Two-Color Quilts
There’s beauty in simplicity! Sew two-color quilts in both traditional color combinations and unexpected pairings.
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Winding Ways
Curved piecing creates an overlapping circle pattern on this scrappy blue and tan quilt.
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Polka Dot Fest
Fifty-six red-and-white blocks create intersecting light and dark “dots” in this throw. A polka dot border ties them together.
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Butter Churn
A Churn Dash variation forms intriguing interlocking squares. Rotary-cutting makes it easy to reconstruct this antique quilt—no need for templates!
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Rhapsody in Blue
Can you keep a secret? This Single Irish Chain quilt showcases a simple Nine-Patch in disguise.
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Twin Stars
The classic red-and-white combo and traditional-with-a-twist star blocks make the quilt a winner year-round.
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Flying Geese Quilt
Sew Flying Geese blocks to make a soothing quilt using an assortment of blue and green batiks.
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6 Two-Color Quilts We Love
Highlight favorite two-color combinations with quilt patterns made for a limited palette. From scrappy designs to classic two-color quilts, these patterns are stunning as decor. All patterns are throw size.
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Vision in Blues
Taking a cue from the hues of winter, alternate blue-and-white floral squares with a classic block pattern in complementary prints, plaids, stripes, and shirtings to create the borderless throw.
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Ruby Reds
Scrappy red-and-white star blocks capture your heart in the throw. Cleverly mixed prints make three versions of the same star block.
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Tumbling Triangles Quilt
Use a tumbler-shape template to create a small, quilted throw. Choose from a medley of red and blue prints.
Get the free quilt pattern here.
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Winter Wonder
When the frosty days of winter arrive, warm your home with a dramatic blue-and-white quilt.
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Sea and Sand Quilt
Combine teal and brown batiks in an easy-to-piece quilt.
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Roaring Waves
A range of blues and grays, gradating from light to dark, produce the look of waves on a stormy night. Pairing blue with gray instead of white puts a twist on the classic two-color combination.
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Sunny Skies
Cheery blue and yellow star in this sunny wall quilt. A variety of geometric prints complement the tone-on-tones for low-contrast piecing.
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Cold Snap
Chain piecing makes easy work of the sharp points in this classic blue-and-white icy-crystal delight.
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Tree Time
Gather a variety of cool-tone solids for tree blocks, set the blocks side-by-side, and frame them with a narrow border to make a forest-inspired wall quilt.
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Peppermint Twist
Red-and-white strip sets and a little clever cutting make this throw quilt’s vertical rows go round and round.
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Autumn Ambience
The rich, warm colors of tan and red meld together with understated elegance on a throw that combines delicate appliqué and classic piecing.
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Sunny Side Up
Watch new shapes emerge when you cleverly arrange blue and yellow fabrics to create an optical illusion.
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Marbled Elegance
Skinny chains of light, medium, and dark blue squares run through a marbled, creamy field, mimicking the blue veins in the background print.
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Circles and Squares Throw
Cut circles from precut 10-inch squares, then raw-edge appliqué both shapes to a solid color background for a pink and brown lap quilt.
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Candy Cane Quilt
Compose this fresh red-and-white wall hanging with various cheerful prints and a simple Churn Dash block.
Get the free quilt pattern here.
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King Solomon’s Temple
Use just two simple shapes—triangles and squares—and red and white fabrics to re-create an antique quilt.
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Ships Ahoy!
Easy-to-piece sailboats and appliqué accents ensure smooth sailing in this blue-and-white quilt.
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Vive la French Country
On this inviting tablecloth, charming yellow and blue prints march around a border that looks like French tiles.
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Endless Summer
Use an array of blue and white batiks to create a two-color quilt with a fresh look.
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Nautical Baby Quilt
Make a splash with a nautical-theme crib quilt. Stitched in white prints and rose polka dots, this baby quilt will make a great gift for any baby girl.
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Blue Heirloom Quilt
Pairing gray with blue instead of white with blue puts a twist on the classic two-color combination. Fussy-cutting an ikat print for the outer border gives the appearance of more intricate piecing without the additional work!
Get the free quilt pattern here.
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Bolts of Blue
Mix your favorite blue prints in a scrappy wall hanging that will have you doing anything but singing the blues. Choosing prints with splashes of white keeps the strips in the tone-on-tone sashing from getting lost.
Get the free quilt pattern here.
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Two-Tone Star Table Runner
Create the illusion of diagonal stripes with clever fabric placement in a graphic table runner composed of star blocks.
Get the free quilt pattern here.
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Classic Two-Color Treasure
Stitch a vintage red-and-white quilt using just two fabrics for the blocks, background, and binding. Make the blocks using set-in seams, and showcase quilting stitches in the setting pieces.
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Crossways
Create one-way movement by arranging Four-Patch units and setting squares in a diagonal Irish Chain pattern.
Get the free quilt pattern here.
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Paisley Squares and Bars
Here's a two-block treat that's great for beginners. A mix of blue and red squares and rectangles, this geometric beauty proves that sometimes simple is best!
Get the free quilt pattern here.
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Little Blue Triangle-Squares
Make a table topper that's perfect for pairing with fine china. Sixty-four tiny triangle-squares make up the quilt center.
Get the free quilt pattern here.
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Blooming Lattice
Create the look of a complex two-color quilt by surrounding a Nine-Patch variation with pieced units.
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Triangle-Squares Bed Quilt
Show off eye-catching prints, solids, and ticking stripes in a two-color quilt of triangle-squares, Four-Patch units, and rectangles.
Get the free quilt pattern here.
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One-Point Table Runner
Lend sass to an easy table topper with a bevy of black-and-white prints.
Get the free quilt pattern here.
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Blue-and-White Pinwheels
Pair shades of blue with white prints to add depth to a two-color quilt.
Get the free quilt pattern here.
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Blue Ocean Waves
Combine soft prints and large florals in serene shades of aqua and blue into Ocean Wave blocks to achieve a tranquil look.
Get the free quilt pattern here.
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Appliqued Lamps Wall Quilt
Make a two-color wall quilt featuring lamp-shape appliqué pieces. Combine assorted florals, stripes, and dots to give the quilt center pizzazz.
Get the free quilt pattern here.
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Wild Goose Chase
Develop dramatic contrast simply by pairing red and white fabrics. Join Flying Geese units with triangles to make the blocks, then add sashing and borders to create a timeless two-color quilt.
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