pastels have changed colours!
MSM
him to pick up pastels or reds with other colours mixed in with it. He
proudly presented me with 19 fat quarters. Guess how many are red?
BZZ... Wrong! Answer is, (drumrole please!)--None!
How many are pastels, you ask? (Drumrole again).....None!
They are black on black, black on black with a tiny bit of blue thrown in,
or brown, or dirt green, more black on grey, grey on black etc. All of them!
I don't have any idea of where I would use these fabrics.
I looked from the fabrics to DH's proud face and said, "Pastels?" He
replyed, "Yes! How do you like them?" He actually thought these were
pastels! So ladies, be warned! If you want your DH's to pick out fabric for
you, you'd best show him what the colours actually look like first! LOL
Susanne
The Brown Family
the men on this newsgroup. Can you go back to the LQS and exchange them for
something else.....I don't see why they wouldn't do that. Otherwise you can
send them my way (ta da...problem solved). I guess being a guy and all, he
didn't ask for help (kinda like asking for directions I guess).
Lorraine
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Butterfly
Two: He got BATIKS for you
Three: Make sumpin for HIM out of them.
Four: He probably didn't ask for Pastels--just for Batiks : )
Five: USE THEM. I am very serious on this one.
Six: Next time call the LQS (or wherever he got them) ahead of time and
tell them WHAT you want and tell them that your DH will be picking them
up for you. ((Works a treat for me--the one has a cat (DH is very
allergic to cats) so I call ahead of time--tell them to have the
'whatever ready' and they do.))
HTH
Butterfly (Sometimes mine calls from wherever he is shopping and tells
me what he has and asks if there anything else)
jules
him made with them. Bless his heart for trying though :o) We often hear
things like blue is the new black, obviously this year darks are the new
pastels *g*
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Shelly
very understanding and more than glad to swap those "new pastels" for you to
the "old pastels". lol This is very funny!!! You should give that dh of
yours, a nice lesson in fabric colors/styles! lol
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> you, you'd best show him what the colours actually look like first! LOL
>
> Susanne
>
tan ones are brown, and the grey ones are blue. I love DH, but I wouldn't
trust him to pick out white thread.
Cindy
Ronnie Wexler
wife/girlfriend, whatever, should be given a great big hug (among other
things). Maybe something with stars would be a neat gift for him.
Ronnie
In article <3EF20F8F...@nospam.net>, Butterfly
Ruth in Happy Camp
did you resist giving him a pat on the head and a dog biscuit?
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georg
At least my sweetie has had a doctor confirm he is blue/green
colorblind. I can use this to my advantage too- because he's great at
telling me value of prints. All blue and green, and some purples, as
shades of grey.
Has your sweetie had his colorblindness checked?
-georg
julia sidebottom
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or he could be like my DH who insists there is a color called Aqua
Maroon..... sounds like a muddy mess to me.
Kellie
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Sharon Harper
and he's so proud of himself (like a little puppy who manages to "go" in the
right spot! Now there's a picture). Make him a loverly WUH or lap quilt,
then go and buy your own FQs. Besides 19!!! I'd be lucky if DH ever came
home with one!
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Patti
They'll make a wonderful quilt of contrasts - any pattern for which you
can used two colours - like tessellations for example - will look
wonderful done in these with, perhaps, cream? Ooh! I'm drooling
already >g<
You try; you'll be hooked too.
.
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nah, I don't think he is color blind. Just color challenged. If guns and
shells came in taupe or tan or grey he would know those colors, trust me.
Cindy
Nurse Ratched
mostly-black be the new pastels????? :P
Nurse Ratched (remove "cuckoo" from address to reply)
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But the trouble with "normal" is, it always gets worse. ~Bruce Cockburn
VanGoghLoverinCA
liked them enough to buy them. If you exchange them, you may offend DH and he
may never buy you anything again. What a sweetheart to go into the fabric shop
and buy things! He is a keeper.
Grace
Loren in Seattle
if you can't bear to take them back and don't want to use them either.... I
will gladly find them a home and call them pastel for you.
I'm thinking some level of color blindness? A friend's DH painted their
house pepto bismal pink and honestly thought it was a dusty rose.
Loren in Seattle
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rofl
jeanne
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A good friend will come and bail you out of jail....
but, a true friend will be sitting next to you saying,
"Damn...that was fun!"
i'll be there!!! will you??? :D
"Kellie J. Berger" wrote ...
