Rainbow Scrap Strip Quilt Tutorial

Make your own Rainbow Scrap Strip Quilt

https://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/rainbow-scrap-strip-quilt-tutorial • Posted by Emma Jean Jansen

A great way to use up your scraps! This easy project involves sewing squares together in rainbow colours. This is a fabulous present to give as a gift for a new baby. Finished Quilt Size: 52" x 60"

You will need

2 ½ in Squares of Purple Fabrics (48 Squares total) 2 ½ in Squares of Red Fabrics (72 Squares total) 2 ½ in Squares of Orange Fabrics (72 Squares total) 2 ½ in Squares of Yellow Fabrics (72 Squares total) 2 ½ in Squares of Green Fabrics (72 Squares total) 2 ½ in Squares of Aqua Fabrics (72 Squares total) 2 ½ in Squares of Blue Fabrics (48 Squares Total) 120 cm White Fabric Backing Fabric (60'' x 68'' piece) Batting (60'' x 68'' piece) 50 cm of Binding Fabric

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A great way to use up your scraps! This easy project involves sewing squares together in rainbow colours. This is a fabulous present to give as a gift for a new baby. Finished Quilt Size: 52" x 60"

Instructions

1. 

   I recently made a quilt using all my colourful scraps. Whenever I have fabric left over and it's too small to put into the stash I cut the fabric into 2 1/2" squares. So I always have a large amount of squares on hand.

2. 

   I wanted to make a baby quilt for a friend and wanted it to be bright and colourful. I love putting colours together especially into rainbows. Using the old ROYGBIV colour theory, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet.

3. 

   Finished Quilt Size: 52" x 60" Rainbow Scrap Strip Requirements: Each row is made up of 24 x 2 1/2" squares Purple: 48 squares (2 rows) Red: 72 squares (3 rows) Orange: 72 squares (3 rows) Yellow: 72 squares (3 rows) Green: 72 squares (3 rows) Aqua: 72 squares (3 rows) Blue: 48 squares (2 rows) From White Fabric Cut: 18 - 1 1/2" x 48 1/2" strips that go between the coloured rows. You will have to join the 1 1/2" strips to get the 48 1/2" needed. And a border of 2 1/2" that goes around the outside of the quilt.

4. I have pieced the quilt in a rainbow pattern and that is why there are less squares of purple and blue. I did it this way because I just don't have as much purple in my stash. The rows go in the order below and you can double check by looking at the photo of the quilt. Purple Red Orange Yellow Green Aqua Blue Aqua Green Yellow Orange Red Purple Red Orange Yellow Green Aqua Blue It is a simple quilt using colour as the main design feature. You could make it much larger by adding more squares and also more rows.

5. Quilt top is now complete. Baste and quilt as desired and finally bind your quilt.