Rainbow crumb quilt

(I hate recipe posts where they tell me a whole bunch of crap before the recipe! Just give them the dadgum recipe, Lisa!) My tutorial makes two 8 1/2" scrappy string half-square triangles. You can make it any way you choose so that it looks like I want it to, but I thought this was a pretty fail-safe way to go about it, considering there will be a bunch of different people making blocks for my quilt. Continuity and simplicity are the keys to success here. :o) Materials 8 1/2" piece of copy…

Well, obviously I've still been distracted. I have found time to sew and quilt, it's the sitting down at the computer to write a post that I have a hard time with. Now it's summer, and that creates a whole lot of different distractions.... I finished up my Rainbow Scraps quilt several months ago, and I still love it. It's so colorful. I've seen this quilt several times around blogland, and I love each of those too. You can't go wrong with scraps and rainbows, I suppose. I copied Jolene, and…

Over the past several years, I've done a few projects inspired by Bonnie Hunter's Leader and Ender challenges. Every summer, Bonnie introduces a new block to be made while working on other projects. If you have the pieces all cut and waiting next to the machine, it's amazing how much you can get done without really trying. For an explanation of how leaders and enders work, check out Bonnie's page HERE. I've done a couple of leader/ender projects recently with the goal of making one block for…

Rainbow Gradations 16 Patch Quilt designed by Marianne Jeffrey adventurousquilter.blogspot.com

Phew! Bottled Rainbows is complete! First off, a big thank you to Rachel for designing this fun quilt and giving us all an excuse to use up some of those precious scraps we’ve all been hoarding. I’m so grateful for this quilt design as it has always made me happy to work on it and has ...

My rainbow crumb quilt top measures approx 36.5" x 45.5" so it's not huge but when I went looking for an appropriate backing in my stash I couldn't find a single piece of fabric large enough to work nicely. So, in keeping with the theme of the front I chose eight prints/blenders in a rainbow of colours and stitched a simple stripey backing piece. I think I like it almost as much as the front. When it came to the quilting I decided to stitch my wavy lines. Do you know, of all the quilts I…

One of the primary ways I sew scrap quilts is following along with the Rainbow Scrap Challenge. Every month our host Angela gives us a colour to focus on for that month. It's a great way to keep scraps organized and constantly being sewn into projects. This month I am so happy to have finished one of my rainbow quilt tops - a waffle project (non edible!) This project was inspired by Nann and I started sewing waffles in June 2020. This is the perfect project to use up 1.5" squares and strips…

Make your own Rainbow Scrap Strip Quilt

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