Rainbow of Rectangles

This is a post I can't believe I never wrote up.

Back in 2012 I followed along (mostly) with scrappy 12x12 link on right sideboard.

Pictures are telling me they were taken Jan-April 2012

Here it is Rainbow of Rectangles, my first shot at a quilt.

 

On the back I used a fun ABC print that I had for years :/





I did the binding in the same print



Finished size is 35 x 46

Ticker Tape

Another finish & tutorial I never wrote up.

Rainbow Ticker Tape

Pictures are dated July 2012 
This is made from rainbow charms from a 2012 swap.

 Cut charms in half

 Then random thirds

 Layout placement of colors, I used 1 yard of black as the background

 Pin

 I left a space for a label

 Used the letter feature on my machine along with some stabilizer

 After I finished I realized I messed up a tad, I didnt stitch my pieces down through the layers of top/batting/backing
I suggest this to be done if you give it a try.

again I made a mistake,
here you see my finish as a turn and top stitch.
I used velour as the backing

 Time to trim those strings

 All those strings actually look kinda pretty to me

 Coordinating Rabbit

 Rolled all pretty

 A card to go with :)

Rainbow Love ~ Finished!!!

On Tuesday I posted my WIP then went to town on the quilting.

I did change out the second to last row to include a rainbow of charms.

As for quilting I straight stitched the width of the foot all throughout the heart.

 I changed the thread to coordinate per section. Pink for the pink & red, yellow for the orange & yellow, green on green, blue for blue & purple. I then stitched a grid on the black to mimic the charms, so every 4.5in per say, then did a diagonal across to finish it all off.

On the black I used a Rainbow thread as well as on the back. I did the binding with the backing.

This sucker is huge for me. 67.5in prior washing.

The note book writings afterward

Washed, folded, sitting pretty

linking to Finish it up Friday

Rainbow love!

Yes the rainbow bug has biten :)
A long while back I swapped rainbow charm squares in dots/stripes/solids swap over on Flickr.
Here & there I've used one or two for swap blocks or applique then I came upon this pixelated heart.
I knew instantly that I had to use the rainbow charms to make a quilt. A large one at that.

Progress so far

linking to
 Freemotion on the River Linky Party Tuesday
Fresh Squeezed Fabrics Show &Tell Tuesday
Quilt Story Fabric Tuesday

Rainbow ticker tape gift set

A friend of the hubby from work had a baby girl a few weeks back. Hubby of course put me to "work". We looked online together and went through my fabrics and we came up with this blanket, backed in velour, with coordinating rabbit.

Tutorial post to come soon.


PS this is being written and posted from my iPhone please let me know if this looks terrible