Today I'm sharing a rainbow Journey baby quilt that I made in early 2025 and never posted here on the blog. 😲 Sometimes it just happens! I discovered the quilt hadn't been posted when I went to look for the post while preparing for the 2026 Fall Quilt Sale which is coming very, very soon.
Journey is an easy fat quarter friendly quilt pattern that includes all of the quilt sizes and goes together quickly and easily with large pieces. This is the second quilt in the Donation Quilt Series which features quilts that are quick and easy to sew with large pieces, which makes them great quilts to give to those in need.
The Journey quilt pattern is available in the Busy Hands Quilts shop.
Journey Quilt Pattern Features
- Includes 9 sizes - Baby, Lap, Throw, Large Throw Twin, Full, Square Queen, Rectangular Queen, and King
- Fat Quarter or 1/4-yard friendly
- Skill Level: Confident Beginner
- Not recommended for directional prints unless you know how to sew HSTs with them
This quilt is the Baby size which measures approximately 42" x 48". That's perfect for a crib quilt, a tummy time floor mat, or a quilt for a toddler to drag around and love on.
A Rainbow of Beautiful Fabrics
This quilt is made with Dream by Kristy Lea of Quiet Play for Riley Blake Designs. This is just a few prints from the collection, as the Baby size requires just 7 fat quarters. Most of the fabrics are tone-on-tone and read as a single color but also includes some beautiful rainbow prints.
The Accent fabric is a scattered white dot print on bold black which pairs perfectly with the bold rainbow colors. The binding is also made with this black dotted fabric.
Backing is a leftover piece of Widescreen in Black, a wide backing by Robert Kaufman. The modern vibe blends in with the modern quilt top.
Longarm Machine Quilting
The longarm digital quilting design used on this Journey quilt is Rainbow Hearts by Keryn Emmerson, available at Intelligent Quilting. It's a beautiful mix of rainbow arcs over a sweet heart. Quilting was done on my Handi Quilter Amara with ProStitcher in black Superior Omni thread.
Donation Quilt Series
Patterns in the Donation Quilt Series in general have the following features:
- Big blocks
- Large pieces in blocks = less seams = less fabric used
- Easy piecing
- Quicker to piece
- Cost less to make
- Let's make more quilts more quickly to share with more needy people!
Click here to shop the Donation Quilt Series of patterns.
The Journey quilt pattern is available in the Busy Hands Quilts shop.
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