New girly quilt.

You're steaming along, John. Will be intrigued to see it - it sounds lovely. Can you try to get some green in there somewhere? . In message , John writes

Oh I agree with Pat. A spring green (clear, not muddy...more yellow than blue/forest green) would be lovely with those colors. Maybe a small border and binding? sashing?

There is a faint green stem on the pink/blue flowers. But I will consider other colors as I go along. I am going out tomorrow and buy the dusty rose for the plain blocks and see what else is available.

John

hey John, i will agree completely with the call for some more green. a wee bit of LIME green is a real zinger on any quilt. and green is natures neutral. for me its LIME but call it what you will, lol. gotta have that spring green in there somewhere, just a small bit, maybe a tiny border round something. oh oh, how about a wee piped border sans the piping. just put a folded piece in any seam line with some of it sticking out, a small bit will do wonders for that call to spring. cant wait to see you finished top pix. :) cheers, jeanne

ok it's high time I went to sleep - I read that last bit as can you tell Lime is my favourite SINGER

rofl, if it sings for you Jess, all the better. sweet quilty dreams toots!! hugz for you and the wee lads, jeanne

it's pink and purple what do you think??

I don't think it is really a girly quilt unless it includes ruffles and lace. The colors sound like a sweet springtime romance to me. Perhaps you could call it your Romance Quilt. Debra in VA See my quilts at

On Fri, 23 Feb 2007 16:33:08 -0600, nzlstar* wrote (in article ):

I'd vote for the Lime green as well. But I'm just impressed that John knows what color dusty rose is. None of the males in my family can figure out the different shades of color--everything is just "white" or "pink" or "blue" to them.

Maureen

I missed the post about the quilt, but colour issues . . . . Well, that's not just a male thing although statistically (obviously we have brilliant exceptions John!!) women have MUCH better colour differentiation than men.

Years ago my sis asked me to make a quilt for the bedroom in her new house. She kept forgetting to show me the carpet/paint/curtain samples, so finally when we were out shopping I took her to a store and told her to pick one fabric and I would puts others with it. She chose a really nice med/dk olive shade of green with a small print. I then collected about 60 other greens (lime to dk olive) to make her a scrappy quilt.

Just as I had started it she remembered to bring the amples - pale blue/green spearmint colour!! She just looked at me and said "Yeah, they're both green".

It was only then I realised that sis was more than a little colour blind. She always dressed VERY smartly, but thinking back it was always white/off-white/very pale shirts with plain very dark suits at work. And leisure wear back then was even more "anything goes" than now colour-wise. So I guess we just never had any reason to notice. Her first house was entirely black, white and shades of grey - curtains, blinds, furniture, carpets, tiles . . . . . everything!! We just thought she was a bit "odd" but it turns out she really didn't notice anything unusual about it. lol She probably still doesn't think she is colour challenged!!

I believe most men know more colors than we realize. Most fellas just plain won't admit to it because it is often referred to as a feminine trait. DH worked as a house painter for a few years so he had to learn all the various shades, and my step father worked for years at the local Burlington fabric plant in quality control. Those two are down right picky about color. My brother is the real artist in the family so he has a natural way with color. A male friend had paint mixed more than a six times for one project because he wanted a classic chocolate brown and the paint tinting person could not get the color right.

Think about how many men know "John Deere green" or "CATerpillar yellow", not to mention Dodge car paint colors from the 1970s like plum crazy, sublime, panther pink, go mango, and rallye green. Most men know the difference between Candy Apple red, Fire Engine red, and Charger red. Ask a guy to find Vikings purple, Packers green, or Redskins burgundy and they will.

I don't think women can differentiate colors better than men. I think we just name the colors differently. Debra in VA See my quilts at

Hhhmmm . . . . . maybe. Recognising a colour they are familiar with (and may relate to) does not mean they have good general colour awareness.

I am not disagreeing necessarily, but this and related issues were a major interest for me during recruiting processes. Perhaps there is a cultural influence too - as we do not generally encourage boys to consider colour (fashion, decorating, etc) in quite the same way that we do girls. Perhaps there is a stronger gender stereo-typing than we would think. (I wonder what the same tests would show about MidEast traditional tribes where women dress mostly in black or plain dark colours, and men are the traditional artisans - eg carpet weaving) And my observations tended to be broad generalisations. I know many individual men with a very keen sense of colour, and some women who are more "colour challenged" than my sis.

But in the tests for pilot training, colour differentiation was always one of the lowest scores for male groups. Of course our Air Force wouldn't have female pilots back then even though they (as a GROUP) tested far higher for the skills required. Even now there are very few female pilots in the RAAF, and their duties are very restricted. Again - a restriction that is gender related but not necessarily what is generally referred to as "discrimination". There are very genuine problems with putting women in combat roles, and they are not all related to the physical or mental/psychological capability of women.

So who's it for? Or is it just a personal challenge? We await photos with bated breath. Roberta in D

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It is just to try something different from the type of colors that I have used in the past. There is not anyone in particular that it is being made for, and it will probably be hung up on display and seldom used. I tend to like to challenge myself when I am doing anything of a creative nature. Theer is a local crafts show that is going to be happening and I would like to place something into entry in the quilt division and see what happens, and this would be a chance to do something for that purpose. This probably explains why I never went into production of any of the many pieces of furniture that I made over the years. I only did one off things and then moved to the next thing. The thought of doing hundreds of widgets and then selling them just about makes me scream. Right now I am in the midst of making three quilt racks for myself. Only two of them are identical as they will be positioned opposite each other and therefore are "of a set". The other one is completely different and will hold four quilts at a time. I will post pictures when they are done. This quilt will probably not be completed in the record time as the others, as I am only working half days on quilting. The other time is spent in the basement on woodworking.

John

This is the time of year I want to work with the 1930's reproduction fabrics. Their clear crisp colors make me think spring. Hope our current storm tracks north of you John. They are promising snow and ice all week end here in Chicago.

Susan

ACKI ! Purple is my absolute favorite! How can anyone not like purple??? But lime???? (Makes me think of chartreuse)

purple is horrid - I'm in the LIME camp! add some *orange*, *tangerine* and

Sounds lovely John. Who are you making this for??? Can't wait to see the photos. Good luck - I'm sure it will be very pretty.

Patti in Seattle

Color choice update. Just got back from TSWLTH and the jury has reached a verdict. Will the clerk read the verdict?. The verdict is "Celery", a light green color much like sea foam green or others of that type. Now the next question is; width of sashing? The blocks are a combination of 3" sewn out of 1" squares, and 3" solid blocks making up a double nine patch of 15" total square for the finished width and length of each 9 patch section. When I have done nine patch before I have used 2" blocks and 2" sashing. I don't think I want to use 3" for the sashing so I am thinking 2". What say y'all. In an interesting aside, I stopped by Barnes and Ignoble today to use a coupon for 15% off that I got in the mail and while passing through the sewing/craft section a book named "5500 Quilt Block Designs" by Maggie Malone, jumped into my hands and pleaded to be rescued. I being, the strong stalwart type, yielded to it's demands. I can't possibly imagine what other book on the subject I would ever need. You could never do all of these designs in a lifetime. Or you could die trying. I await your input on the sashing width question.

John