Welcome – I’m so glad you joined me to start our Alaska Rainbow Quilt Along! Every week I will showcase 2 blocks that will help build your skills and introducing more difficult ones as we go. I am so excited to get quilting with you! First, we will focus on making our Alaska Rainbow quilt with the Century Solids Collection from Andover. I will be making my blocks using our Pre-Cut kit. For those cutting your own fabric, please make sure to visit our YouTube channel for a wonderful video on ho
Welcome to our Alaska Rainbow Quilt Along. We’re so excited that you decided to join us! While this quilt may look challenging with all of the points, I promise you, you can do it, no matter your skill level. I’m so thrilled that you are ready to try something new and exciting, no need to be afraid of the points! Let’s plant this seed by starting with some guidelines: 1. Everyone is welcome!2. We will be quilting together for 6 weeks starting 10/09 and ending 11/13. 3. Every week, we will
Welcome back for the fourth week of our Alaska Rainbow Quilt Along. Now that we’re a month into our Quilt Along, lets take it easy by choosing two blocks similar to the ones we’ve done and review all
Welcome back for the sixth week of our Alaska Rainbow Quilt Along. Only one more block left, can you believe it? What is everyone planning to do with their finished quilts? Do you have plans to gift it for Christmas or maybe you’ll just cuddle up with it in front of the fire? Here is last week’s blog for anyone who is playing catching up. This week we will complete blocks 7 and 10. Grab your supplies – Alaska Rainbow Pattern, Alaska Templates, rotary, ruler, fabric pencil, and Aurifil thr
Welcome – I’m so glad you joined me to start our Alaska Rainbow Quilt Along! Every week I will showcase 2 blocks that will help build your skills and introducing more difficult ones as we go. I am so excited to get quilting with you! First, we will focus on making our Alaska Rainbow quilt with the Century Solids Collection from Andover. I will be making my blocks using our Pre-Cut kit. For those cutting your own fabric, please make sure to visit our YouTube channel for a wonderful video on ho
Welcome back for the sixth week of our Alaska Rainbow Quilt Along. Only one more block left, can you believe it? What is everyone planning to do with their finished quilts? Do you have plans to gift it for Christmas or maybe you’ll just cuddle up with it in front of the fire? Here is last week’s blog for anyone who is playing catching up. This week we will complete blocks 7 and 10. Grab your supplies – Alaska Rainbow Pattern, Alaska Templates, rotary, ruler, fabric pencil, and Aurifil thr
Welcome back for the sixth week of our Alaska Rainbow Quilt Along. Only one more block left, can you believe it? What is everyone planning to do with their finished quilts? Do you have plans to gift it for Christmas or maybe you’ll just cuddle up with it in front of the fire? Here is last week’s blog for anyone who is playing catching up. This week we will complete blocks 7 and 10. Grab your supplies – Alaska Rainbow Pattern, Alaska Templates, rotary, ruler, fabric pencil, and Aurifil thr
Welcome – I’m so glad you joined me to start our Alaska Rainbow Quilt Along! Every week I will showcase 2 blocks that will help build your skills and introducing more difficult ones as we go. I am so excited to get quilting with you! First, we will focus on making our Alaska Rainbow quilt with the Century Solids Collection from Andover. I will be making my blocks using our Pre-Cut kit. For those cutting your own fabric, please make sure to visit our YouTube channel for a wonderful video on ho
Welcome back for the sixth week of our Alaska Rainbow Quilt Along. Only one more block left, can you believe it? What is everyone planning to do with their finished quilts? Do you have plans to gift it for Christmas or maybe you’ll just cuddle up with it in front of the fire? Here is last week’s blog for anyone who is playing catching up. This week we will complete blocks 7 and 10. Grab your supplies – Alaska Rainbow Pattern, Alaska Templates, rotary, ruler, fabric pencil, and Aurifil thr
Welcome back for the second week of our Alaska Rainbow Quilt Along! I am beyond thankful for all of you who’ve joined in so far, and if you haven’t yet – why wait – check out last week’s blog to see what you missed and jump right in, you’ll catch up in no time. We’ve already learned so much with our first 2 blocks, I’m so proud of everyone. The #1 lesson from last week is how important it is to have a nice, accurate, quarter inch seam allowance. You must keep it consistent from the beginning t
My version of the Alaska quilt is a finished top! Alaska quilt top, 63.5" x 81.5" my variation of a pattern by Laundry Basket Quilts Even before the announcement of a quilt-along to make the Alaska Rainbow Quilt at Laundry Basket Quilts, I had been intrigued by the possibilities of this pattern. It is a beautiful variation on a traditional kaleidoscope design. I decided to make mine using autumn colors. Here's a closer shot of the center so you can get a better look at the fabrics. The pattern made a quilt that measures 63" square before borders. I did a little redesigning, adding an extra row of blocks at the top and bottom to make my quilt rectangular. The Alaska Rainbow quilt along is still going on at Laundry Basket Quilts. You can also buy different versions of the pattern or precut kits at their website. Finishing this quilt top was my One Monthly Goal for November. I will link up at Elm Street Quilts at the end of the month. Linking up with: Needle & Thread Thursday at My Quilt Infatuation Finished or Not Friday at Alycia Quilts Whoop Whoop Friday at Confessions of a Fabric Addict Happy quilting everyone! Julie in GA
Welcome back for the third week of our Alaska Rainbow Quilt Along. I’m so happy to be quilting with you all each week! Don’t “fall” behind — check out last week’s blog to see what you might’ve missed or to refresh yourself with our newly acquired technical skills. Keep up the hard work, I think everyone is doing great! Please don’t forget to send us or post your progress pictures along the way. We really love seeing how each and every one of you are doing with your Alaska Rainbow blocks! Th
