I've completed yet another strip quilt, this time in a beautiful teal / aqua ombre for my son's bed. All the details including fabric names and shades, a link to the tutorial and more are in this blog post so keep reading!
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| Photo courtesy The Quilting Smith (long armer) |
This quilt top is made entirely from Riley Blake Designs basics - and if it looks familiar its because I've actually made two other versions in a rainbow of colors. You can see the Original Rainbow version here or the Chunky Rainbow version here. This pattern is hands down the easiest and quickest quilt I have ever made, so I love to come back to it.
The Details:
The pattern is the Muted Rainbow Stripe Quilt Tutorial from Woodberry Way, with a couple simple changes: First, I piece all of my strips and leave the lengths untrimmed until the top is complete. After that, I see just how wide it is in total and square it up, leaving as much of the width as I can. I usually come out with an 80" x 80" square quilt. Doing it this way makes it considerably wider than the way Alli at Woodberry Way trims hers.
Secondly, for this top I ordered 7 half yards (instead of 14 quarter yards) of fabric which gave me two strips per color instead of one. I still cut the fabric as stated in the tutorial. This was a better way to give the ombre effect in my opinion.
Ok on to the specifics... as I said this top is made entirely from Riley Blake Designs Basics. Specifically, their Confetti Cotton solids and Swiss Dot. Below are the saved IG Stories where I shared the exact shade names. If you want to save them directly to your Instagram, checkout my profile @amistabaker and click the RBD Highlight circle.
To do the quilt the way I have it takes a little math, but it's worth it in the end. Not only did I do the ombre effect for the solids but also for the Swiss Dot so that everything blended together throughout the quilt.
I had the quilt long armed by The Quilting Smith in an edge to edge design called Malachite. The backing is a gorgeous Shannon Fabrics Cuddle 3 in Saltwater Blue.
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| Photos courtesy: The Quilting Smith |
This quilt is more than big enough for a twin bed and would comfortably fit a full size bed as well (The way I made it). You could definitely add some width and length to make it suitable for larger beds.
The binding I chose was again, a Riley Blake Designs basics, this time Bee Cross Stitch in Sea Glass. I even used a strip of it to make a handmade Pillow case to go with the quilt. How cute is that Riptide Shark Tooth print by Citrus & Mint Designs?!
That's all I've got for today... here are couple more pictures from the quilt on my son's Twin XL bed for size reference. If you make a quilt inspired by me, make sure to tagme @amistabaker on social media! See you next time :)
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