Cosmic Cactus Quilt - Colour Inspiration
The Cosmic Cactus quilt pattern is available in our shop.
ABOUT THE DESIGN
When I was designing this quilt my vision was to have four colours only. But as I was working on the pattern, the realisation came that the design could work equally well for a two-colour and scrappy (eight colour) quilt. With this in mind, my time was spent working out how to write the pattern to include all these different versions! So now the finished pattern has all three options: two-colour, four-colour and scrappy options to make very different looking quilts.
The main feature of this design is the centre star (the cosmic element). Other elements include the arrow heads, the spikey (cactus) blocks and the square blocks (with an option to fussy cut motifs).
While the quilt mock-ups depicted here are shown in solid colours, I encourage you to consider substituting the solid for a fabric print. There are a ton of gorgeous fabric prints out there!
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TWO-COLOUR QUILT
A two-colour quilt offers a minimalist option.
Choose your favourite colour and pair with a crisp white fabric or another accent fabric.
FOUR-COLOUR QUILT
With the use of only four colours, you can create a striking quilt for the modern home.
Fabric A - Kona Azure; Fabric B - Kona Curry; Fabric C - Kona White and Background - Kona Windsor.
Fabric A - Kona Cypress; Fabric B - Kona Cactus; Fabric C - Kona White and Background - Kona Everglade.
Change the colours around for a different look!
SCRAPPY QUILT
The scrappy quilt introduces more colours into the quilt and uses eight fabrics or fabric groups.
You can choose from one of three options fabric options:
Option1: Use yardage to make this option in eight fabrics.
Option 2: Uses fat quarters and fat eighths only, allowing you to achieve a scrappy quilt.
Option 3: Stash buster option! Dive into your stash and have fun making this totally scrappy quilt. For an even scrappy quilt, follow the directions at the bottom of Page 14.
The blue colourway is for anyone who loves blues and greens, and is teamed with a sunny orange yellow. Consider other neutrals or a low volume prints for the background to suit your colourway.
Group 1 - Kona Prussian
Group 2 - Kona Teal Blue
Group 3 - Kona Aruba
Group 4- Kona Seascape
Group 5 - Kona Pistachio
Group 6 - Kona Cabbage
Group 7- Kona Papaya
Background - Kona Natural
For the scrappy quilt below, I used the Kona Cotton colours outlined above and colour matched these to fat quarters I had in my fabric stash. The background uses a variety of low volume prints and some solids.
Same colours, but a totally different look!
This colourway is for anyone who loves pink and is teamed with a sunny yellow. Consider other neutrals or a low volume print for the background to suit your colourway.
Group 1 - Kona Sangria
Group 2 - Kona Valentine
Group 3 - Kona Medium Pink
Group 4 - Kona Azalea
Group 5 - Kona Melon
Group 6 - Kona Salmon
Group 7- Kona Corn Yellow
Background - Kona White
For the scrappy quilts below, I used the Kona Cotton colours outlined above and colour matched these to fat quarters I had in my fabric stash. The background uses a crisp Kona white.
Make the background scrappy!
If you’re making the scrappy quilt and feeling adventurous, you can change the look of the central star by making a few changes. Here are a few examples:
Grab your copy of the Cosmic Cactus quilt pattern and try one of these options!
I would love to see your finished quilts. Please share using the hashtags:
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