Do your quilts reflect where you live?
09-30-2011, 04:23 PM
#62
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The colors arent the issue, or the sewing - I love all color so much its hard to pull just one something together. The issue for me is, the weight of the quilt as a whole. Being in a very warm south, if I want to get any use out of any quilt it has to be very lightweight, thin batt, or if using heavy fabrics, no batt. sharet
09-30-2011, 09:10 PM
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I guess you could say that about me since I have a picture of a texas wallhanging on my avatar.
Also I just picked a pattern at a quilt show that has outline of texas with texas wilflower fabric for it. Maybe get it done in the next five years.
Also I just picked a pattern at a quilt show that has outline of texas with texas wilflower fabric for it. Maybe get it done in the next five years.
09-30-2011, 10:12 PM
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Sometimes. My favorite colors are the blues, & I tend to be drawn toward them a lot. But the local Hispanic culture & Southwest colors have also influenced my color choices into much brighter hues and earth colors, like the reds of the red rock canyons, for instance.
10-01-2011, 12:23 PM
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Yes and No.
Yes I tend to be drawn to greens and tans and yellow and oranges (fall colors), and I live in the midwest in the woods.
No, because there are quilts I have made for certain people and the colors were chosen for them.
Yes I tend to be drawn to greens and tans and yellow and oranges (fall colors), and I live in the midwest in the woods.
No, because there are quilts I have made for certain people and the colors were chosen for them.
10-07-2011, 08:20 AM
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Originally Posted by Favorite Fabrics
I was just curious tonight to find out if the kind of quilts we make are tied in to where we live, in a visual way. As in, do they reflect the colors and patterns you find in your surroundings, when you look out your window?
If you live by the water, do you use wavy lines, and lots of blue?
Or if you live in the city, do your quilts have lots of straight lines and angles?
Desert quilters, are you using earthy colors?
If you live in the woods or on the prairie, are you drawn to greens and golds?
In what ways do your quilts tie in to where you live?
If you live by the water, do you use wavy lines, and lots of blue?
Or if you live in the city, do your quilts have lots of straight lines and angles?
Desert quilters, are you using earthy colors?
If you live in the woods or on the prairie, are you drawn to greens and golds?
In what ways do your quilts tie in to where you live?
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