Grandma Mary

I made this almost king-sized quilt for my son and his wife. (They have a California King-sized bed!) I based it on MSQC's Illusion pattern, but I used the entire 10" blocks of color rather than cutting them in half. Then to make the quilt even larger, I decided to add a large shadow strip like a border to make the whole thing look like it was floating. I arranged all 42 squares in the order of the spectrum of light that is in a rainbow starting with the red in the upper left corner and going diagonally to the bottom right, ending with violet. As I was working on it, the squares began to remind me of water color bricks in a paint box...hence the name, Erika's Paint Box. Erika is my daughter in law and she is an elementary art teacher. Both she, and my son love it!

Jingle

Very pretty.

QM

That's a fine gift. The larger sized blocks and the border you selected make this a really special quilt.

minibarn

Very pretty. I like the Illusions pattern.

quiltingshorttimer

that's very pretty! i just love "rainbow" quilts and that one is super.

Claire123

This turned out very cool. They will love it.

Sync

What a perfect quilt for an art teacher.

Teddybear Lady

Great name for a great quilt!

Battle Axe

Thanks for sharing. That is a striking quilt.

Sewbeeit2

This quilt is a blue ribbon winner. Just great for the art teacher......