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?
Linking up with SoScrappy for ScrapHappy Saturday.
5 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!
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