Color Ways

I’ve been asked several times how I choose the colors in my quilt.  To be honest, I don’t put a lot of thought into it. It just comes easy to me. Don’t know it that is fair. It just is what it is. Must come from growing up with my artist mother. If you struggle with this, I hope this post will help you out.

An easy method for choosing colors is to find a favorite fabric with lots of different fabrics in it and pull from those colors. I chose this fun camping print and then pulled like colored fabrics from my scrap bins. Don’t worry about being to matchy matchy. Just get in the general family.

project box with fabric scraps

Another method is to be monochromatic.  I do a lot of this for scrappy backgrounds. Like my sheep quilt I just posted.

project box with light blue and gray fabric scraps.

Or my simple Funfetti quilt

scrappy baby quilt over a fence

You can also choose two colors that are adjacent on the color wheel. Like these purples and pinks,

project box with pink and purple fabric scraps.

I’m using to make a Kaleidoscope of butterflies in a variety of sizes.

Purple and pink butterfly quilt blocks in two sizes

Or pick a common color scheme. I thought these were fitting for July.

project box with red white and blue fabric scraps

I pulled a similar batch when I made this scrap friendly quilt.

red white and blue scrap quilt

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