Rainbow Scraps at Work

I started the year with just one rainbow project. And I’m happy to report that all the blocks are complete; in fact, now that the turquoise ones are done, I have one extra!

It evolved, as they often do, too, aiming to make a gradation in shades of each color. So you can see these three go from light to dark turquoise. I now have 26 blocks, enough for a 50” square quilt with the extra block going on the back. My original plan was to make 30 but I decided this past week that 25 is fine.

Project 2, which you can see here, has all the blocks done and was from the same magazine as project one. It still needs to have frames incorporated into the quilts to avoid it being a big scrap headache.

Project 3 saw the turquoise block finished and posted on Instagram last week. I now have sewn the nine blocks together, so here is the completed quilt top.

This one measures 48” square, and you can get the free tutorial to make the 16” strippy slab stars here. One of my blog readers and Instagram followers has asked me to make it available in a PDF so that is forthcoming shortly. One pretty cool thing about this quilt is you don’t really need any background fabric yardage! Just use your low volume scraps! I now have two quilt tops awaiting quilting, so there is a bit of an extra push to get back on the 150 Canadian Women quilt which has sat, untouched, since Brady was here in August.

In other scrap news, this past month I sold another makeup bag, a pink one, and as I did with the forest green ones, forgot to remove the pink as a choice and of course I sold another one, which I no longer had! So I had to whip up a pink one, and I decided to make a second one so I have pink in stock again.

This is the one that sold

Note the new zipper. These are from Zipper Valley, and I am quite pleased with them, though stitching with a walking foot is a little bit more challenging as they are heavier. Using a walking foot gives me a smoother finish to the fabric layers than with my zipper foot.

While making the one for the Quebec client, I got the outer shell done for a second pink bag and finished it the next day. It’s for sale in my Etsy shop, SandraJaneQuilts.

As often as possible I use Noodlehead’s ‘open wide’ zipper insertion

Have you read Make Modern issue #54? I'm half way through it, always so many good things inside. Remember you can buy just one issue or you can get a 6-month or an all-access subscription. Click here or on the graphic below to see the options or on my sidebar. I am in the next one, issue #55!

Can't wait to share the project I made with the absolutely gorgeous fabric line from Northcott Fabrics, Angels on High.

In the meantime, I finally updated my Rainbow Neighbourhood pattern front and back covers.

How I love the cover photo! I was able to tuck in the full shot of the twin size without covering up too much of the wonderful mural on the side of that lovely old house which is a terrific florist in town. The back now shows the actual two projects that make up the four within the pattern. There is a cushion aka pillow and a bench pillow. The pattern is my most expensive $14CA, (most are $12, many less than that) but it also has the most projects within one pattern.

I guess I should also mention in case you haven't heard, that Etsy is giving $5 off any order over $25 this weekend. You read that right; it applies to anything and everything! The code is GET5. It ends Sunday night.