Pam Buda (Heartspun Quilts) improves upon a popular quilters palette with the addition of more pronounced red highlights. " I wanted this collection to stand beautifully on its own, yet maintain the best characteristics of the first collection," she says. Butternut is a traditional color seen in very early American home interiors and exteriors, and many household items of the era have original butternut paint that is prized among today's collectors.