If you’re looking to fashion a new quilt to beautify your home this spring, you may be in need of some color palette inspiration. Here are a few great color combinations fit for spring and a few ways to help you continue finding inspiration in making your future quilts.
Great Color Combinations
Pastel Green, Yellow, and Purple
Pastel colors are perhaps the most characteristically spring because they are soft precursors to the vibrant colors soon to come in the summer. Pastel green, yellow, and purple together in a quilt makes for a piece that will go especially well with Easter decor.
Pink, White, and Green
Create a look reminiscent of blossoming trees with a largely white quilt that features soft pink and green accents. You could even incorporate popular quilting patterns that resemble flowers, like the star flower or dresden plate.
Teal and Grey
Don’t forget—April showers bring May flowers. Instead of making flowers the inspiration for your quilt design, why not dedicate a quilt to the frequent spring rain that makes them possible? You could even involve fabrics here with fun umbrella and raindrop accents.
Getting Color Inspiration
Use a Photo for Inspiration
Did you know that there are sites dedicated to picking out color palettes from a photo that you yourself upload? Sites like Adobe Kuler and Design Seeds allow you to upload a photo and then use a color picker on various parts of the photo to create a cohesive color palette. You can then even find similar colors to the colors you select, allowing you to explore the color spectrum even more. These sites also tend to be collaborative, meaning there will be perhaps thousands of already-created color palettes for you to choose from.
Explore the Color Wheel
Try getting a foundational knowledge of color theory by studying the color wheel and how selecting colors from various parts of the color wheel will create different moods in your color palette. For example, choosing opposing (complementary) colors on the color wheel will give your quilt an especially vibrant look, while choosing a color and closely neighboring shades will give you a monochromatic look.