I am beyond thrilled that a recent quilt was published! My rainbow half-square triangle quilt, which I called Rainbow in a Box, appears in the April/May 2016 issue of McCall's Quick Quilts, available now! Here is the
link to this issue, and a link to my quilt on their
website.
McCall's took such beautiful pictures of the quilt, and has a great
facebook video about the issue, including my quilt.
I actually worked on this quilt top at the beginning of 2015, using up lots of my stash fabric, along with Kona white.
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| The scrap squares in rainbow order |
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| The completed HST blocks laid out in the diamond pattern. |
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| The finished top in the January 2015 snow! |
I quilted it up, and took some spring time pictures on the lake before sending it off to McCall's for the professional photo shoot!
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The backing is a now-unavailable IKEA fabric |
I quilted it in a continuous line, starting at the center of the design and then following the pattern, at about 1/2 in intervals. Lots of turning and lifting. Since then I have purchased a mid- arm quilting machine, and a quilting pattern like this should be much easier!
It is so exciting to see the quilt so beautifully displayed and photographed, and to see my name in print for quilting!
McCall's was nice enough to give me a few extra copies of the magazine to give away on this blog. Please leave a comment, and I'll choose two by March 17 and send you the copies.
I have several quilts underway as the winter winds down. I am looking forward to finishing and sharing.
I will be linking up with
My Quilt Infatuation! and Crazy Mom Quilts'
Finish it up Friday!
Take care,
Gretchen
