Rainbow Gingham Quilt

I’ve had a few finishes under wraps of late, some because of surprises, others because they’ve had to wait their turn. This is one of the wait your turn finishes.

You’ve seen this one as a flimsy, the quilt I made after my first three presentations to guilds east of Toronto in mid-October. It was a DrEAMi, a Drop Everything And Make it quilt. Last week I got it quilted and I think I’m as excited to show the back as I am to show the front!

Here is the back! I am on a mission to use up the several test and lonely blocks in the drawer I have reserved for them. Why not put a few on the back of a donation quilt? I looked for blocks of the same size, and found these five 8" finished blocks - perfect! The half WOF yard of fabric, 'Welcome Friends' by Fabri-Quilt, on the right was originally split with a friend many years ago to make a stack 'n whack quilt that never happened. I had it out as a possible part of a backing for an RSC quilt but felt it might work well on this one...oooh just a few inches short, but use it I did. Again, I looked for WOF pieces in coordinating colours to the Welcome Friends fabric, and found some in the red drawer.

One of my Sterilite drawers where I store stash/leftovers less than 1/2 yard, holds striped fabrics for binding possibilities, so I used up one of the chunks, adding to it with a couple of others.

Quilted initials in a bottom corner and satin label.

The grass is so green in October and November, soaking in the plentiful rain we get in fall. I used a couple of leftover pieces of Hobbs 80/20 black batting. Note how it doesn't affect the white and cream squares.

I'm not sure where this will go just yet, but I know the right home will appear.

Quilt Stats:

Pattern: Gingham quilt here

Size: 40.5" square
Fabric: Scraps

Batting: Hobbs 80/20 black

Backing: scraps, stash and leftover blocks

Quilted: on Avril 

Threads: pieced with Gütermann cotton; quilted with Coats & Clark cotton 50 wt

For the next week I'm looking after my grand-cat in Tennessee while her parents are off to sunny realms to celebrate their fifth anniversary (cannot believe how the years have flown by). 

We've already had a few good games of chase; well, more like Sandra throws one of the several bouncy balls while she watches, all bright-eyed, sometimes running up the stairs part way, tail swishing.

I plan to read, sew, watch some movies and have my own private quilt retreat while I sew up two Postcard from Sweden quilts.😊 I bought a kit last year from Mad About Patchwork (great price, and so nicely labelled), and between it and my leftovers from the previous two PfS quilts I’ve made I have enough triangles with just a couple of substitutions. I used my AccuQuilt 4” finished HST due to cut all the triangles. 720 of them!