KathyE

I promised my DIL that I would make them a quilt. While I am not a seasoned quilter, I do love it but stick to mainly fairly simple patterns. I am more of a "copier". I also am not very good at visualizing what colors would look good together. So that brings me to my request for suggestions from all of you wonderful quilters. She would like a purple and yellow quilt!! So I need a somewhat simple pattern to use purple and yellow. Anyone have any suggestions, please??? TIA

Geema6

I have not been quilting very long, but one of the first quilts I made was Yellow Brick Road. It goes together easily and would look great in purple and yellow.

Kassaundra

Find a purple and yellow print that has the colors she will love and make 4 patches w/ stacked cut squares. Join the squares w/ simple sashing the quilt will look much more complicated then it actually is.

Kassaundra

Here is one tutorial there are tons more and you tube will have lots if video is easier. I spin my seams instead of pressing open like she does.

https://www.connectingthreads.com/tu...patch-block/20

Tartan

Years ago, I had a lovely pansy print that had purple/blue/yellow etc. on a white background. I would look for something similar and do a Warm Wishes with the print in the big squares.

KwiltyKahy

Warm Wishes goes together easily and looks great

nativetexan

you can throw some white in there too if necessary. makes the other colors pop better. simple and great. even a nine patch would work well. have fun.

feline fanatic

Here is a link to one I made a long time ago that was super easy to make. You have to scroll to the 4th post as it was my first time uploading pics. I give all the details of pattern and what book I got it from. It looks complex but was really super easy. Could easily be enlarged by making more blocks to replicate the pattern.

My first picture

EasyPeezy

Have you checked Moda Bakeshop? They have a lot of free patterns for
beginners to advanced.

I like the Harmony pattern from Carried Away Quilting.

http://carriedawayquilting.blogspot....n-harmony.html

Iceblossom

We each have a very unique idea of color and color sense. My purple and yellow would be a bolder, more graphic purple and yellow than someone who works with 30s fabrics.

If you can, I'd spend some time looking at fabric with DIL. One of my Tuesday group members is making a top for her DIL-equivalent and described the fabric colors to us. I responded that I had the perfect fabric -- which I did, a modern soft almost water color paisley but cerulean blue, purple, and silver as request. Only problem is that the lady making the quilt hated that fabric even though DIL agreed that was the color palette she wanted.

Sometimes I let the fabric guide me in what to make and design around a piece of yardage, other times I have to find something that fits what I want...

My first go-to place is equilter.com, they have a ton of free patterns many of which are based around panels and have options to buy the kits as well, but keep in mind that fabric is changed over so you can't get everything you see. But I'd look at fabrics first and see what inspires you and then maybe look at ways to use that fabric.

So, for me, I'd be picking a project more like this
https://www.equilter.com/pattern/112...w-poppy-spirit
then this
https://www.equilter.com/pattern/1120/peony-dance

But when I made a purple quilt top for my cousin (sigh, still not quilted), I went traditional Amish of all things...
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