Two-Color Quilts

There’s beauty in simplicity! Sew two-color quilts in both traditional color combinations and unexpected pairings.

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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Tumbling Triangles Quilt

Use a tumbler-shape template to create a small, quilted throw. Choose from a medley of red and blue prints.

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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.

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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.

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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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Two-Tone Star Table Runner

Create the illusion of diagonal stripes with clever fabric placement in a graphic table runner composed of star blocks.

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Crossways

Create one-way movement by arranging Four-Patch units and setting squares in a diagonal Irish Chain pattern.

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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.

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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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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.

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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.

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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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One-Point Table Runner

Lend sass to an easy table topper with a bevy of black-and-white prints.

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Blue-and-White Pinwheels

Pair shades of blue with white prints to add depth to a two-color quilt.

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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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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.

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Snowflakes Wall Hanging

Fuse snowflake appliqué shapes to foundation squares for a wintry wall hanging that celebrates the frosty season.

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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.

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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.

Buy the pattern here.