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Solid Quilting Fabrics for your Favorite NBA Team

Are you looking to make a basketball-inspired quilt for your favorite basketball fan? Or maybe a quilty bag, pouch or pillow but don't know which solid fabric colors will be closest to your team colors?


This resource is a list of solid fabrics from Robert Kaufman's Kona Cotton collection and Moda's Bella Solids collection based on each team's brand colors. The reason I chose these two lines of solid fabrics is that they contain the most robust range of colors.


While it's always difficult to exactly translate a hex code to fabric, these options should get you the closest if you're unable to review the fabrics in person.


And if you're looking for the perfect basketball quilt pattern to showcase your team's colors, be sure to check out the Nothin' But Net quilt pattern below. You can also read more about the quilt pattern in this blog post.



Gathering Each Team's Colors


Here's how I gathered the fabric colors for each team listed:


Using the HEX codes from each team’s official branding (found at teamcolorcodes.com), I looked up the closest fabric colors on the Fabric Color Picker database found at fabric.alisongale.com. 


To cross-reference these colors, I also used Adobe Illustrator and the pre-loaded Kona Cotton colors imported from quiltysolid.com to compare to the hex codes.  


Once I had a list of Kona cotton fabrics that were closest to the hex codes, I referenced the Kona to Bella conversion chart from Moda and also personally compared Moda’s Bella Solids swatches to find the closest matches for those that were not listed on the conversion chart.



Mockups and Colors for all 30 NBA Teams


A few notes about the mockups shown:

  • The quilt pattern used to mockup each team's colors is the Nothin' But Net quilt  which uses 4 colors in the pattern.

  • Color codes in the circle represent the team's HEX code

  • Shown to the right of the HEX code is both the Kona color and Bella Solids color that most closely matches the HEX code

  • Colors are listed in the order they are listed in the Nothin' But Net pattern (Color 1 is at the top).

  • If a circle does not have a HEX code listed, it is because it is not listed "officially" on their main brand color list. I have added the additional color to the mockup for a better distribution of color in the quilt pattern.

  • Some teams have more than 4 colors so I've also included those below the 4 colors used in the mockup.


Teams are listed in alphabetical order below.

A mockup of a basketball themed quilt pattern shown in black, grey, red and yellow.
A mockup of a basketball themed quilt pattern shown in green, white, black and gold.
A mockup of a basketball themed quilt pattern shown in black, grey, and white.
A mockup of a basketball themed quilt pattern shown in purple, white, teal and grey.
A mockup of a basketball themed quilt pattern shown in black, white and red.
A mockup of a basketball themed quilt pattern shown in navy, yellow, black and burgundy.
A mockup of a basketball themed quilt pattern shown in black, grey, light blue and navy.
A mockup of a basketball themed quilt pattern shown in navy, blue, yellow and dark red.
A mockup of a basketball themed quilt pattern shown in navy, grey blue and red.
A mockup of a basketball themed quilt pattern shown in blue, white and yellow.
A mockup of a basketball themed quilt pattern shown in black, grey, and red.
A mockup of a basketball themed quilt pattern shown in blue, grey and yellow.
A mockup of a basketball themed quilt pattern shown in black, grey, red and blue.
A mockup of a basketball themed quilt pattern shown in black, white, yellow and purple.
A mockup of a basketball themed quilt pattern shown in navy, blue, grey and yellow.
A mockup of a basketball themed quilt pattern shown in black, white, yellow and red.
A mockup of a basketball themed quilt pattern shown in green, blue, tan and white.
A mockup of a basketball themed quilt pattern shown in navy, green, blue and grey.
A mockup of a basketball themed quilt pattern shown in navy, gold, white and red.
A mockup of a basketball themed quilt pattern shown in black, grey, orange and blue.
A mockup of a basketball themed quilt pattern shown in blue, navy, yellow and orange.
A mockup of a basketball themed quilt pattern shown in blue, grey and black.
A mockup of a basketball themed quilt pattern shown in blue, red, grey and navy.
A mockup of a basketball themed quilt pattern shown in black, orange, yellow and purple.
A mockup of a basketball themed quilt pattern shown in black, red and white.
A mockup of a basketball themed quilt pattern shown in purple, white, black and grey.
A mockup of a basketball themed quilt pattern shown in black, grey, white.
A mockup of a basketball themed quilt pattern shown in black, grey, red and gold.
A mockup of a basketball themed quilt pattern shown in navy, white, yellow and green.
A mockup of a basketball themed quilt pattern shown in navy, white, red and grey.



I hope this resource has been helpful and if you want to test out some of your team colors together for the Nothin' But Net quilt, you can mockup your own version for free on QuiltInk!


I'd love to see your version too! Be sure to tag me @jessicasteeledesign and/or use the #nothinbutnetquilt hashtag on Instagram to share yours.

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