We have 2 neices getting married. One in July and the other in October. I have made quilts for the other neices and nephews. They have all wanted beige or very neutral. Can you say boring. I've done 2 already. The thought of doing 2 more is not good. I was wondering if I used fall colors for 1. Muted greens, burnt orange, brick red, browns, and gold. Do you think that is neutral. (hope so). I have trouble doing the samething over again. Need color suggestions.
Jane, i'm also finding that wedding quilts get boring. i guess it's from these "kids" living in dorms and boring beige apartments. do you observe what colors the brides wear the most? sometimes that's a clue to what palate they like. two color quilts are most receptive, imho. i did blue/white and pale green/cream for a few weddings.
I totally agree with what Amy is saying - you can easily do a two color quilt that isn't at all boring. You can also use, along with the beige or white or whatever, several different shades of the same color - with the end result that you have a 2 color quilt with awesome and subtle color variations that aren't really noticed unless close up. Musicmaker, who sometimes specializes in spicing things up.
IMO you should make the quilts that please you. But for a non-beige neutral, perhaps a medium or navy blue? And you can throw in all the other blues you have, the overall effect will still be blue. This would of course work with a terracotta or dark brown base color too, throwing in all the sort of related colors you have. Not sure it works quite that way with green, for some reason. Green seems just too opinionated. Roberta in D
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Instead of doing bed quilts for wedding presents... I'm thinking about going another route. I'll be making Christmas tree skirts and stockings. That way you know what colors will work. They will last forever and the bride and groom will remember you each time they pull them out. Then when they start their family - -in addition to baby quilts -- you can add another stocking!
Is gray neutral? We'd have to think about it but there's loads of variety in gray. And, what about indigo? Think along the lines of 'blue jeans' denim and all its shades and values. I haven't made a quilt with those but they're 'sort of' neutral and have enough variety to keep my limited attention span happy. Maybe. Polly
"Musicmaker" I totally agree with what Amy is saying - you can easily do a two
We did one for some friends who had recently got married and were about to move into a self-built house in the Highlands. It started out with the sort of autumn colours you have in mind, some with leaf designs, made into stack-and-whacked blocks. But we didn't have enough of those fabrics to do the whole top, so the scraps were made into a central panel of bargello abstract landscape and the blocks arranged round it like this, with heavy pure black sashing:
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Most of the area of the top was now pure black. I appliqued flame motifs onto the bargello in intense reds and oranges, some of them Hoffmans with splashes of gold, adding an effect of movement to the flames with wavy vertical lines of embroidery in red thread (the sort of lines that sparks from a fire might trace out). It had a border of dark marbled ash-grey. The idea was for it to look like a peat fire burning in the middle of the room with the blocks like windows into an autumn landscape. The sashing gave it a Japanese or Charles Rennie Mackintosh look. One of the most successful quilts we've done, but I don't have a photo. (We also put their initials in the corners. Using both sets of initials like that was once common in wedding gifts in Scotland, even on the doorways of houses. It made more sense in a culture where women retained their surnames after marriage, as they always did in Scotland until very recent times).
About as far from beige as you can get. We didn't consult them at all, it was a surprise - we just assumed they had good taste. We think they like it. At least they haven't come back to Edinburgh very often to get away from it.
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HI Jane I also make quilts for the neices and nephews as they get married. The one marrying in July said their house is decorated in browns/neutrals. They haven't clued in that I am making a quilt though.....first marriage on this side of the family. So browns/neutrals quilt it is!!
The other 3 quilts I have made, on the other side, knew I made quilts as gifts and they all requested blue.
It is a great thrill to see family pictures several years after the wedding and see your quilt in the background, knowing it is still being used. If I had picked the colours for them, the quilt might be stuck away in a closet some where!!
Jane I think that your fall colours fall into the neutral category and I hope your next quilt turns out great.
Polly Like the blue jeans. Can work in pockets and the zippers. That would be fun. Maybe throw size for sofa. Put names and wedding date. Gray is neutral. Not a color that rings for me. Thanks
Jack That sounds so beautiful. I like black it pops color around it. You all have given me alot to think about. Glad I have 2 to do. May use several ideas. One on front and one on back. That way if they don't like one side maybe the other. Thanks
I agree, Roberta. I do think that mixing several different colors (the greens, oranges, etc., that Jane mentioned putting together) would not really be neutral, since it's a definite combination of colors. If these two couples want neutral, though, perhaps black or navy with either white or beige (lots of each, naturally) would work?
You could use a lot of colors and make it really scrappy. That way it would go with most anything. Or make a monochrome quilt with a lot of different values of a single color.
Julia > We have 2 neices getting married. One in July and the other in October. I
I always consider fall colors to be "neutral-like" (is that a word?). At least, they are far more common than say purple and pink, and would go along with the truly neutral colors.
Yes, those are pretty neutral colors. The last wedding quilt I did was also neutral. However, the backing was a garish red with African beads on it! It was so fun.
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