Having just read 4 pages of what is neutral, it's clear that neutral means different colors to different people. To me, it would be limited to hues in the lighter range of the value scale, but could include one, some, or all of the colors white, cream, beige, taupe, and gray.
As was suggested, why not ask?