5 Creative Ways to Use White in Your Quilt Color Palette

5 Creative Ways to Use White in a Color Palette
January 2010 Color of the Month
presented by Maria Peagler, author, Color Mastery

“ White is one of my absolute favorites for the background in a quilt. Choose a white fabric with a hint of the main color to bring unity to your quilt. Feel the flow.” Vicki Oehlke, Willowberry Lane Vicki’s quilt, Lattice Stars , f eatures her R eturn to Romance fabric collection from E.E. Schenck.

Tiny Rosebuds fabric Vicki used as the background in Lattice Stars quilt. Vicki Oehlke, Willowberry Lane Vicki’s quilt, Lattice Stars , f eatures her R eturn to Romance fabric collection from E.E. Schenck.

“ White, off white, cream, beige, taupe and all of those with a little design in them are the power house of an applique quilter’s collection. Many use these fabric as the background and the base for doing their applique.” Pat Sloan , Pat Sloan LLC Pat’s quilt, A Baker’s Dozen , feature s her Georgia fabric collection from P&B Textiles . Pattern d etails avail able in Pat’s newsletter.

Up close photo of A Baker’s Dozen quilt, using White swirly background shown below. Pat Sloan , Pat Sloan LLC Pat’s quilt, A Baker’s Dozen , feature s her Georgia fabric collection from P&B Textiles . Pattern t o be release d soon.

“ Half Moon Dash provides a playfully colorful 'neutral' background for contemporary applique work. This particular colorway of the Garden Party fabric collection relies heavily on white.” Yolanda Fundora , Urban Amish Yolanda’s quilt, Seaside, features her Garden Party fabric collection from Blank Quilting . Pattern to b e included in The Quilter July 2010 issue (on sale mid-May 2010. Kit will be available on Yolanda’s website .

Mary Kay Mouton’s miniature quilt is only 18-1/2”, the sampler blocks in the border are 1-1/2" and the large center 32-point Mariner's Compass is 3-1/2", all done to demonstrate the precision and range of Mary Kay’s technique, Flip-Flop Paper Piecing. Mary Kay uses white to showcase her excellent paper piecing, restricting her only other colors to black and red. I saw this quilt at the East Cobb Quilt Show in Sept. 2009 and it took my breath away. Mary Kay Mouton , Flip-Flop Paper Piecing Available from C&T Publishing .

“ In the mountains where I live there’s very little color in winter, except for wildlife. My table runner uses cream (winter white) and black neutrals as contrasting design elements, and the birds are the only touch of color.” Maria Peagler , Willow Ridge Press Winter Bird table runner pattern . A 2 010 col or of the month series.

For more information on using white in your quilt’s color palette, check out Color Mastery: 10 Principles for Creating Stunning Quilts , available at your local quilt shop, Amazon , and my online store . http ://quiltsandcr eativity.com http://www.colorm astery.com http://www.twitter.c om/colormaster http://www.f acebook/colormaster

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5 Creative Ways to Use White in Your Quilt Color Palette

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