12 months ago I found this gorgeous pattern by Down Grapevine Lane called Pixelated Quilt. The colours used in the pattern were a bright rainbow effect but I wanted an ombre style. After some googling, I found a Shibori by Moda Jelly Roll. The roll was perfectly in order from darkest to lightest so it was just simply a matter of working out my sizing. I wanted a QS quilt and the completed size on the pattern was only 60"x 78" so I worked out that if I added 4 of the 2.4" squares through the middle, plus a solid white on each end and at the top & bottom, I would come close. As I cut each row, I worked out how much blue fabric was left and calculated how much additional blue or white was needed.
As this was to be a QS quilt, I decided I would make it a Quilt As You Go, so I broke the pattern down into an 8 or 9 row block.
Once all 5 blocks were sewn up, I checked how my sizing was going. I decided I needed about 10cm on each side to make the quilt wider and a little bit to the length. In the end, I removed 1 row of my final block (some colours had 3 of each colour, others had 2 so this didn't affect the overall look). Then I had to find some more Shibori fabric to match - nothing in Spotlight so an internet search brought me to a shop in Victoria. 5 days later, the fabric arrived (very speedy) and I decided to create a border in this fabric, then another in white, to give me the right dimensions. To make these borders feel like they belonged, I made these up as 2.5"squares and added to each block.
Once all 5 blocks were finished, I worked out how I would actually quilt these big panels, without putting any sashings in between my blocks. This was done by quilting the top & wadding together (I made up a wavy pattern and used a quilting guide to make my waves even). I then sewed all 5 blocks together.
Next step was putting my backing on. Once I got the right size of fabric, I attached the backing to the quilt with a quilt in the ditch through the seam between each block and then quilt in the ditch on either side of the blue border around all four sides.
Last up was the binding. I ordered too much fabric so had enough to use the same fabric from the borders for the binding.
The quilt was happily finished and now being used on the bed!
As this was to be a QS quilt, I decided I would make it a Quilt As You Go, so I broke the pattern down into an 8 or 9 row block.
Once all 5 blocks were sewn up, I checked how my sizing was going. I decided I needed about 10cm on each side to make the quilt wider and a little bit to the length. In the end, I removed 1 row of my final block (some colours had 3 of each colour, others had 2 so this didn't affect the overall look). Then I had to find some more Shibori fabric to match - nothing in Spotlight so an internet search brought me to a shop in Victoria. 5 days later, the fabric arrived (very speedy) and I decided to create a border in this fabric, then another in white, to give me the right dimensions. To make these borders feel like they belonged, I made these up as 2.5"squares and added to each block.
Once all 5 blocks were finished, I worked out how I would actually quilt these big panels, without putting any sashings in between my blocks. This was done by quilting the top & wadding together (I made up a wavy pattern and used a quilting guide to make my waves even). I then sewed all 5 blocks together.
Next step was putting my backing on. Once I got the right size of fabric, I attached the backing to the quilt with a quilt in the ditch through the seam between each block and then quilt in the ditch on either side of the blue border around all four sides.
Last up was the binding. I ordered too much fabric so had enough to use the same fabric from the borders for the binding.
The quilt was happily finished and now being used on the bed!
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