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01-25-2011, 10:24 AM

#61

StitchinJoy

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Location: Bucks County PA

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Well, I also believe you have a treasure chest!

I'm a lover of orange, and red, and yellow, and all warm colors. I think they really warm up a quilt and look great contrasted with darks or cool colors, like blue or purple.

I made this Pineapple Blossom quilt in a workshop with Bonnie Hunter and used solid cheddar orange as the "neutral" and Civil War reproduction prints as the darks. The pattern is on her website for free, www.quiltville.com

Pineapple Blossom at Guild Show

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Closeup Baptist Fan quilting on Pineapple Blossom

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01-25-2011, 11:07 AM

#62

Carol J.

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Location: Wisconsin

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I just bought a new quilting book A PATH TO THE CIVIL WAR and all the blocks were sashed in orange but they called it cheddar, which was considered the most popular color at the time of the war. Have any strips left?

Carol J.

01-25-2011, 11:38 AM

#63

sewingsuz

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Orange and purple is for Arizona Suns basket ball team.

01-25-2011, 11:48 AM

#64

dlb0526

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Location: Atkins,V

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I use sscraps alot but I would use it to make Halloween bags or decorations with. Our high school colors are orange and black so I would do a banner for that as well.

You NEVER have enough fabric!!!!!

God bless, Dee

01-25-2011, 12:06 PM

#65

Kathy T.

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Location: Tampa, FL USA

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You can use the orange strips on the bottom of the *window* in the Attic Windows blocks with dark blue or purple as the side of the window.

01-25-2011, 02:59 PM

#66

theifner

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Location: Tennessee

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I would love to have some if you want to sell it I live in orange country Tennessee

Thanks, Teresa

01-25-2011, 03:29 PM

#67

debbieoh

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Location: Sheffield vlg Ohio

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Make a couple quilts for your local hospital. I make them for Rainbow baby and childrens hospital and they always need quilts
debbie

01-25-2011, 03:46 PM

#68

wildyard

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Location: Upstate NY, north of Syracuse Area

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Wow, Well the strips are all spoken for. Now I wish I had 3 bags full so many are wishing for them. I'm sorry to everyone that I haven't PM'd; I didn't have enough for you. I did reply to everyone who sent me a PM tho.
And the best news of all is: I finished the quilt.. the last of the quilting went in just minutes ago!!!!!!!!!!!

01-25-2011, 03:58 PM

#69

janetter

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Join Date: Oct 2010

Location: Stockton, NJ

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Jan in VA

Orange is great with magenta and aqua.
Also with yellows and peach.
Use it with blues.
Try orange, rose, soft purple, with touches of aqua on a pale yellow background.

Use some of the strips as narrow borders/flanges in other quilts.
Are the wide enough for bindings?

Wow, I think you have a treasure!

Jan in VA

Haha I will be coming to you for my next color choices Jan Love the way you think

01-25-2011, 05:59 PM

#70

Fabricnut

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Join Date: Mar 2010

Location: NE Kansas

Posts: 494

Glad you got your strips displaced to ones who wanted them. If you get too many again try sending them to Stillwater, Okla as Okla State University's colors are orange, black and white. Someday I'll make my son a quilt as he is an OSU fan. I tell everyone that he has orange blood even.