Part 3 : Sew and Chat, Working on putting a rainbow quilt together
As this is an unfinished quilt the requirements/pattern may change but as of this video here is what I'm working with:
This quilt is strip-pieced from fat quarters (you could use jelly rolls or extra binding strips if they are cut to 2 1/2 inches wide)
please check the measurements of your fabric as it may differ from mine and you may need more or fewer fabric strips to cut.
I'm using 6 colour sets with 5 strips each
Dark pinks - 5 x fat quarters
Light Pinks - 5 x fat quarters
Purples - 5 x fat quarters
Blues - 5 x fat quarters
Greens - 5 x fat quarters
Yellows - 5 x fat quarters
total 30 fat quarters
You can use another colour to replace one of the pinks I just wanted to make the quilt have more pinks than the other colours.
1 fat quarter makes 7 strips at 2 1/2 inches wide and approx 20/21 inches long
The idea is to organise the colours into 6 groups with 5 fat quarters in each group
Iron and cut them into 2 1/2-inch strips (each fat quarter should give you 7)
Strip piece them from darkest to lightest
Iron them flat and cut the pieced sections into squares (approx 10 inches or 10 1/2 inches)
Cross-cut the squares into triangles - be mindful to alternate the way you cut them in different directions to ensure that the strips will go in opposite directions when pieced back together.
Mix the triangles with the other colours and sew them back into half-square triangle blocks.
In theory, this should give you 84 half-square triangle blocks, enough for both the front and back of the quilt or just the front if you want to make it bigger.
after you figure out what layout you want you can then cut some wadding to size and work on quilting it in smaller pieces before joining them together with the seams out for a rag / shaggy quilt
After this you can decide if you would like to include the boarder/s or if you just want to bind it as is.
I hope this helps if you are also interested in trying out this quilt be sure to share with me how it turned out for you I would love to see it!
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