Why is yellow not a popular color for quilts?

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06-06-2011, 05:01 PM

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quiltjoey

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Originally Posted by nuttyhurricane

I love yellow and blue and do not find it to be too girly. If fact my yellow and blue quilt was the inspiration to hubby and my bedroom.

Love your quilt!

06-07-2011, 03:05 AM

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MerryQuilter

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I like it especially in the 30's quilts

06-07-2011, 03:07 AM

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Originally Posted by crafterrn1

Okay here is a blue and yellow bed scarf I designed in falls colors first but now love it in blue and yellow!Luann

[quote/] That's beautiful. How can anyone not like yellow. My sewing room is yellow. Its my favorite color. I take after my grandma.

My sewing room is yellow too. A nice soft butter-cream yellow. I love it. Yellow is my favorite also, as long as it is not a shrieky yellow. I have seen yellows that are just unbearable.
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Yes my poor neighbor did her kitchen and it looked like mustard, but love soft butter color also.

06-11-2011, 05:15 PM

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mojo11

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I use a lot of yellows in my applique. Love it.

06-11-2011, 06:22 PM

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I just finished a rail fence quilt with lots of yellow and some orange, I think it looks great.

06-12-2011, 09:34 PM

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Originally Posted by flowerjoy

I love yellow too. My first quilt used yellow as the sashing. I feel happier when I work with bright cheerful colors. Is that silly?

Silly? Not at all! :)

06-16-2011, 12:18 AM

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I love yellow in a soft buttercream tone & have painted the inside & outside of my home in this color. It is really just a warmer neutral than white, which I find too sterile & cold. I would use a warm soft yellow in many quilts, as a neutral, in place of white. I'm not fond of a bright yellow, except for toddler & childrens items, but know that a bright yellow was loved by some of my elders in the 1930's with bright reds & white.

Blue & yellow work well together, & are a friendly combination. Perhaps the reason people didn't buy the yellow fabrics produced is they may have been too far out of tint & shade from what quilters were looking for. I like a bright yellow gold with orange tones to work with purple also, but I wouldn't want them in a geometric print.