Friday, April 24, 2020

Colorful!

Sewing these Tiny Rails blocks together into a quilt top has been on my list to complete this month.

I started making these way back in September of 2017 as a way to use up the smallest scrap pieces of fabric that wouldn't fit anywhere else.  Each 10.5 inch block is made of twenty-five 2.5 inch squares created with a 1.5 x 2.5 print fabric and the same size low volume background piece.  After making 25 of these blocks in light, medium, and dark shades of all the rainbow colors, I decided that was enough!  

This week I sewed them together!   They went together quickly, using the Speed Quilt Assembly method I learned from Carole at From My Carolina Home.  


I think this is the same as "webbing" a quilt, but I had never taken the time to learn exactly what that meant!

All the blue blocks webbed together - medium and light blue blocks above, and dark blue block in lower left corner.


And the quilt flimsy finished -

It measures 50.5 x 50.5.

Other light blue blocks completed in April:


It's almost time for a new color, and I'm ready!  How about you?
Sharing at SoScrappy for ScrapHappy Saturday!








23 comments:

  1. I love the way those blocks look together, and what a great size they made! I guess I use a form of "webbing", but after watching a YouTube video, I see some parts I left out and will give it a try on my next assembly. Yes I am ready for a new color! Having teal and then blues is making me long for something bright.

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  2. Diann your Tiny Rails quilt is wonderful. What a great way to use up such small pieces. Thanks for sharing.

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  3. it turned out wonderful I really like the color arrangement you did

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  4. I love this!💗
    It's amazing what can be made from tiny little scraps.

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  5. Oh so pretty. Great finishes. Thanks for the morning eye candy!

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  6. I think your tiny rails are amazing, I am glad you stuck with it:)

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  7. Wow! I love how it turned out. Lots of little bits saved by this quilt. Awesome! I don't assemble my quilts with the webbing method. I do for a 9-patch block or something like that but not a quilt. I am not a fan of having to drag the entire quilt to the sewing machine to add another column. Whenever possible I prefer to sew quadrants together and only have a few long seams to do at the end. But if it works for you, that's wonderful. Enjoy! ;^)

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  8. The quilt looks great and I imagine it took a while with so many little pieces. I am also ready for a new color.

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  9. Oh wow! The Split Rails is spectacular!!!! AND I really like that sweet 4-patch finish. Good month for you!

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  10. Congrats on getting your Tiny Rails quilt top assembled, Diann!! SEW much more Light/Bright piecing, too. Nice work!

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  11. Your flimsy is amazing. I love it!

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  12. Excited to see your Tiny Rails together! So bright and happy. Good job! ....II find myself sounding like my great granddaughter. Golly I miss those littles!

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  13. Just awesome work on this borgeous quilt!! It is beautiful...
    Congratulations on the finish..
    ~ ~ ~ waving on a sunny day Julierose

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  14. It's a colorful place over in your corner of the world - I think I'd enjoy hanging out in your quilt room with all those bright, happy quilts and blocks! What fun!

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  15. I just love your rail fence quilt! From the photos, it looks like Carol's method is the same as mine, though I sew in columns, making 'books', which get sewn to the 'book' below...I call it 'Book it!' method. I learned it many years ago when doing colour wash quilts where it is imperative to keep every 2" square in place. Lots of fun blue blocks too!

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  16. SO colorful and fun. Lots of fabrics to see, controlled pattern and color! Great work here Diann!

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  17. Just love how the little logs turned out! Great collection of light blues this month. I too can't wait for a new color in May.... hopefully completely different from blues!

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  18. Lovely!
    I put my quilts together like that too except I usually sew blocks together randomly so I don't even have to go back and forth between sewing machine and design wall. A lot of times I have several quilts webbed together ready to have rows sewn together. I make a pile of blocks basically the same way.

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  19. Wow love your rail fence blocks they are awesome. Great blocks for the month, and a finish too!

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  20. Congrats on a beautiful and colorful flimsy. You've made really good use of your pre-spring stitching time. We didn't get the snow last week, but it was certainly cold. Hopefully spring is here to stay for a few weeks.

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  21. Love your little rail blocks. 1.5" is one of my favorite sizes to work with. Happy sewing!

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  22. I love your rainbow rail fence quilt top, what a great project and lovely way to use up the smallest of scraps.

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