COLOR INSPIRATION FOR THE ASSEMBLAGE QUILT PATTERN
Selecting a color palette for a quilt pattern can be the toughest part. If you’re like me, you want all the colors. I often look to nature for color palette inspiration. Flowers, sunrise or sunset, the night sky. All these scenes can be the beginning of a color palette.
Below I provide some color inspiration for my Assemblage Quilt pattern. I hope these palettes spark ideas and good feelings and make you want to create (even if it’s not a quilt!)
WEEKEND SUNSHINE
For this color palette, I was inspired by the sunrise and weekend vibes. These colors make me think of the feeling I got when I ate an Orange Sherbet Push Up as a kid. Joyful.
THE FABRICS
The Weekend Sunshine color palette was created using Kona Solids in the following colors:
Kona Solid Fabrics:
Natural
Banana
Punch
Ochre
Goldfish
Meringue
Citrus
Melon
Ballet Slipper
Cedar
IN THE STUDY
I call this color palette In the Study because it reminds me of grand studies filled with floor-to-ceiling bookshelves. It feels regal and sophisticated. If this color palette were a person, it would smoke a pipe. These colors give me formal feelings.
THE FABRICS
The In the Study color palette was created using Kona Solids in the following colors:
Kona Solid Fabrics:
Natural
Cantaloupe
Metal
Titanium
Persimmon
Nectarine
Tomato
Surf
Cedar
Prussian
COTTAGE GARDEN
I love a cottage garden. Exploding with color and shapes, wild but contained. This color palette was inspired by the vibrancy of a Cottage Garden. Greens, blues and peachy hues give this palette a bright but calming appearance.
THE FABRICS
The Cottage Garen color palette was created using Kona Solids in the following colors:
Kona Solid Fabrics:
Silver
Candy Green
Caribbean
Bluegrass
Aloha
Peach
Salmon
Mac and Cheese
Wasabi
Oasis
Color Your Own
You can color your own Assemblage Quilt on PreQuilt—for free. Actually, all of my quilt patterns have digital coloring pages available on PreQuilt. You can select fabrics from all the major manufacturers to color in your quilt and decide on your fabric pull.
About the Assemblage Quilt
My Assemblage sample quilt was made using Painter’s Palette Solids from Paintbrush Studios with a 108” wide back from Ruby Star Society. Haley Fetter of Mistletoe Quilting Co. added edge-to-edge quilting using one of her original pantos.
