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Friday, September 18, 2009

How About a Little Chrome?

Chrome yellow is another color that can bring a quilt to life. Personally I think it's underused, even when making reproduction quilts. You don't need much to add a bit of spark.
Chrome yellow, double pinks and poison green! Knock my socks off!
I've always loved this pattern. The yellow in the center really
makes it zing! Look at these wonderful madder browns with chrome yellow. This was a really crispy quilt top and poorly constructed. Fun to look at though!


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11 comments:

  1. Nancy Near PhiladelphiaSeptember 18, 2009 at 6:54 AM

    Drooling, Near Philadelphia

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  2. sewprimitive karenSeptember 18, 2009 at 8:28 AM

    Oh boy my fave. However, I can really see the chrome in the "stiff" quilt going into a different quilt and those wonderful brown stars going into another one, oh those stars set differently would be sooooooo great :-).

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  3. AnonymousSeptember 18, 2009 at 8:59 AM

    Chrome is good!!

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  4. JanetSeptember 18, 2009 at 9:34 AM

    Great post! I love the red one - I like that pattern too :0)

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  5. antique quilterSeptember 18, 2009 at 10:54 AM

    oh I have always loved that red one too
    pine burr is it?
    but my motto is a little chrome makes every quilt a happy quilt :)
    I love the chrome yellows!
    Kathie

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  6. TarynSeptember 18, 2009 at 12:40 PM

    I really like quilts with that color in them. But, I have never had the courage to use it in a big way in one of my own. Thanks for the inspriation.

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  7. MamifleurSeptember 18, 2009 at 2:08 PM

    I cannot to write because my english is bad but I want to say : I love your blog and the old quilts ,I have seen ! Mamifleur de
    France...

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  8. JanetSeptember 19, 2009 at 2:56 AM

    What wonderfully graphic quilts and bold use of colour. These quilters knew how to make quilts sing. Love the chrome yellow and the pine burr with red as a background is stunning.

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  9. VickiSeptember 20, 2009 at 7:58 AM

    Love all three, but especially the nine patch. Humble, but beautiful!

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  10. KarenSeptember 20, 2009 at 8:40 AM

    Love the Feathered Star quilt. And, yes, that yellow gives it a zing!

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  11. KarenSeptember 20, 2009 at 8:42 AM

    Whoops, I remembered that it is not a feathered star pattern but a Pine Burr. It is also called World Without End but I don't know why.

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