My friend and I have decided to 'swap'. I'm making her a lap quilt and she's going to crochet some mittens and a cowl scarf for me. So now the pressure begins. She wants her quilt in navy, red and light green. When I work this up in EQ I can't get any combination of these to look good. She wants a pattern similar to the boxy stars quilt I made a while back, so I'm guessing any star-ish pattern would be ok. I can't get these 3 colors to look good in a boxy stars quilt. I could probably add white or a white on white for some parts (or another neutral? but what-gray maybe?). I need something fairly simple since I'm a beginner still. Any ideas?

What about the disappearing 9 patch?

Are there any here that would work? I love the Hope of Hartford Block. It's easier than it looks and is done in three colours.

http://www.sewquilty.com/History/page3.html

Don't think of these as three "colors" but as three values.....Navy as your dark, pick a red that can be a medium, and the light green can be a light.

Lay the fabric choices out overlapping each other, and squint through your eyes at them to determine how much contrast they have. Or put them in your copier and make a "grayscale" copy, that will show the difference in their value.

Also, just because you will have three color families doesn't mean you have to use only 3 pieces of fabric. For instance, you might use 5 reds, and maybe 3-4 navies, and several greens including very pale fabrics with tiny green print. Lots of different blocks you can make using lots of fabrics.

Jan in VA

She changed her mind! lol. Now she wants something closer to this (which should be a lot easier...I think).
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Thanks for the link. I LOVE that block you mentioned, Janie!

I think I would use a tan or some shade of brown to control the light green. White is going to make it stand out. I would use very little of it so say a Disappearing 9 Patch. Make half the blocks with red/tan and the other half navy/tan but both with the center square the light green. It gets cut in itty bitty pieces but should cause a chain effect when the blocks are reassembled.

In case you get a request like this again, try using a white with a small green print in it. That'll get a very subtle green in the quilt. This could be used for any combination of colors.

I love those new colors.

I love scrappy quilts, maybe some different shades of all these colors plus white or off-white would work. That easy star pattern that they are doing on this site in the stars of the month looks really easy. If those are the colors that she wants, she will like it. I think I would have a hard time working with those colors, too. Sorry that is not much help! Can you take out either the green or the red? It think that is what is throwing me off... I can see green and blue, or red and blue together...

While I was searching, I see some others posted ideas. I love the Hope of Hartford block, too, glad that she changed her mind!

I have a gc for connecting threads so I'm hoping I can find something similar there.