Spring Inspirations?

for me Spring is yellow, white and green - clear bright greens and lime
swathes of daffodils yellow and white

later on follow the reds, oranges, whites and yellows as spring heads
towards summer and the fields of tulips burst into flower and create art in
the fields

one could add pink and purple into the second part of spring but I prefer to
neglect these colours in quilts I make for "me"

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Jessamy
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Hi everyone:
With the weather beginning to warm up here in New Hampshire and
anticipating the gorgeous spring colors to follow, I am itching to
create a new wall quilt featuring spring colors. Yellow, purple and
green are on the top of my list, but I am also wondering what color
combinations make others think of spring.
So, what does spring look like to you?
All the best,
Carol
www.caroldoak.com

errr... Jeanne.. I *think* you for got to mention...

LIME

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Jessamy *snicker*
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hi Carol,
all shades of green from dark to LIME.
green is mother natures neutral afterall, eh.
toss in the odd wee bit of flower colours and you got one fantastic quilt
imo.
hey they work for me, as long as there is lots of LIME in it.
LIME LIME LIME!!!!!
heehee
jeanne
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Jessamy wrote:

errr... Jeanne.. I *think* you for got to mention...

LIME

I got three (yes THREEEEE!!!) limes greens when I did my shopping at the
weekend!

The fabric shop made me buy it!

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Kate XXXXXX R.C.T.Q Madame Chef des Trolls
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What an evil shop making you buy LIME greens

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Jessamy *snicker*
In The Netherlands
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"I got three (yes THREEEEE!!!) limes greens when I did my shopping at the
weekend!

The fabric shop made me buy it!

--
Kate XXXXXX R.C.T.Q Madame Chef des Trolls
Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons
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Jessamy wrote:

What an evil shop making you buy LIME greens


I know... Forced me to get a couple of William Morris prints too, the
so-&-so's! And a turquoise with lime green bits on it!

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that is just *terrible*!!!

maybe I need to go there and whip them with a wet FQ for being so cruel!

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Jessamy
In The Netherlands
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I know... Forced me to get a couple of William Morris prints too, the
so-&-so's! And a turquoise with lime green bits on it!

--
Kate XXXXXX R.C.T.Q Madame Chef des Trolls
Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons
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"Georg" wrote in message
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maryd wrote:
To me a honey wagon is a cattle truck. We get "dairy compost" from the
local dairy and it has no odor.


The honey wagons in my neck of the woods certainly have odor. We refer to
that in my family as "good clean country air."
snip -georg


Ah yes...we always called it derriere, oops, I meant dairy air.... :P

(but it sure grows nice flowers!)

chipper
enjoying the chartreuse of the new hedge leaves, deep pink redbuds and
crabapples and pale pink of weeping cherries with screaming yellow daffodils
underneath.

"Georg" wrote in message
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Bonnie NJ wrote:
Hey Georg, I don't know what you mean by honey wagons but I don't think
what we refer to as honey wagons as a sign of Spring.
What is your definition for a honey wagon?


I thought farmers got out into their fields with the fertilizer (honey
wagons- manure carts, etc), early in the spring. They plow it in and
plant. To me, that's a sign of spring.


When a young man's fancy turn to thoughts of.........................

Sooorrrrrry. Couldn't resist that one! ;-)) Even though I am now into
quilting and too old for all that stuff!! :-))

Newbie Eddie
Binding done! Just quilting a few extras!!

Honey wagons! What a great term. I always called it "New York Pot pourri".
Yes, you always know when spring is here. Now if you live in the city like
I did, well when you smell dog doodoo, it's a sign that spring has arrived.
Funny, no matter where you live, country or city, the sign is there!

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"Georg" wrote in message
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maryd wrote:
To me a honey wagon is a cattle truck. We get "dairy compost" from the
local dairy and it has no odor.


The honey wagons in my neck of the woods certainly have odor. We refer
to that in my family as "good clean country air."

The dairy I used to live next to kept sh** pits. Big piles of manure
that really, no one wanted to be downwind of. This was sold as dairy
compost, I guess, and certainly wasn't odor free.

I guess whomever you get it from does a better job of making proper
compost out of it.

-georg

Eddie wrote:

"Georg" wrote in message
...

Bonnie NJ wrote:

Hey Georg, I don't know what you mean by honey wagons but I don't think
what we refer to as honey wagons as a sign of Spring.
What is your definition for a honey wagon?


I thought farmers got out into their fields with the fertilizer (honey
wagons- manure carts, etc), early in the spring. They plow it in and
plant. To me, that's a sign of spring.



When a young man's fancy turn to thoughts of.........................

Sooorrrrrry. Couldn't resist that one! ;-)) Even though I am now into
quilting and too old for all that stuff!! :-))

Newbie Eddie
Binding done! Just quilting a few extras!!

Never! One is NEVER too old for swift retorts and fun!

For me THE sign of spring is the swathes of white and purple crocuses
planted up by my FIL's: the local council has planted acres of them up
the middle of the dual carriage way, in ten foot wide waves! They
looked magnificent at the weekend. Very few daffodils out yet, but the
crocuses have lasted all month!

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Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons
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Click on Kate's Pages and explore!