LI_diva

Hey all, would love to see pictures of quilts you’ve made with dark backgrounds like black, navy or dark grey. I’m getting a little bored of white and cream quilts with brightly coloured patchwork!

joe'smom

The only quilt I've ever done with dark background was the Bonnie Hunter mystery a couple of years ago. I had lots of blacks with a lot of white in them.

LI_diva

Ha ha, Joe’s Mom; that’s why I asked!!
I’m thinking of doing Bonnie’s mystery this year with a dark background!

joe'smom

Ha! The trouble I ran into was my purples not contrasting well with my blacks, most apparent in the border.

This year her reds seem very bright, so I think if you stick with the brighter reds, it should look amazing.

Three Dog Night

Here's a some of my latest. I find that I'm picking gray tones light to dark and black is dramatic with bright prints.

cat-on-a-mac

here are some of mine

Iceblossom

I spent a number of years exploring "black as a neutral", unfortunately most of those were before my digital camera. I do have pictures but they are old school developed type in photo albums and not scanned in.

Here's one of my "almost Amish" projects, still waiting to be quilted. I have a pattern and need a bit more practice before I attempt to do a feather border. It is actually "Midnight Purple" for the background.

PS -- have you looked at the Bonnie Hunter fabric selections for this year? I think black or at least very dark could work well with bright Aqua, Red, and Orange.

I do have a thread submitted for this year's mystery, should be up today

joe'smom

What a spectacular medallion!

dunster

OMG, what a beautiful version of Halo Medallion! It's on my bucket list, but I hadn't thought of making it with a dark background. Yours is so stunning!

ekuw

Here's a couple of mine