I'm very excited to show off the first quilt I've made in 8 years: My Bottled Rainbows Quilt!
And....I may now be hooked on quilting for a while.
And....I may now be hooked on quilting for a while.
I first came upon the bottled rainbows quilt on Maureen Cracknell's blog. She followed the pattern, designed by Rachel at Stitched in Color, but added a bit of a twist, sewing her scraps into cool shapes in each block.
Well, right away I fell in love with the bright and bold colors of this quilt. I decided I must make a bottled rainbows quilt! It has been so much fun to make.
Admittedly, it took me longer than I had expected, but, then, everything takes me longer than I expect! But, though it took a long time, I just love it! Who can resist all of those bright colors?
I purposely left out the light pink that Rachel suggests and used another color. If I had it to do over, I would have left out the lavender and made more blocks like the tree in the middle.
One of my favorite things about this quilt is the linen border with the pieced binding.
I really felt like the organic linen look would be a nice complement to the bright, bold colors of the quilt blocks. I don't think any other fabric would have done for the border.
And, now, I have fallen in love with linen. Uh-oh...it's quite a bit more expensive than cotton.
I took the quilt out into the desert to take pictures. I love the vibrant colors in the quilt against the subtle browns and greens of the desert.
Asking my kids to hold up the quilt and NOT show themselves while I took pictures was, as I discovered, too much to ask.
BUT, it made for a fun 15 minutes.
I learned so much making this quilt. I now have 3 quilts in progress! And, yes, they will take longer than I expect, but MUST be finished by Christmas!
What projects have you recently finished?
Do you take photos of your finished projects?
I love the quilt and what a lovely background for the picture.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much. :)
DeleteI just finished (about 2 hours ago) two Doctor Who print aprons.
ReplyDeleteI am loving that quilt! I think I like that there is only one tree block. It really makes that block special.
I have three quilts waiting to be "sandwiched" and quilted.
Robin! How fun. Are they in your Etsy shop? My boys are both going to be Dr. Who for Halloween. One is going to be David Tennant and the other is going to be a different one (can't remember his name). They would love it if we had a Dr. Who apron!
DeleteGirl, that is GOR.GEOUS!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Sooz! :)
DeleteI love when you blog. You do such a great job ... among many other things you do so well! I love the pic of the kiddos wrapped up!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Lovey. I love that pic of the kids, too. They were so fun that day!
DeleteLove the color, love the tree, even love the lavender!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Cindy! I suppose the lavender isn't *that* bad. ;)
DeleteAh, thanks for the shout-out!! I am so happy you were inspired by my quilt, wow! It is definitely one of my very favorites, and the way I applied my scraps to form trees and other "pictures" is definitely something I hope to do in my future quilt making! I love your tree!!! :)
ReplyDeleteThanks, Maureen! I would love to do a variation on this quilt using a more muted color palette and doing all of the blocks like the tree one - with different shapes in each block.
DeleteI have an applique quilt top all ready to be quilted! I love combining raw edge applique with quilting!
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