As with pretty much every project I start, I have ambitions of changing it up and starting with a tight, modern, hip design. But then I dive into the depths of my fabric stash and I get swept up in the rainbow chaos of all the eye candy... and I make a rainbow-inspired quilt... again.
At least I am consistent in my weakness...
After succumbing to the siren call of the unicorn, I laid out 2.5 inch strips of some of my faves into color families and started sewing them all together (alternating directions to avoid slippage in the rows). After the main panel was done, I sliced out an off-centre column and reversed its direction, putting it all back together and framing all three panels in a neutral star fabric (because #unicorn) and backing it all with a soft bright teal and pink retro-patterned cotton remnant.
For quilting, as usual I kept it simple, quilting the larger panels in vertical lines and the reversed column in tight horizontal lines. Nothing revolutionary but I like it. Made a scrappy batch of binding with some of the leftovers, gave it a good wash and bob's your uncle!
Even though it is not very out-of-the-box for me, I still love this quilt. It came together relatively quickly but delivers some big eye candy color payoff. I hope that Francisco enjoys many years of study snuggles in this quilt!