Today I'm sharing a glorious rainbow Easy Bargello quilt made with a Fundamentals Pop Culture jelly roll by White Owl Textiles. The bright white background makes this quilt really pop.
Easy Bargello is an easy version of a typically more complicated Bargello quilt design.
The pattern is in the shop right here.
This Quilt is Famous!
White Owl Textiles, a subdivision of Lumin Fabrics, featured this quilt in their booth at H+H America in Chicago, Illinois in May of 2026. I am sure it brought many sighs of happiness as crafters passed by. Rainbows are so happy!
The materials for this quilt were provided to me by White Owl Textiles. This quilt was pieced and quilted by me, Myra Barnes. It was so much fun visiting the Easy Bargello quilt pattern again!
Pop Culture Strip Roll
This stunning 2-1/2" strip jelly roll is called Pop Culture. This group of fabrics is specially curated from their Fundamentals collections and named Pop Culture, and are subtle tone-on-tone prints, not solids, which adds texture and depth and a special touch to the finished quilt. The strip roll includes 2 strips each of 20 prints in 2 rainbows, which results in the rainbow being repeated four times down the quilt top. The background fabric is ECCO Solid in 700 Bright White by White Owl Textiles.
The back cover of the pattern includes the order the 40 strips are placed in to create this exact quilt!
Fundamentals Pop Culture is made by White Owl Textiles, a sister company to Island Batik and subdivision of Lumin Fabrics.
Perfect for Rainbow Jelly Rolls
This quilt pattern is perfect for rainbow jelly rolls. Maybe you have one in your stash and are wondering what to do with it! This is just the pattern for it. Rainbow Kona Cotton strip rolls have been around for a long time, so you just might have one ready to go.
Easy Bargello isn't just a rainbow!
Maybe you're wondering what other fabrics work for Easy Bargello besides a rainbow strip roll. This pattern certainly doesn't need to be a rainbow. The prints could range from medium to dark in several colorways. Here are some examples of this. Click on the link below the image to read the blog post for that quilt (all of these quilt kits are sold out).
Get the Easy Bargello quilt pattern in the Busy Hands Quilts shop.
Includes Just the Twin Size
As you know, most of my patterns include as many sizes as possible from Baby to King and everything in between. This pattern includes just the Twin size. I know how disappointing that is! Making other sizes would have involved completely new diagrams and charts for each size to create the strip sets, and I just didn't have it in me to figure all of that out when this pattern was written.
Keep reading for how to make the Baby size!
How to Make a Baby Size Easy Bargello
You can read about the Baby size Easy Bargello rainbow quilt I made in this blog post right here. It is made with 17 different colored strips measuring 21" long, placed in rainbow order in a strip set. For additional details, refer to the Easy Bargello quilt pattern, though it doesn't include specific instructions for the Baby size.
Longarm Machine Quilting
This quilt was quilted with Diagonal Bias Plaid, an easy modern quilting design, on my Handi Quilter Amara with ProStitcher with Superior Omni Bright White Thread. I use this design when I don't want the quilting to overpower the quilt top. Instead, it highlights the simplicity of the rainbow design.
Quilt Stats
Pattern: Easy Bargello by Busy Hands Quilts
Fabric: Fundamentals Pop Culture Strip Roll by White Owl Textiles for Lumin Fabrics
Background: ECCO Solids 700 Bright White
Batting: Warm and White
Backing and binding: Fundamentals Gesso Tropical Waters W130-001-517 Click here to shop this fabric on Etsy.
Quilting: Diagonal Bias Plaid in Superior Omni Bright White thread
Pieced on: Juki TL2200QVP Mini
Quilted on: HandiQuilter Amara with ProStitcher
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