Although it didn't start out to be a scrappy rainbow quilt, my version of the Pieces of My Life quilt-along at Melva Loves Scraps turned into one as the year went on! I began with a consistent background - Grunge in Cream - and a floral print - which is where I got the rainbow inspiration from.
Each time Melva posted a block for the QAL, I used some background, some of the floral, and one or two other colors (sometimes more than that if the block called for it). Some examples:
Now that all the blocks are made, I've decided that for the month of December I would really focus on making progress on this quilt. One of the things I've been most excited about from this QAL is learning a method for Quilt As You Go, and that's what I'm working on right now. The quilt is made and quilted in four sections - all of the sections are pieced together now, and I'm quilting on section two.
And here you can see all four sections - section one is quilted and trimmed, quilting on section two is in progress, and sections three and four are ready to layer and baste for quilting.
After quilting, the sections are joined together with sashing - I'm hoping to get to that step for sections one and two this weekend! I just have to decide what color the sashing will be - maybe more of the dark blue?
What are you working on this month?
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16 comments:
Your quilt is going to be so beautiful. I'll be interested to read what you think of QAYG. Love the floral, it really ties it all together. I'm no help on the border fabric. I almost always put 2 or 3 choices on the design wall and invite my husband in to make the choice. He is really good at it! :D
I'd like to learn more about your QAYG process. You rock!
It's been such fun to watch this project come together. I'm going to have to bit the bullet and tackle my QAYG project soon. Yours is coming along beautifully.
That construction is quite clever, and should make the quilting process easier than trying to wrestle with the whole thing at once. I especially like how you used the same 2 fabrics in all the blocks. Really lovely!!
The quilt as you go definitely allows you to quilt a lot and it make assembling the quilt easier in the end. Especially if you’re making all the blocks the same size and want to add special details to it. It looks amazing!
That is coming along really well! Love the quilting on it.
First of all, it’s so cool to see all the quadrants coming together. I’ve never done or understood QAYG, but I’ll be interested to hear about it from you.
One of the first bed quilts I ever made after we got married was a quilt as you go. I still have that quilt.
Oh. . .so many sashing choices. . .orange, red, yellow, light blue, green. . .of course dark blue would be a good choice too! This is such a great project with a wonderful story to accompany it!
Love the blocks & the QAYG is coming along great. I vote more blue sashing!
I think the dark blue is a good choice. It will be an heirloom, especially with the stories you have written to go along with it! Keep on going, it will be beautiful!
Oh no! I’m posting from my older iPhone and it shows me as anonymous. I missed the selection Judy@Busy Hands
I would go with the dk blue as the sashings, a cream narrow border with the multi-color floral as the wider border.
It's looking good.
That's a pretty and colorful quilt. I've never done QAYG, maybe try it on a small quilt, one day! :) Sashing is always a challenge, maybe the dark blue?
What a unique and perfect combination of fabrics to unify your BOM quilt. QAYG is a wonderful way to quilt on a domestic machine. Now if only someone could design something similar that didn't require sashing.
Looking good, Diann!!
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