I started this quilt almost immediately after buying the jelly roll. I was so excited to play with these fun fabrics! The ombre effect lends itself well to just about any modern design you could think up, but I went with a simple rainbow.
I felt a bit silly sewing the jelly roll strips back together, but yardage isn't available for this collection quite yet so I made do with what I had on hand! Once I had my color blocks sewn together I played with placement. I ultimately decided on placing them in rainbow order separated by thin white strips of kona and a thin strip of the grey ombre. I pieced the grey ombre so that the colors faded outward in contrast to the color blocks, which fade towards the center of the quilt. Once I had that layout on the design wall I KNEW that I had to keep that element. It adds so much movement to the quilt!
For the quilting, I went with simple straight lines and I changed my thread color to blend with the background. I really like that the ombre effect in the fabric means that the quilting lines fade in and out just as the fabric does! That also meant that I could simply pull threads from my stash - I easily had thread to match some part of each color block!
For the backing I dug into my stash (yay!) and used up the last of my blue raindrops and blue flowers. I was a bit short on each print, so I added some Quilter's Linen. I love this green color!
A grey polka dot binding finishes this quilt off, and ties in so well with the grey ombre strips!
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19 comments:
Amazing how something so simple can be so effective.
Fabulous! I love it!
What a great use of color! Great job!! :)
This is gorgeous! Love the straight line quilting. I just finished doing a quilt with this type of quilting.
Very very cute!
Veeery cool. I think you've really taken advantage of this type of fabric in just the right way.
Love it! It is gorgeous.
oh I like this ALOT! Very clever & just a nice modern look.
Great idea--such a cool use of this fabric!
So gorgeous! The way you've placed the fabrics is so effective, love the binding too!
So simple and perfect! I love how it came together!
Totally rad. Love it!
Such a great use of the fabric! I love it, particularly reversing the grey.
Brilliant! So fascinating and such clever use of the fabrics! The grey polka dot binding is a nice touch, too. Congrats and many "I'm not worthy's".
Wow, that is just gorgeous!!
Love this quilt! The grey and white strips set off the colors so well!
That is just beautiful! I love it!
love it. :)
I'm itching to get my hands on some of this fabric! I love what you've done with it!!
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