The Best Buds quilt pattern is available at Sewfinity!
Why We Like It
Best Buds is a flower quilt that looks pop-arty cool with just 3 colors, or you can make a scrappy version with a pile of fat quarters. All the shapes in this quilt are simple, it's all conventional piecing, and the blocks are a large 14" square.
Color Ideas
Best Buds is designed as a 3-color quilt, and the cover quilt is a super-cute pink-orange-cream combo. But what would it look like in other colors? Let's find out!
All of these mockups are for the throw size. To make one of the other sizes, just follow the pattern fabric requirements to get the yardage you need.
3 Fabrics
There's a reason the pattern calls for 3 colors: it has such a striking pop-art graphic feel. Here are some color ideas that follow this 3-color theme, all in Kona Cotton:
Daisy Vibe = Stratosphere + Buttercup + White
Sunflower Vibe = Snow + Black + Corn Yellow
Here's one for the Boise State Bronco fans! Surf + Kumquat + Snow
And how about you Swiftie-Chiefs fans? Black + Red + Snow
If you want to keep the quilt to a single color family, here's a couple ideas in magenta. But you could do this in any color - just use 3 values of a single color. To find fabric options at Sewfinity.com, Shop Fabric and select your color choice in the Color filter in the sidebar.
Light Magenta Monochrome = Ballet Slipper + Carnation + Honeysuckle
Dark Magenta Monochrome = Black + Cerise + Brt Pink
30 Fat Quarters
If you read the back cover of the pattern, you'll see that you can use 30 FQ to make a scrappy version. Here's a scrappy mockup of 30 completely random colors of Kona Cotton.
To have more color control, you could limit your choices to just a couple color families. Here's what you can get with a color-themed fat quarter bundle. This uses the PURE Solids Blossoming Bundle and 7 neutral greyscale solids of your choice by Art Gallery Fabrics.
Diagonal Gradient
What if the background squares formed a gradient diagonally? Here are two ideas.
First, a warm gradient in Art Gallery Fabrics' PURE Solids. Yum.
Background squares (starting from bottom-left-corner) = Dried Roses + Bewitched + Sweet Fig + Mauvelous + Blushing + Grapefruit + Blossomed + Cinnamon + Miami Sunset + Terracotta Tile
Flowers = Snow + Crystal Pink + Field of Lavender
Let's end with a rainbow of Kona Cotton!
Background squares (starting from bottom-left-corner) = Lipstick + Watermelon + Honeysuckle + Geranium + Tulip + Regatta + Turquoise + Bluegrass + Clover + Parrot
Flowers = Black + Chalkboard
I hope you enjoyed these color ideas - there are so many possibilities!
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Get the Best Buds quilt pattern and have fun sewing!
by Angela Bowman, Owner of Sewfinity