At the beginning of January I posted about my bead blocks that I made for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge during 2020. My goal for January has been to work on turning the blocks into a top. I had to make a few more blocks to get the on-point layout I wanted (an odd number of rows ensures small corner triangles).
At the beginning of the month I wrote "with any luck I'll get the blocks sewn into a top, with setting triangles". Luck was on my side: I have just finished putting the top together!
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| Rainbow beads |
I didn't have a pattern but a memory of a block I'd seen somewhere on the Internet. The large squares were cut at 4.5", the small at 2.5" and the background strips also at 2.5", giving 8" square finished blocks.
- Total measurement of the top = 143.5cm x 173.5cm (approx. 57.4" x 69.4")
- Coloured fabrics from stash,
- background fabric: Kona Charcoal
- thread: both Aurifil and Mettler 50 weight pale grey
Finishing this will have to wait as my maths didn't run to calculating the final measurements of the on point setting! I can only now order backing fabric.
For the moment I can start making my January blocks for Do Good Stitches Comfort Circle. They're foundation pieced - not my favourite technique - but "in for a penny, in for a pound!"
I'm linking this weekend to:
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Stay healthy and safe
Happy sewing
Marly.
18 comments:
So pretty, that is such a wonderful design, just right for the monthly RSC stitching.
that is a very nice quilt and does so look like the beaded curtains we used to see some years back.
It is so beautiful against the black background. Congratulations! I love it. ;^)
A wonderful top! I love the colours set against the black background.
What a cool quilt. Love the colors.
It looks wonderful, Marly!
Those colors really sparkle against that black background! I love it! (And I'm going to need to make one, too!)
Great design for your RSC finish. I look forward to seeing it quilted. Thanks for sharing with Oh Scrap!
SEW beautifully dramatic on that black background, Marly!! Congratulations on getting it together.
This one is really pretty! Nice job!
This is lovely Marly, the colours stand out beautifully against the dark background.
Such a fun quilt. Great job!
Wow, beautiful quilt, I love the colors and your fabric choice!
Thank you for sharing and linking up.
That is soooooo pretty. Well done.
Love your brightly colored beads!
This is beautiful and I love the colours and background fabric. Yes maths is so abundant in quilting, sometimes it astounds me how much is involved. Thank you for visiting me at the start of the month at Kathryn Quilts. I appreciate it.
Gorgeous! Thanks for linking up with Elm Street Quilts One Monthly Goal and congrats on your finish!
This turned out so great - I really like the dark background - the beads kinda look like they are floating!
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