Julia Altshuler
quilt or use fabrics all the time is going to make that sort of choice. (I
nearly wrote "mistake," but that's not quite what I mean.) A short while ago I
posted about coordinating a bunch of non-quilters from the dog group I frequent
to make a gift for one of our members who was hospitalized. I sent them to
their respective fabric stores with instructions to buy 100% cotton fabric in
any light, bright color. They came back with all sorts of variations on that
theme. In fact, the one person who followed instruction most exactly ended up
with her block sticking out a little out of place since it didn't match with any
of the others.
To me, the really interesting question is what to do with all those blacks,
greys, browns and dirt greens. I suppose you could return them, but where would
the fun in that be? I'd call them earth tones. I love that palate. You might
add just a smidgen of bright golden yellow for the look of the first rays of
sunlight coming up from a dreary night.
--Lia
MSM
I can't exchange them because he bought them on Vancouver Island. I'm stuck
with them.
Susanne
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wouldn't believe the subdued fabric I got in return for my bright lemon
print fabric. Can use most of it, but not together as they aren't bright at
all.
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all in all --- a very slow quilter.... So send quilts!
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MSM
laughing! She wanted to meet me! I wonder what that was all about!
Susanne
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MSM
colours I wanted to her first. Obviously his decisions were followed.
I think I should make him a quilt out of this stuff but boy will it be dark.
And seeing as how we only have 3 rooms, I know I am going to have to see it
often. Lord, give me strength!
Susanne
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MSM
can't use that as an excuse!
Susanne
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Susanne
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Shelly
innocently, "what is a pastel?" He replied, "that" while pointing to a
lavender color on a quilt, that was lying on the bed. I said, "So a pastel
is lavender?" He said, "I always thought it was light colors like lavender!"
DH does know his colors! lol Just had to give him the "new pastel test". He
passed. Now I can send him off for fabric anytime. hehe
Shelly
MSM
Susanne
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MSM
cat quilt by John Galagher? OK, problem solving with this group is great!
Thank you all.
Susanne
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Susanne
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Butterfly
That salesclerk must have been 'eyeing him' just cause he was a 'he' and
got all discombobbled.
Sounds like she didn't hear a word YOU said.
Butterfly (don't ask what I am doing the rip-it on tonight--and I will
NOT tell you how carefully I read the instructions and MATCHED
the pix : ( See even at MY age--it's easy to get messed up)
Joy Quilts
Whoa! He just caught me typing that and bit my head off for calling him
D*MN husband. I told him it's DEAR, DEAR, DEAR husband! Why doesn't he
believe me? Said he resents that I'd say the above so I told him, "Hey,
want to go buy me fabric? I got a whole list for you!" He gave me the hand
in my face. Sheez. See how lucky you are to have a DH buy you fabric? Oh,
and BTW, mine is colorblind anyways =). I keep teasing that I'm going to
make him a quilt with those circle bubble things where you gotta identify
the number or letter inside...tee hee...better send this before he sees LOL
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does that work for him? lol :D
jeanne*
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i'll be there!!! will you??? :D
"Joy Quilts" wrote ...
CNYstitcher
unexpected response by saying, "Yeah, it's a chalk-like thing you use
for sketching or drawing." After a second or 2 of being dumbfounded, I
clarified by saying, "No, pastel colors. Do you know what pastel
*colors* are??" That got the honest answer of, "Nope, and I don't want
to either because it sounds girly."
LOL
Larisa
Karlee in Kansas
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"Joy Quilts" wrote
> My DH would rather buy me feminine hygiene products than buy me fabric!
>
So would mine!!
Dee in Oz
MSM
start ballet lessons!
Susanne
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have to go out into the garage to do some heavy "man-stuff" because he
was turning red with his initial answer. I told him to look at the
bunny (a stuffed bunny that was given to DS for his first Christmas),
which is made of pastel blue and pink fabric. That was enough for
him...he asked me not to try and educate him on colors, reminding me
that he thought teal was a shade of brown <sigh> (wedding colors were
ivory, deep teal, and deep burgundy...some might say it sounds odd, but
it was really quite lovely).
Larisa
Dannielle Beitzell
and I haven't made one inch of progress yet! Every time I try to teach him
colors and color coordination....he turns around calls it all puce and walks
away!
Ah well, it just means I get to go to the fabric store by myself with his
checkbook!!!!
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:-) PAT
teleflora wrote:
> Are you kidding me? my DH thinks his taupe Dockers are green, he thinks the
> tan ones are brown, and the grey ones are blue. I love DH, but I wouldn't
> trust him to pick out white thread.
