... There is something so special about a rainbow ...
When we see one, we want to share it with everyone around us.
Rainbows are timeless.
My bedroom when I was a teenager was decorated in rainbows ...
... and guess what? ...
We have a rainbow quilt on our bed today, over 20 years later!
Thankfully my husband puts up with me surrounding myself with things I love!
I bought this Pezzy Prints jelly roll months ago .. maybe over a year ago. And then wondered what to do with it. I could not get this fabric to speak to me in any pattern. I saw it made into a Churn Dash quilt, but that pattern doesn't work for a jelly roll. I took it out many, many times and tried to get a pattern to gel with this roll, to no avail.
... that is until I saw this roll made into a baby blanket over at Molli Sparkles.
Simple, yet perfect for a Pezzy Print jelly roll.
... Ahem ...
... That was yesterday morning ...
... I finished it last night ...
... and washed it today! ...
Finding the perfect backing in my stash was very difficult. I am on a fabric-buying moratorium because I simply have too much fabric {There, I said it. Acknowledgement is the first step in recovery.}, so buying something was not an option. Nothing seemed to jive just right because those Pezzies {spq?} are NOT white; they are creamy. Then I spotted this bold red with creamy dots, not white, by Moda. But there wasn't enough, so into the stash I went and found this bright cobalt blue with tiny polka dots. The binding is also polka dots - black with white. Polka dots are my new go-to fabric because they fit so nicely into almost any quilt, so if I find them on a great sale, I snatch them up {conveniently pressing the premenopausal short-term memory lapse button and forgetting the fabric-buying moratorium!}.
Quilt Stats:
- Pattern: Plain ol' strips, idea copied from Molli Sparkles
- Size: 36" x 40"
- Fabric: Pezzy Prints by American Jane for Moda Fabrics
- Batting: 100% cotton, thin
- Quilting: All over meandering in cream thread on Mrs.Bernina, my old 830 which was my grandmother's
- Backing: Two Moda polka dot fabrics
- Binding: Black with white polka dots
- Value: Timeless beauty!
This item has been listed for sale in my Etsy shop, BusyHandsQuilts.
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5 comments :
Love these prints!
Most excellent idea to use this jelly roll. Perfect backing and binding : )
That turned out really cute. It's so fun making something completely from your stash, too!
A jelly roll! Are you kidding me?! It looks amazing! Great job!
This is beautiful. Rainbows are special :)
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