colour choices for pattern

[abc-dee]

Hello everyone..

 

ive been thinking about making my pooh bear characters in different colours than the traditional ones..

 

what do you think about using neutral tones such as

white, cream, eucra, beige, brown, chocolate, and black.

 

 

what do you think?

[athena]

how about making the traditional poohs in the honey yellow but dress him up with different clothes e.g.

 

1 in raincoat

2. sleepy pooh in nighties

etc

[abc-dee]

the problem is that i want to make pooh, tigger, piglet and eeyore but they wont look like a set if some are not in their right colours.. finding the colours is proving to be more than just a challege..

 

so i would be looking at

 

POOH

traditional colours - honey gold and red

neutral colours - cream, chocolate

 

TIGGER

traditional colours - black, tangerine, lemon, pale pink, maroon

neutral colours - chocolate, beige, cream, white, brown

 

PIGLET

traditional colours - pale pink, pink, hot pink, dark pink

neutral colours - cream, beige, brown, chocolate

 

EEYORE

traditional colours - cornflour, lavender, flesh, hot pink, purple, brown

neutral colours - beige, cream, white, brown, chocolate, black

 

well thats my idea anyways.. that way i only need to buy more readily available colours

[kkms]

unfortunatly for me pooh and friends arn't pooh and friends in non traditional colors. but thats me - if you are ok with the changes then there is no reason you can't do it.

[abc-dee]

ive been searching high and low for the traditional colours in size 10 thread/4ply cotton and sadly i just cant get every colour i need.. pooh is easy but eeyore and tigger are the hard ones.. i will keep searching but in the ean time i think the neutral tones will be my next major purchase as i can use them for many things

[jenhen]

Oh I think the characters would look good in the neutral colors. In the original books they are just line drawings anyway, so I think you could use any colors you like!

I would love to see pictures when they are done.

[Empress Busy Bee]

I think they'd look smashing.

People forget that the orginal weren't the bright colors they are now. They were much more muted. Classics

Also Disney store puts out different sets/themes every year. They've had black and white, blue and white (I have Eeyore), pastels, pastel checks (I have Eeyore), cream or beige or soft yellow (not sure which or maybe the've done all), etc.

Some examples:

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-from-DISNEYs-Winnie-the-Pooh-18-CREME-GOLD-EEYORE_W0QQitemZ380042559638QQihZ025QQcategoryZ2597QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/EEYORE-DISNEY-LIMITED-EDITION-CREME-PLUSH-ANIMAL-NEW_W0QQitemZ260259971054QQihZ016QQcategoryZ142QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/THE-DISNEY-STORE-LARGE-YELLOW-PINK-SPARKLY-EEYORE-HTF_W0QQitemZ180261564298QQihZ008QQcategoryZ66523QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/THE-DISNEY-STORE-LARGE-WHITE-SNOW-EEYORE-MUST-SEE_W0QQitemZ180261564776QQihZ008QQcategoryZ66523QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/THE-DISNEY-STORE-WHITE-SNOW-EEYORE-MUST-SEE-CUTE_W0QQitemZ180261565180QQihZ008QQcategoryZ66523QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

 

 

So don't be afraid of your idea. Run with it.

[abc-dee]

i went and purchased a range of 8 neutral colours so i will be allocating which colour goes where then starting on them.. lol once i complete the baby items i am making for a friend.. but by the time i have them done i will have pooh and friends all planned out

 

so here are the colours i purchased in sullivans crochet cotton

 

white

natural

cream

varigated stonewash

brown

chocolate

black

grey

 

[abc-dee]

I think they'd look smashing.

People forget that the orginal weren't the bright colors they are now. They were much more muted. Classics

Also Disney store puts out different sets/themes every year. They've had black and white, blue and white (I have Eeyore), pastels, pastel checks (I have Eeyore), cream or beige or soft yellow (not sure which or maybe the've done all), etc.

Some examples:

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-from-DISNEYs-Winnie-the-Pooh-18-CREME-GOLD-EEYORE_W0QQitemZ380042559638QQihZ025QQcategoryZ2597QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/EEYORE-DISNEY-LIMITED-EDITION-CREME-PLUSH-ANIMAL-NEW_W0QQitemZ260259971054QQihZ016QQcategoryZ142QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/THE-DISNEY-STORE-LARGE-YELLOW-PINK-SPARKLY-EEYORE-HTF_W0QQitemZ180261564298QQihZ008QQcategoryZ66523QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/THE-DISNEY-STORE-LARGE-WHITE-SNOW-EEYORE-MUST-SEE_W0QQitemZ180261564776QQihZ008QQcategoryZ66523QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/THE-DISNEY-STORE-WHITE-SNOW-EEYORE-MUST-SEE-CUTE_W0QQitemZ180261565180QQihZ008QQcategoryZ66523QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

 

 

So don't be afraid of your idea. Run with it.

 

 

i luv the creme eeyore

[Empress Busy Bee]

Me too. I didn't link mostly Eeyore by accident.

[abc-dee]

thankyou for the links though it really gave me a bit better idea of what im going to do

[Empress Busy Bee]

You're so welcome!