Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Manly Man Quilt

I was working on this quilt yesterday.  Totally at peace.  In my zone.  Then I realized its been a month since I made a quilt!  How can that be?  I feel like I have made one...but I don't suppose 'thinking' about making them really counts!

I decided to call this my 'Manly Man' quilt.  Probably because brown is a good sturdy color. A good rough and tough color.  Manly.  Men need quilts too!

   
I made a quilt very similar to this one over a year ago.  Here.  I used a pattern from APQ called 'My Guy' for the first one.  



This one, I changed up.  Same kind of vibe as my first one.  I increased the width and length of the woven stripes (Kaffe Fasset).  I love the colors against the brown.  They seem to brighten it up, give some visual interest.  The strip between the stripes is a deep, dark brown.  



Brown is an interesting color, don't you think? 



What is your favorite background color?  Brown, white, blue...maybe black or grey?


Quilting next...to be continued!

Brown.  A color produced by mixing red, yellow and black.  



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7 comments :

  1. I think that is a visually interesting quilt. I love bright colors against brown. Honestly my quilts tend to be really busy (lots of coordinating prints, without much solid), so I haven't really found my go to background color...

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    1. I'm the opposite! I need to break out of my 'solid' comfort zone and use more prints!

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  2. This is really cool! I don't usually like crown, but it looks really awesome with all these bright colors. Great job :)

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    1. Its sometimes hard to figure out how to use a color! I struggle with that often!

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  3. What a great quilt, and I can see how it would appeal to men---they seam to like straight lines, simple, darker colors, and sometimes plaid? Hm. I love using greys and browns--almost completely stay away from white! White is an attractive nuisance to me, always asking for stains and dirt and hard water discoloration. Also been working with a lot of blue this year.

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    1. Thank you so much! Funny you should mention white and stains! I just discovered a fading issue with one of my projects!

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