You guys know I love to make a rainbow quilt, and the Diana Quilt Pattern makes it really easy to put together. I have been loving AGF Pure solids lately and thought they would make a pretty, muted rainbow for the cover quilt.
Green tends to be the color that I struggle the most with when making a rainbow, and I really appreciate the greens that are available in the Pure Solids line. They aren't too yellow or too blue.
I can just imagine a larger version of this quilt spread over a bed - this design would be perfect for a twin or queen size quilt.
Here is a full list of the colors that I used in my quilt. I can see myself using these same combination of fabrics for another project in the future - they were an absolute joy to sew with.
Fabric A - Quartz Pink
Fabric B - Sweet Macadamia
Fabric C - Miami Sunset
Fabric D - Grapefruit
Fabric E - Peach Sherbet
Fabric F - Dried Carrot
Fabric G - Mandarin
Fabric H - Creme de la Creme
Fabric I - Banana Cream
Fabric J - Empire Yellow
Fabric K - Honeydew
Fabric L - Lemon Tart
Fabric M - Fresh Sage
Fabric N - Sweet Mint
Fabric O - Spruce
Fabric P - Ocean Fog
Fabric Q - Crystalline
Fabric R - Ocean Waves
Background - Snow
The backing fabric of the quilt is Plaid of my Dreams in Sky flannel by Maureen Cracknell for Art Gallery Fabrics and it is SO SOFT. This time of year, it's nice to have a quilt that is a little cozier and a little heavier. While minky is great and my kids love it, I usually prefer flannel because it breathes a little better. I am so pleased that Art Gallery is offering quite a few flannel options and will definitely be stocking up on some of these cute prints.
I love this rainbow and how muted those pastels are — but I kinda also see ripply strips of bacon? Maybe I’m just hungry! Can you tell us how this pattern would work with obvious directional prints? Would it be hard to manage it so that there’s a distinct “up” and “down”?
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness, this just made me laugh so hard! It definitely requires a little attention with directional prints - if you look at the Unruly Nature version of the quilt that I posted, some of those prints were directional. I just cut and laid out one section at a time to make sure that the directions of the fabric worked and it went together nicely!
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