Sunday, June 5, 2011

Bottled Rainbows

What started out as this:

The first block I tried
Blocks laid out, ready for my little artists to help out

Ready for basting and quilting


I made a huge mistake cutting the zig zag fabric on the bias,
so I went with the black dots instead!

Has become this:



Thank you, Rachel for coming up with this amazing idea!
I love storing my small fabric scraps in old jars, 
and I'm so happy with my Bottled Rainbows Quilt!
The finished blocks are 10 inches square,
which makes this quilt a perfect size to hang on the wall above my sewing machine.

Linking up to:
{Sew} Modern Monday at Canoe Ridge Creations

Fresh Poppy Design

27 comments:

  1. This is awesome! The smaller blocks were such a great idea. And the black dot binding is so cool! Happy accident.

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  2. very cute! excellent idea for scraps

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  3. Hey, hey! It's all finished! Looks fantastic.

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  4. Love it!! I'm so excited to try one of these when I have enough scraps!!

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  5. I was just piling some scraps in a green pile today... this is pretty much what I had in mind.

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  6. oops hit the button too fast. I love yours!! and I'm totally going to get to it now!!

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  7. This is so wonderful Michelle! Love, love, love it! :) Thanks for linking up to {Sew} Modern Monday and have a great week!

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  8. Lovely - I really like it with the black binding too.

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  9. I love it, I love it, I love it!

    Thank you for inspiring this novice.

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  10. It looks great:) I love that little bus in the blue block:) Love it!!!

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  11. I just wish I could fit all my scraps in jars as they look so pretty. I have far too many!
    Love the quilt. Happy Stitching!

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  12. Great job, Michelle, it looks fantastic!!! I love the binding you chose, it really sets your rainbow off nicely :)

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  13. Great job! It's beautiful! I love that all your blocks are so orderly, that speaks to me. ;)

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  14. oh wow, it's fantastic. I'm so going to make one of these one day...

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  15. CUTE!! I love it! I can't wait to finish mine!! Great job!!

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  16. It looks great! Its fun how you interspersed the color blocks (rather than the rainbow type arrangement Rachel did). Love the fussy cut bus on your blue block!

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  17. Awe such a super cute quilt and I love the scrappiness of it and the polkadot binding is awesome!

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  18. Love the idea. Great job!!!!

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  19. I love bottled rainbows. Great job on yours!

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  20. You should be happy with this one!!! It's beautiful!!!! You have inspired me;)

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  21. Wow. You must be so proud! This is beautiful and would be perfect on the wall over your sewing machine. It will make you happy every time you see it!

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  22. very cute! I wish I would have done one of these... ;)

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  23. Love it, saving scraps for my own!!

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  24. It's beautiful! I Love the little bus on the blue block! Mine are just taking shape in jars still! :o)

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