The Gold at the End of This Rainbow

Friends, this finish has been a long time coming. It wasn’t the design that was difficult—just squares and half-square triangles—it was amassing the fabric. I started back in November 2014 and cut what I could from my scraps. A few months later (with a few months’ worth of new scraps in my collection), I went through the scrap bin again. In the end I did have to buy some teal and yellow fabric, but I finally cut and sewed all I needed to make this happen:

Yay! : )

Check out the coolio quilting.

I got to use so many low-volumes in this project.

The whole (huge!) thing was trimmed in this mustardy net print from Dear Stella.

I’m super excited to have this done. If you’re looking for a good way to blow through your scraps, I recommend this quilt pattern. Here are the important details:

Design: Obsession, from Quilt-opedia, by Laura Jane Taylor

Size: 80” by 80”

Quilting: by the talented Garden Gate Quilting

Scrap usage: 400  4½” and 5” squares—woo hoo!

See Kinda Quilty for another example of this quilt. That’s the one that turned me on to this design in the first place. : )

So I have another scrap quilt in the works for March, but you and I both know that one quilt will not clean out that bin. Do you have a suggestion for another scrappy design? I have a copy of Alexandra Ledgerwood’s Improvising Tradition and am thinking of using her piecing method to do something scrappy. What do you think? Can you imagine a scrappier version of Paper and Plums in cool purples, blues, and greens?

Linking up to Needle and Thread Thursday, Finish It Up Friday, TGIFF, and Scraptastic Tuesday ...