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I need ideas for 3-colored simple quilt

Old 01-04-2012, 12:59 PM
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Happy New Year!! I am making my mother-in-law a quilt, she wanted lavender and green, so I bought some gorgeous batiks, lavender, greens and blues. I need ideas for simple 3-colored quilts. One of the batiks is dark, the other two are mid-value, with one lighter than the other, but not light, like white. I can do triangles, but not too well, so squares and rectangles are preferred!!!
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Old 01-04-2012, 01:02 PM
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How about a D9P?
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Old 01-04-2012, 01:06 PM
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Sandy, can I do that with three colors?? I did one of them with 9 colors, how would I set up the colors? Would they go like this:

Green Purple Blue
Blue Green Purple
Purple Blue Green
And how would that look when I cut it and re-sew it?? Thanks for your help!!
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Old 01-04-2012, 01:27 PM
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How about a variation on Lightning Bolt?
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Old 01-04-2012, 01:31 PM
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How about a double Irish Chain?
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Old 01-04-2012, 01:36 PM
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These look like examples of a 3 fabric D9P
http://www.quiltingboard.com/main-f1...t165851-7.html

I would pick your favourite fabric to put in the 4 corners. This is a great tutorial for using 3 colours and it shows all the variations, depending on how you rotate your blocks
http://www.traceypereira.com/2010/12...g-9-patch.html
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Hi,
Thanks for the suggestions - I am off to look into them!!
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How about rail fence?
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Old 01-04-2012, 02:36 PM
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Here is a fun tube quilt tutorial from Missouri Star Quilt Company using 3 fabrics:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOWSp0mTTqE
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Carpenter's wheel looks great with 3 colors.
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