Chasing Rainbows
 

The wind would not cooperate with my photo session so I brought it inside and put it on a bed. I made this quilt top 2 years ago. It started out to be a pineapple block quilt, but when the blocks were all done and I put them all together, it was ! The many colors did not play well together and looking at them made me dizzy! They definitely needed some space between them. I still have some others and I think they would make into some nice pillow shams. The central medallion is just a very large Dresden plate with a little added detail on the outer edge to make it into a ‘Dresden flower’. I had a lot of that diagonal border piecing left over and decided to use it for the binding…. Bad idea! Too much bulk in the seams. I do my binding entirely by machine because my hand stitching is not the best and I knew with all this white it was going to be washed a lot! Lesson learned Speaking of that, I washed it when it was finished because it was really dirty from being handled so much and then stored in a closet for 2 years. I was very surprised that the colors did not run at all! I used a color catcher, of course, but they did not show any staining. I bought them all from Connecting Threads.

absolutely gorgeous quilt. wonderful work!

This quilt is beyond fabulous! I love the colors they make the quilt. Of course I am a big fan of pineapple quilts and the block itself. Your quilting is outstanding and as you said it washed up perfect! Well done, Well done.

What a beautiful quilt! I love the rainbow colors

Turned out great! Beautiful quilt!

Gorgeous quilt! I didn't realize the size of it from the hanging picture. Love it on the bed!

What an absolutely beautiful quilt.

It's a very beautiful quilt and colors so vibrant. Quilting is awesome.

Beautiful quilt as well as quilting. Nice job!

No matter where you took the picture, it looks fantastic! :thumbup:

So beautiful! Fantastic job

a beautiful quilt

Gorgeous quilt! I love everything about it!

You did a fabulous job on it. I absolutely love it!!

It turned out gorgeous! All the little adjustments and changes you made, really make the result perfect. nice job.

Love all the colors!

The triangle transition in the border works well. It keeps the diagonal piecing in the corners running in the same direction. Great choice

Beautiful quilt and quilting. Great colors and work.

What a Beautiful quilt and quilting!

Beautiful quilting in the white areas!

Lovely. Colors are perfect. Quilting is superb!

Such a beautiful quilt and just gorgeous quilting. I rather like seeing the pineapple blocks on their own, allows you to appreciate the gradient of colors you used and your workmanship.

I've pieced similar bindings before, do you press your seams open or flat? I go open and sometimes when/if I piece a binding (or when I make my french binding), depending on the fabric I'll use a .5" seam, just like when you piece a back, but I typically use thicker bindings than most people and cut them starting at 3".

Can someone please explain to me what's the technique used to make the border with the small squares of all the different fabrics used in this quilt ? I have seen this done on several quilts and really like the look and want to try it but can't figure out how . Thanks .

Beautiful quilt! I hope you enter it in a show.💕

I really wish I had gone for a wider than normal binding as I could have folded it over to the front a little further and not have had to deal with quite so many layers.

Beautiful quilt. Great thinking outside the box to save a quilt that just didn't turn out as you envisioned.

Cut strips of whatever colors you want and strips of background whatever width you like. Sew them together alternating color/white then press seams and cut strips from this as wide as your original strips (if you want them square). then sew these strips together end to end so you have a long strip of color/white, then sew your background strips to each side of this. I took a photo of this process but can't figure out how to post a photo in a reply!

Cut strips of whatever colors you want and strips of background whatever width you like. Sew them together alternating color/white then press seams and cut strips from this as wide as your original strips (if you want them square). then sew these strips together end to end so you have a long strip of color/white, then sew your background strips to each side of this. I took a photo of this process but can't figure out how to post a photo in a reply!

This is beautiful, I love all the colors!

Wow, that's gorgeous!!!

Your quilt is stunning! 👍👍