Earlier this year, Popular Patchwork announced a fun challenge for a mini quilt entitled My Favourite Colour, which were going to be on show at their stall at the Festival of Quilts in August. I ummmed and aaahhhed about what was my favourite colour and then, as is my wont, I was very close to the deadline and I just had to make something ... anything ... any colour!!
My solution was to make a rainbow mini because truly at different times all the colours are my favourites. It started with some graduated colour strips ....
and then a bit of handstitching ....
Surely it needed a rainbow? I had recently just used my Quick Curve Ruler for the first time and thought why not give it a go ....
But to use it ....
or not?
As you can see I decided not! It needed to be the width of the piece and looked a little funny the size it was. Being really new to curves I didn't have time to practise how to get it like I wanted. I decided on straight line stitching first ....
but then decided to fill the top portion with gorgeous little swirly pearls (don't quote me on that - I've no idea what this quilting motif is really called!) ....
and just because I like this shot ....
Ta da! I was going to have a rainbow effect on the binding so that each colour lined up under the columns of colour however, time was against me Instead I brightened it up with a rainbow of prairie points. This was a new technique for me but was really simple to do and I would definitely do it again.
This finished at 15" x 10.5". The white is Kona cotton and the colours are all scraps. I quilted it with Superior Magnifico in White.
I will look forward to getting this back and hanging it up in my studio ... which reminds me I better find out when it is coming back to me!
This is also a finish on my 2016 Finish Along Quarter 3 list - the first one I have linked up (Number 22 on the list) .... I'd better get busy this last week!!
I adore this!!!! Oh and if I am not mistaken, the FMQ motif is called paisley :)
ReplyDeletePrairie points for the win! But then, how could this quilt possibly lose? :)
ReplyDeleteI like you favorite color! Love all the color and quilting is gorgeous. Beautifully done!
ReplyDeleteSo cute! And very creative. Love it!
ReplyDeleteSo lovely! And those prairie points are fantastic! I have prairie points on my quilty skills bucket list, but I've yet to try them. Lovely mini!
ReplyDeleteAAAAH! I can't love this enough! This is fantastic and while at first I was disappointed that you couldn't use your rainbow curve, I think the prairie points worked out so much better. I think the quilting you chose works really well with the entire project (and those swirly pearls, I'm pretty sure are called paisleys)
ReplyDeleteRainbow is definitely a color! I bet you will find another use for your rainbow curve, and I love your detailed photo of your lovely quilting. Well done!
ReplyDeleteVery cute touch with the prairie points and I rally like your quilting!
ReplyDeleteThis is beautiful! Thanks for participating in the 2016 FAL on behalf of the global hosts 😀
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