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Understanding Quilt-Specific Colors: Bubblegum Pink
Each of these color galleries represents a color given as a value for “Quilt-Specific Colors” in the Quilt Index Comprehensive Fields. Very specific “quilty” colors often reveal specific fabrics, a specific historical time period, or a particular quilting method. The quilts pictured in these galleries range from the late eighteenth century to the 1940s, and illustrate a wide variety of fabrics and techniques. Some quilts contain examples of more than one of these colors and thus appear in more than one gallery. In addition to these galleries, a good reference for learning more about quilt-specific colors is Eileen Jahnke Trestain’s book, Dating Fabrics: A Color Guide, 1800-1960.
Bubblegum Pink
If the 1870s and 1880s were “the brown years,” the 1920s could be called the pink years. Many pinks were popular in the 1910s, ‘20s, and ‘30s, including double pinks and salmon pinks. Bubblegum pinks, however, are easily distinguished from the others by their cool undertone and general resemblance to chewing gum. Bubblegum pinks were used in solids as well as prints.
Bubblegum Pink
If the 1870s and 1880s were “the brown years,” the 1920s could be called the pink years. Many pinks were popular in the 1910s, ‘20s, and ‘30s, including double pinks and salmon pinks. Bubblegum pinks, however, are easily distinguished from the others by their cool undertone and general resemblance to chewing gum. Bubblegum pinks were used in solids as well as prints.
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Museum
Michigan State University Museum Michigan Quilt Project
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1936
McCall's Large Ro... Clarke, Bozena Vilh...
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1925
Wild Rose Clarke, Laura Mae
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1927
Solomon's Puzzle Clarke, Laura Mae
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ca 1924
Bow Tie Clarke, Emilie
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