Friday, January 22, 2021

Two Rainbow Quilts, Done and Done! / Beauties Pageant 113

With the pandemic keeping life at a near stand-still, I suspect I’ll be as productive in 2021 as I was in 2020. (Heck, what else do I have to do?!) To prove my point, I have two finishes to share today. Yeah, I’m pretty sure that has never happened before!

The first quilt, shown in the photo above, is perhaps the most obnoxious palette I have ever worked with: pink, rainbow, and more pink. It assaults my adult sensibilities, but the intended recipient—a little girl on her ninth birthday—will, I think, adore it.

This pattern is my Ridiculously Easy Jelly Roll Quilt in the child size. The rainbow fabrics come from stash; I tried to strike a balance by using mostly geometrics and two-color prints and adding an occasional multicolor print here and there, something I accomplished without venturing to my local quilt shop. : )

The background is mostly Kona Pink. Because I didn’t have enough yardage for the entire background, I supplemented with a darker solid pink and a pink Moonscape print from Dear Stella. To make the multiple background fabrics more cohesive, I used the Moonscape for the binding as well. I think it works!

The back (see photo below) is composed of a few selections from the front. Like almost all of my projects, I quilted this one myself. The quilting design is my current go-to for this pattern: a simple chevron across the foreground fabrics.

 
 
The second finish of the week is almost identical to one I made a year ago. It’s a simple strip-and-flip baby quilt from Cluck Cluck Sew (read the free tutorial here). 
 
 
The fabric pull was time consuming to assemble, so as I collected the fabrics (in November 2018!), I cut enough pieces for two complete quilts, tops and backs. I quilted this version of the strip-and-flip with an allover stipple, as I did the original. The result is not perfection, but the experience bolstered my confidence to free-motion-quilt something bigger. I hope to share that with you next week!
 

How is your 2021 going so far? Are you like me, sewing to stay sane and forecasting a productive year at your machine?

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12 comments:

  1. Great job finishing without a trip to the LQS! Very pretty rainbow quilts! Never obnoxious from my viewpoint. Love the back on the second one--are those 10" squares?

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  2. Beautiful quilt finishes and yes, looking forward to lots and lots of sewing this year!

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  3. So nice! Good for to to have TWO finishes! (Applause here.) It makes me happy to see the colors you've been playing with. Those recipients will love them! It's slow-going here because too many projects are going at the same time... and I'm intentionally trying to slow down "production" this year. Seems like I have lots of days ahead to fill up, so what's the rush.

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  4. Congratulations on two finishes! I hear you on the palette for the first quilt, but my guess it is going to be a very well loved quilt and an amazing gift for its intended recipient. :)

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  5. Michelle, both of those quilts are so lovely! I’m amazed at how well the light pink background fabric shows off the rainbow. I bet the little girl will totally love it. I really love the design of the second rainbow quilt. I’ll be pinning this post for future reference!

    Michelle
    https://mybijoulifeonline.com

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  6. I like the pink quilt. Very girly but as such I am sure it will be adored by the 9 year old! Enjoy your finishes xo

    PS: It feels like my sewing is getting more steady over the last years and also increasing in amount, but I can not yet say that the pandemic made a huge difference.

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  7. Both are great, and that pink background sings, “Spring is coming!”

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  8. I think I agree with your adult sensibilities but a nine year old will go gaga over the pink quilt. And, a lot of pink walks out of your stash. I'm always happy when I can make a mostly stash quilt. Smart of you to cut enough strips for two strip and flip quilts. Yea for 2 finishes. And, yep, I've kept busy piecing and quilting this month and probably will for the rest of the year. I waiting to hear when I can be scheduled for my vaccine. I'm hoping before the end of January. My age may be a blessing for this one thing.

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  9. Hi Michelle, congrats on your two finishes! I'm sure that the first one will be loved by a little girl :-) Take care.

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  10. Love the backs too! I make my backs from large squares and it really saves shopping time and whittles down the stash!!Great finishes already!!!

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