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Three-Color Quilts

June 14, 2013
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Limit your next quilt project to three colors. Consider both classic combinations and surprising mixes to make color the star of the finished work.
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Lemon Bars

Capture the fresh feeling of cool summer breezes wafting through a flower garden in the bright quilt. Yellow and blue floral prints create a magical maze with Nine-Patch and Snowball blocks.

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Sort by Color

With easy-to-make-and-use templates and careful color placement, you can create the illusion of stacked hexagons in a spectrum of hues.

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Prairie House Stars

Alternate Sawtooth Star and Double Four-Patch blocks in rich reds, browns, and creams for a cozy throw.

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Pinwheel Romance

Fall in love with easy-to-piece coral pinwheels. Careful fabric placement and selective quilting allow these subtle spinners to emerge at block intersections.

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Straight Furrows Log Cabin

Log Cabin blocks composed of bright orange and aqua prints and solid gray form scrappy-looking stripes across this wall hanging.

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Neutral Appeal

A small throw can add a dash of color to a room that has a neutral color palette.

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Bluesy Burgoyne

Civil War reproduction fabrics in blues, browns, and creams make a cozy wall hanging. Using a variety of the same three colors creates a controlled scrappy look.

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Harvest Rows

Halloween hues and striped sashing set the tone for a scrappy quilt composed of vertical strips.

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Striking Stars

Sashing units become the star of this wall hanging. Four Square-in-a-Square blocks provide the perfect foil for the five stars formed by the sashing.

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3D Squares Wall Quilt

Careful placement of black and red prints creates the illusion that the squares are popping off this wall hanging for a fun three-dimensional effect.

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Glimpses of the Garden

Showcase framed fussy-cut prints in a fresh wall hanging. A simple green, orange, and cream color palette helps the flowers bloom brightly.

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Button Blooms

Celebrate the flowers of May with a table topper. Large rickrack is a creative touch, while a sprinkling of pink buttons adds texture.

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Light Tricks

A fussy-cut ombré print background draws the eye into light spots, making the bright reds and yellows pop off the quilt like 3D shapes. Large floral prints stand out when cut into giant diamonds.

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Sherbet Rail Fence

Make a cheerful summer throw of cleverly arranged Rail Fence blocks. Cheerful sherbet-tone prints in pink, orange, and white liven up this traditional, easy-to-piece pattern.

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Fresh Four-Patch Table Topper

Four-Patch blocks and setting squares team up for a fabulous table topper. Lime greens balance perfectly with black and white prints.

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Framed Rectangles Quilt

Sweet pink florals add a romantic touch to black and white rectangular blocks.

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Batik Ocean Waves Quilt

Gold triangles in one corner of each Ocean Waves block of blue and cream batiks create contrasting pinwheels when the quilt top is assembled.

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Pastoral Countryside

Add touches of elegance and sophistication to your quilt with a simple color palette of red, black, and white. In this wall hanging a toile print takes center stage among subtle overall prints.

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High Light

Giant blocks, each created from just five large pieces of black, white, and bright yellow, make this zesty quilt a snap to complete.

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Wheel of Fortune

A scrappy circle composed of a variety of blues, greens, and browns is the standout of this project. A fun border of smaller spheres and arches continues the rounded motif for a table topper with a whimsical look.

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Striking Black-and-White Quilt

Opposites attract attention on this mostly black-and-white batiks throw. A splash of red in the sashing and border accents the quilt perfectly!

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Floral and Paisley Chain Quilt

Join yellow and blue blocks and cream rectangles to form a quilt top with a chain design.

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Checkerboard Nine-Patch

Nine-Patch blocks in pinks, purples, and yellows give a simple quilt a mod vibe.

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Little Sawtooth Stars

Black and turquoise stars stand out against a white background in this cute table topper.

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Three-Color Pinwheels

Use a black and white background to draw attention to red Pinwheel units.

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Crazy Stars

Discover the "crazy" way of making stars-no precise matching points and no paper piecing. Bright pinks and bold black-and-white prints make a standout wall hanging.

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Prism-Edge Table Topper

Make a one-block table topper that has an intricate ice cream cone border. Four-patch blocks in pink and black add a pop of color.

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Log Cabin Table Runner

Stitch a 12-block table runner using Log Cabin blocks in a color scheme of purple, green, and cream.

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Squares and Strips Table Runner

The light background in this table runner provides room for pizzazz with black and red scrappy prints.

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1 of 29 Lemon Bars
2 of 29 Sort by Color
3 of 29 Prairie House Stars
4 of 29 Pinwheel Romance
5 of 29 Straight Furrows Log Cabin
6 of 29 Neutral Appeal
7 of 29 Bluesy Burgoyne
8 of 29 Harvest Rows
9 of 29 Striking Stars
10 of 29 3D Squares Wall Quilt
11 of 29 Glimpses of the Garden
12 of 29 Button Blooms
13 of 29 Light Tricks
14 of 29 Sherbet Rail Fence
15 of 29 Fresh Four-Patch Table Topper
16 of 29 Framed Rectangles Quilt
17 of 29 Batik Ocean Waves Quilt
18 of 29 Pastoral Countryside
19 of 29 High Light
20 of 29 Wheel of Fortune
21 of 29 Striking Black-and-White Quilt
22 of 29 Floral and Paisley Chain Quilt
23 of 29 Checkerboard Nine-Patch
24 of 29 Little Sawtooth Stars
25 of 29 Three-Color Pinwheels
26 of 29 Crazy Stars
27 of 29 Prism-Edge Table Topper
28 of 29 Log Cabin Table Runner
29 of 29 Squares and Strips Table Runner

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