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Three-Color Quilts

June 14, 2013

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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Three-Color Quilts

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Lemon Bars

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Prairie House Stars

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Pinwheel Romance

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Straight Furrows Log Cabin

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Neutral Appeal

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Bluesy Burgoyne

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Harvest Rows

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Striking Stars

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3D Squares Wall Quilt

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Glimpses of the Garden

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Button Blooms

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Light Tricks

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Sherbet Rail Fence

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Fresh Four-Patch Table Topper

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Framed Rectangles Quilt

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Batik Ocean Waves Quilt

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Pastoral Countryside

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High Light

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Wheel of Fortune

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Striking Black-and-White Quilt

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Floral and Paisley Chain Quilt

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Checkerboard Nine-Patch

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Little Sawtooth Stars

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Three-Color Pinwheels

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Crazy Stars