color decisions for new quilt
 

Hi everyone, I would like your words of wisdom, before I start a new quilt. I am thinking purple and green, but don't know if it is too boring. Maybe combined with brown and white? Or black? What would you do? Thanks for reading!

Those fabrics are lovely, but it depends on what pattern you intend to use. Log cabin would be nice with just these. Do you want sashings between blocks? Do you want a focus fabric? Geometric pattern? Applique?

those are all lovely fabrics and will look wonderful together. either white or black will work well. lay the fabrics near these and see how you feel about them.

I am going to do English Paper Piecing, 1" honeycombs. The pattern will be Patchwork of the Crosses. Maybe adding a darker green and darker purple fabric makes it more interesting?

imho, The colors you have in the picture are close to perfect. Add one more darker purple and darker green for a bit more contrast if that is what your concern is, But they are wonderful the way they are. I would not add brown. There is nothing wrong with a two color quilt. This one will be soft and cozy. A relaxing combination. peace

I like your idea of staying in the colors, but darker, would be really pretty.

I love the fabrics but I think you need a color to make them pop! Are you doing sashing or borders.?

No sashing, not sure about the border yet. I'll have to see how the blocks work out. Thanks for all your kind words and input!

Just googled that pattern. Is it Linda Franz Inklingo? Elongated hexagons? I will be lovely in you fabric choices. I really like that pattern. Have fun with it!

i like it just as you have it. you have some darks and lights of each

Ditto! My favorite colors as well.

I think a few more saturated colors in the same palette would be lovely - cool and calm, perfect for a bedroom

I went to the Linda Franz site and clicked on the book with the pattern here
http://lindafranz.com/shop/lucy-bost...the-crosses/31

There were 3 colorways the one on the far right was with medium and light fabrics and like ube quilting stated the colors you selected will make a soft and relaxing comfortable quilt. And if that is what you want these will be wonderful and sufficient.

If you want something more dramatic and with pop as suggested the first two colorways show some options with a dark also. If you do want the effect of a dark I think a dark purple or green would work better than black or brown.

I like the colors you have selected. I wouldn't add more unless you really want to.

Dina

Beautiful colors and fabrics. They will make a beautiful quilt.

I think another color would be nice...What about adding a "touch" of yellow?

Beautiful! I love your colors and think some pops of darker tones will work nicely.

I love the idea of a log cabin with these color fabrics.

I think with the white in these fabrics you already have together, you could easily add white. I googled the pattern and saw many of them with the outside white. I think the two colors of greens and lavenders will be gorgeous with a white border. Beautiful pattern and you've put some wonderful fabrics together.

Good choices. Perhaps some cream added to the mix would do.

I looked at the Crosses pattern, and it's fairly busy. I would add one more darker green with a floral or swirl pattern. The fabrics you'll have then will be perfect. If you want to add white into the mix that will give everything a crisp, fresh look.

Please post this when you're done. I bet it will be absolutely lovely!

Love purple and green. Here are 2 that I have made w/that color combo.
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I think turquoise always looks great with green and purple.

WOW! My kind of color combo. I would add a darker of green and purple and sash with white. Hugs

Beautiful fabrics. I 'm with patchsamkim for the touch of yellow. Also, consider shades of oranges. If you live where you can see beautiful sunsets, watch the sky. Many times you'll see lovely oranges, yellow-oranges & pinks touching the edges of the purpley/ mauvey clouds.

I think this would make a really pretty quilt. I like the colors you chose. But if you need a contrast I go for white or black.

The pattern is new to me. Love the fussy cut larger patterns. As is always the case, depends on what kind of quilt you want to make, calm and serene or bold and geometric. I would probably use some of the large prints from my stash. Thanks for drawing attention to this great block pattern!

It is hard to tell the scale of your prints. With pieces as small as you will be using, with larger scale prints, sometimes two cut pieces can look completely different. This can be a great thing! Just something to keep in mind.

I think staying with the colors you have - perhaps adding a couple of very light and very dark fabrics of the same colors?

Gorgeous fabrics! Love those polka dots. I'd combine with white or black--or white and black--but not brown which I think would muddy these pristine colors. Can't wait to see what you make from these!

Can't see the bottom most fabric well enough to see how dark it is. If not very dark I would add a dark purple but otherwise these are great colors together. If your pattern has a distinct and small center you might think of a golden yellow ( just a tad) to go in the centers.

Love the colors but a darker purple and green would add the pop, or maybe a fabric with both colors in it? Just a thought

As others have mentioned adding in a couple darker values of each the green and the purple would help, I think. If you really want a punch of another color I'd go for orange. Green and purple are secondary colors and the third secondary is orange, so it would make total sense.

I would add orange if you want it to pop

Thanks for all your clever ideas and input. How about this? Added dark purple and black polka dot fabric. Dollyo your quilts are beautiful, thanks for posting!

I don't care for the dark polka dots. I like the COLOR of the dark purple.

Something I learned when I was making a green, cream, and purple quilt- I was VERY matchy matchy about the shade of green that I was using - and later decided that I limited myself.

If I had it to do over, I would have varied the colors a bit more - kept it close, but not quite such a narrow range of color. It was hard to find that precise green in later years.

I think that there are too many polka dots. I don't like the black at all. A darker green would be nice. The purples have enough variation, the greens need more variation. The purple polka dot and the one below it are too close in value. I would remove one. Also, maybe a combo fabric w/both the purple and green in it. If you look at my log cabin, I used the combo fabric as the center of the log cabin block and the last border. In the bargello, the border fabric ties them together. JMHO.
Thank you for your comments on my quilts.

You have picked some lovely fabric that work well together. I might use a white fabric as a background, since white shows up in your fabric already. These fabrics would work well in almost all quilt patterns. Can't wait to see what you do with those beautiful fabrics.

I don't think your black works at all, and the dark purple was a bit too much of a leap from the other purples. As some others have mentioned, for pop, I think a lovely coral/peachy shade of orange would be great. Choosing from those sunset tones gives you a lot of options.
Otherwise, I'd go for the darker shade of the purple you are using, but not leap all the way over to the royal purple.