>
> Cindy
Pat in Virginia
loverly combination ... especially for a quilt. How about in the
Irish Chain Pattern? Tomorrow I'm going to a Bridal Shower ... so
I am in the "Wedding Mood!"
TTFN, PAT
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"Damn...that was fun!"
i'll be there!!! will you??? :D
"Karlee in Kansas" wrote...
| <snorfle> Be careful otherwise he will think it stands for sh*t head.
| Duckin and runnin
| Karlee in Kansas
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| "nzl*" wrote ...
CNYstitcher
didn't like the colors, she could either stay home or keep her eyes
closed. Others thought it was an odd combination as well...oh well.
Maybe it had something to do with the wedding being in August, but I
love those colors *any* time of the year!
Larisa
Joy Quilts
shoulder if he wants. SH! Thank God for kids and fabric!!!!!
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Maureen Wozniak
bright colors. I had a screaming orange and a turquoise. Lots of other
people brought Thimbleberries type shades.
Maureen
LN (remove NOSPAM) wrote:
>Our quilt guild had a fabric swap (8" squares) of a BRIGHT PRINT. You
>wouldn't believe the subdued fabric I got in return for my bright lemon
>print fabric. Can use most of it, but not together as they aren't bright at
>all.
>
>
>
Dr. Quilter
in a quilt shop buying FQs for you is a great thing! (not that I don't
have one of those). And I would not try to return them either, like
somebody said it might hurt his feelings and he might tell you to go get
them yourself! DH always tries to find a LQS when he goes to a meeting,
and bring me at least a couple FQs or half yards.. and I think it is so
sweet!
MSM wrote:
> He says it took him 3 hours to pick them! Three hours my foot!
> I can't exchange them because he bought them on Vancouver Island. I'm stuck
> with them.
>
> Susanne
> "The Brown Family" <mattawa...@rogers.com> wrote in message
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>>He's a man after all......need I say more! Of course I wasn't talking
>
> about
>
>>the men on this newsgroup. Can you go back to the LQS and exchange them
>
> for
>
>>something else.....I don't see why they wouldn't do that. Otherwise you
>
> can
>
>>send them my way (ta da...problem solved). I guess being a guy and all,
>
> he
>
>>didn't ask for help (kinda like asking for directions I guess).
>>
>>Lorraine
>>
>>"MSM" <msma...@shaw.ca> wrote in message
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>>
>>>My DH came home last night with lots of batik fat quarters for me. I
>>
> asked
>
>>>him to pick up pastels or reds with other colours mixed in with it. He
>>>proudly presented me with 19 fat quarters. Guess how many are red?
>>>BZZ... Wrong! Answer is, (drumrole please!)--None!
>>>How many are pastels, you ask? (Drumrole again).....None!
>>>They are black on black, black on black with a tiny bit of blue thrown
>>
> in,
>
>>>or brown, or dirt green, more black on grey, grey on black etc. All of
>>
>>them!
>>
>>>I don't have any idea of where I would use these fabrics.
>>>I looked from the fabrics to DH's proud face and said, "Pastels?" He
>>>replyed, "Yes! How do you like them?" He actually thought these were
>>>pastels! So ladies, be warned! If you want your DH's to pick out fabric
>>
>>for
>>
>>>you, you'd best show him what the colours actually look like first! LOL
>>>
>>>Susanne
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
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> Haven't you guys ever seen that movie of the week? A spouse on each coast?
>
Oh, honey, I wish! More time to quilt.
Cindy
LN (remove NOSPAM)
who are afraid of color.
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nzl*
making, lol)and black as the neutral, now theres some colours to keep ya
awake at night, eh.
jeanne*
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i'll be there!!! will you??? :D
"LN wrote ...
| Yup. Similar to what I saw. I don't get it. I guess these are just people
| who are afraid of color.
| "Maureen Wozniak" wrote ...
| > Yes I can. We did a project at our guild where we had to bring two
| > bright colors. I had a screaming orange and a turquoise. Lots of other
people brought Thimbleberries type shades.
| > Maureen
Butterfly
Oh, Yeah!
Butterfly (been privileged to have a sneak peek; )
Bonnie Patterson
We once had a Pastor who dressed in very strange color combinations,
he had no wife. Even his socks never matched. He thought that he was
wearing grays and blacks of different shades!
MSM
says he wants to hang it in his office. Yikes! He wants a star quilt. So I
will mix some brilliants to go with all the charcoal grey and blacks. I'm
feeling pressured now. What have I gotten myself into! My list of quilts
that everyone wants me to make for them is growing by the minute. Where is
my clone? LOL
Susanne
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ummmm......get busy!
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