If you ask any person below the age of 30 what words they think of when you say 'rose quilt ' chances are, that you are going to get a lot of replies like 'old ' 'dusty ' and 'uncool '. Expect these to come up quite a lot. While you might think otherwise, it looks like that a large amount of the younger generations don't view these types of quilts the way we do.
So what can we do about this?
Well, you could disagree with them until you are both blue in the face, but that is not going to switch anyone's view. No, what you're going to need to do is make a rose quilt that a more youthful person is going to love.
So I have wrote down a couple of ideas of my own to share with you.
Pixellated Quilt
There are one or two who are no doubt wondering, what is 'pixellated '? Pixellation is the effect that is utilised on the news when a suspect is arrested or taken in for interrogating. Their face is mostly obscured by covering it in multicolored squares.
This is an effect that harks back to the graphics on PCs around the late 80's and early 90's. Many younger people love designs that seem to be pixellated or squared out. Using this on your roses in your pattern will give a design that younger people will surely love!
Cartoon Roses
This is a design that's superb for people of a much earlier age. Have a look at the styles of the cartoon shows that your nephews and younger children watch. Most cartoon styles have thick outer lines with a single colour filling in the middle and nominal shading.
If you make a rose quilt following the same design principles, hopefully the effect should be the same, giving you cartoon roses and a quilt that they are going to love!
So now you can change somebody's opinion of rose duvets by using some new designs and making a quilt they will love for years ahead.
So what can we do about this?
Well, you could disagree with them until you are both blue in the face, but that is not going to switch anyone's view. No, what you're going to need to do is make a rose quilt that a more youthful person is going to love.
So I have wrote down a couple of ideas of my own to share with you.
Pixellated Quilt
There are one or two who are no doubt wondering, what is 'pixellated '? Pixellation is the effect that is utilised on the news when a suspect is arrested or taken in for interrogating. Their face is mostly obscured by covering it in multicolored squares.
This is an effect that harks back to the graphics on PCs around the late 80's and early 90's. Many younger people love designs that seem to be pixellated or squared out. Using this on your roses in your pattern will give a design that younger people will surely love!
Cartoon Roses
This is a design that's superb for people of a much earlier age. Have a look at the styles of the cartoon shows that your nephews and younger children watch. Most cartoon styles have thick outer lines with a single colour filling in the middle and nominal shading.
If you make a rose quilt following the same design principles, hopefully the effect should be the same, giving you cartoon roses and a quilt that they are going to love!
So now you can change somebody's opinion of rose duvets by using some new designs and making a quilt they will love for years ahead.
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