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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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...
ReplyDeleteI'm the opposite! I need to break out of my 'solid' comfort zone and use more prints!
DeleteThis is really cool! I don't usually like crown, but it looks really awesome with all these bright colors. Great job :)
ReplyDeleteIts sometimes hard to figure out how to use a color! I struggle with that often!
DeleteHey! Great quilt!
ReplyDeleteWhat 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.
ReplyDeleteThank 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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