Rainbow Squares Photographed.

While doing my 2011 Quilt Review on the weekend, I realized that I didn't have any photos of this quilt finished. So I went outside and took some, its big, queen sized.

I love the back as much as the front!

We have just moved house, I have a real Hills Hoist clothes line in my back yard! I wound it all the way to the top but it still wasn't high enough for this quilt to hang.

Rainbow Binding.

My Rainbow Squares quilt arrived back from the long arm quilter on Monday. It looks fantastic, I'm very happy with it. It's just a paisley flower all over pattern in white, but looks effective.

Now the binding..... The conversation went sort of like this between Daz, my Mum who is staying with us for a few weeks and myself. White? Hmmm, maybe not, no defined edge. Black then? No, too stark. Grey? Ekk, all that colour and frame it with a boring old grey? Okay, how about a scrappy rainbow? That might work..... I listened to my mother as anyone who has till Friday 7am to finish it because she wants to enter it in the local show would do!

So here is the action shot sewing the binding onto the quilt. I thought Lynne would like to see a shot of the background too! I don't usually sewing at the dining room table, but this quilt is so big, I dragged the machine down to the room for the task. Now to set my Mum to the chore of sewing the binding down for me. I usually love that job but am running out of time!

Rainbow Squares Quilt Top Finished!

I have finished my entry for the Naked Bed Challenge! With only 2 days to spare!

It is massive. 82 by 105 inches. I don't know how to photograph something so big!

Daz tried to hold it up on the step ladder but his arms weren't long enough!

It's nice and bright. I'm happy with it.

It sits nicely on the bed.

I've started piecing the backing. More rainbows. With a bit of luck I'll get it in the mail by the end of the week to be quilted.

72 4.5 inch squares.

This is what 72 4.5 inch squares look like. Finally finished them. Finally!!!

Started trimming them down and adding the sashing. The Naked Bed Challenge deadline of June the 1st is looming!

74 Rainbow Squares!

I did the maths, I need 74 small rainbow squares to do around the border of the Rainbow Square Quilt. 74 times 4.5 inch squares.... so I have 7 colours in my rainbow so 10 of each colour and then I just sort of wing it with the extra 4. That is the plan! I have done yellow, orange and red. Am up to pink, have done one, the others are in various stages, so 31 complete, 43 to go! Can I admit I am getting bored of this project and am itching to start something else?

Thanks for the comments on the last post too. I think I have the balance right. :)

Rainbow Squares and some more Rainbow Squares!

Are you sick of seeing this quilt top in action yet?! Here is Daz trying to hold it up outside, he's on a step ladder, he's not that tall!

I then got rid of all the background. Looking good! In hindsight (and isn't that a wonderful thing?) I should have added white around the borders twice the width of what I did and just left it at that. But I didn't!

So what to add in the border to take it down to the 8 or so inches needed for it to sit neatly down each side of our bed? How about some more squares? Lots more squares! Better stop blogging and get sewing!

Rainbow Squares WIP.

As I promised myself, today I sewed. I have added a 5 inch border of white to the sides and am about to do the same to the top and bottom. Then to ponder a little peep strip of colour like here or smaller squares? I need to get Daz to stand on a step ladder holding it, snap some photos and then play around in photoshop.

Rainbow Squares.

Well I sewed all my rows of rainbow together today!

The Naked Bed Challenge!

I got excited last night to see on Sarah's blog she is hosting a Naked Bed Challenge! Going along with the idea that those who quilt don't have a quilt for their own bed should make one for themselves. While I do have a quilt for our bed, this one here, I was shocked the other week to be told by my darling husband that the quilt in question was ugly and he didn't like it, despite having slept under it for the last 18 months! hmff!

But it is the perfect inspiration for me to pick up this quilt again which was started back in January with the purpose for our bed. Rainbow squares. I have already made 5 blocks in each colour, I now have to trim them, sash them with a crisp spotty white and then I'm going to raise the bar and even try and quilt it in the time frame....... I have two months from yesterday. Come and join in the fun!

Sewing Frenzy!

I love summer holidays! Now we are back from the "official" holiday we are all relaxing at home and I am on a sewing frenzy at the moment. Finished the pebble quilting on the pink squares quilt, binding is all pinned into place, ready to hand sew down.

Inspired by Corrie, I whipped out the jelly roll I had left over from making Ruby's quilt and sewed all the strips together in a few hours. Wolah! Quilt ready to sandwich. This one is going to her Quilts For Queensland appeal too.

And in between that I have started a new quilt. Rainbow squares. Pretty much like the pink squares but bigger and brighter, I love sewing these blocks. Picking out a centre then thinking oh yes, that would look nice framing that, sew it, then ohhhh, how about that spotty fabric? Yes, perfect, sew it!

These are my favourites so far. I'm up to purple, green and blue to go next.

But we haven't been sitting around home all the time. Have taken advantage of the rain and having our own 4WD and getting out and seeing some of the waterfalls around only in the wet season.

This one is Black Rock which we have been to a few times before. It holds a special place in my heart as it was the first place we ever visited when we came up here. Okay, back to the sewing!