It's been quite a while since I shared a Design Wall Monday post, but with the holiday today, I had a chance to finish up a quilt top and thought it would be fun to share. I started this project last year as part of the Rainbow Scrap Challenge hosted by Angela at SoScrappy. It seems like I can pull out a quilt for this challenge about every two years instead of every year!
My son asked me for a new quilt for his bed, as he keeps growing taller and taller! We looked at a few patterns and selected End of the Rainbow, the cover quilt from Irish Chain Quilts by Melissa Corry. I've loved this quilt since I bought the book, so I was glad to finally make it.
The blocks start like this - lots of scrappy sewing to put together a 9" square. Then you cut that up and attach it to the background fabric. They make for great leader/ender blocks.
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| Scrap blocks from several weeks |
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| Test blocks - I made sure he liked it before I went any further! |
Over the course of last year, I made scrap blocks here and there, but really got serious in late November. I finished up the last scrap block a few weeks ago and then got to piecing all the blocks. Once those were done, I was ready to lay it out and put it together, which was the plan for this weekend.
I am happy to say that all went according to plan and I now have a quilt top done that should be big enough for a Twin Long mattress, which he will need to move into soon. I just loaded another quilt on my frame, so while I am working on that, I will also dig through the stash to see if I can come up with a good backing. If not, I will purchase some fabric for a back and my hope is to get it quilted and on his bed by his birthday on March 1.
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| Please ignore old toys in the background - this quilt took up the whole floor! |
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