Welcome – I’m so glad you joined me to start our Alaska Rainbow Quilt Along! Every week I will showcase 2 blocks that will help build your skills and introducing more difficult ones as we go. I am so excited to get quilting with you! First, we will focus on making our Alaska Rainbow quilt with the Century Solids Collection from Andover. I will be making my blocks using our Pre-Cut kit. For those cutting your own fabric, please make sure to visit our YouTube channel for a wonderful video on ho
Welcome back for the sixth week of our Alaska Rainbow Quilt Along. Only one more block left, can you believe it? What is everyone planning to do with their finished quilts? Do you have plans to gift it for Christmas or maybe you’ll just cuddle up with it in front of the fire? Here is last week’s blog for anyone who is playing catching up. This week we will complete blocks 7 and 10. Grab your supplies – Alaska Rainbow Pattern, Alaska Templates, rotary, ruler, fabric pencil, and Aurifil thr
Welcome back for the sixth week of our Alaska Rainbow Quilt Along. Only one more block left, can you believe it? What is everyone planning to do with their finished quilts? Do you have plans to gift it for Christmas or maybe you’ll just cuddle up with it in front of the fire? Here is last week’s blog for anyone who is playing catching up. This week we will complete blocks 7 and 10. Grab your supplies – Alaska Rainbow Pattern, Alaska Templates, rotary, ruler, fabric pencil, and Aurifil thr
Welcome – I’m so glad you joined me to start our Alaska Rainbow Quilt Along! Every week I will showcase 2 blocks that will help build your skills and introducing more difficult ones as we go. I am so excited to get quilting with you! First, we will focus on making our Alaska Rainbow quilt with the Century Solids Collection from Andover. I will be making my blocks using our Pre-Cut kit. For those cutting your own fabric, please make sure to visit our YouTube channel for a wonderful video on ho
Welcome back for the sixth week of our Alaska Rainbow Quilt Along. Only one more block left, can you believe it? What is everyone planning to do with their finished quilts? Do you have plans to gift it for Christmas or maybe you’ll just cuddle up with it in front of the fire? Here is last week’s blog for anyone who is playing catching up. This week we will complete blocks 7 and 10. Grab your supplies – Alaska Rainbow Pattern, Alaska Templates, rotary, ruler, fabric pencil, and Aurifil thr
Welcome back for the sixth week of our Alaska Rainbow Quilt Along. Only one more block left, can you believe it? What is everyone planning to do with their finished quilts? Do you have plans to gift it for Christmas or maybe you’ll just cuddle up with it in front of the fire? Here is last week’s blog for anyone who is playing catching up. This week we will complete blocks 7 and 10. Grab your supplies – Alaska Rainbow Pattern, Alaska Templates, rotary, ruler, fabric pencil, and Aurifil thr
Welcome back for the sixth week of our Alaska Rainbow Quilt Along. Only one more block left, can you believe it? What is everyone planning to do with their finished quilts? Do you have plans to gift it for Christmas or maybe you’ll just cuddle up with it in front of the fire? Here is last week’s blog for anyone who is playing catching up. This week we will complete blocks 7 and 10. Grab your supplies – Alaska Rainbow Pattern, Alaska Templates, rotary, ruler, fabric pencil, and Aurifil thr
Welcome to our Alaska Rainbow Quilt Along. We’re so excited that you decided to join us! While this quilt may look challenging with all of the points, I promise you, you can do it, no matter your skill level. I’m so thrilled that you are ready to try something new and exciting, no need to be afraid of the points! Let’s plant this seed by starting with some guidelines: 1. Everyone is welcome!2. We will be quilting together for 6 weeks starting 10/09 and ending 11/13. 3. Every week, we will
Welcome back for the sixth week of our Alaska Rainbow Quilt Along. Only one more block left, can you believe it? What is everyone planning to do with their finished quilts? Do you have plans to gift it for Christmas or maybe you’ll just cuddle up with it in front of the fire? Here is last week’s blog for anyone who is playing catching up. This week we will complete blocks 7 and 10. Grab your supplies – Alaska Rainbow Pattern, Alaska Templates, rotary, ruler, fabric pencil, and Aurifil thr
Welcome – I’m so glad you joined me to start our Alaska Rainbow Quilt Along! Every week I will showcase 2 blocks that will help build your skills and introducing more difficult ones as we go. I am so excited to get quilting with you! First, we will focus on making our Alaska Rainbow quilt with the Century Solids Collection from Andover. I will be making my blocks using our Pre-Cut kit. For those cutting your own fabric, please make sure to visit our YouTube channel for a wonderful video on ho
Welcome back for the sixth week of our Alaska Rainbow Quilt Along. Only one more block left, can you believe it? What is everyone planning to do with their finished quilts? Do you have plans to gift it for Christmas or maybe you’ll just cuddle up with it in front of the fire? Here is last week’s blog for anyone who is playing catching up. This week we will complete blocks 7 and 10. Grab your supplies – Alaska Rainbow Pattern, Alaska Templates, rotary, ruler, fabric pencil, and Aurifil thr
Welcome – I’m so glad you joined me to start our Alaska Rainbow Quilt Along! Every week I will showcase 2 blocks that will help build your skills and introducing more difficult ones as we go. I am so excited to get quilting with you! First, we will focus on making our Alaska Rainbow quilt with the Century Solids Collection from Andover. I will be making my blocks using our Pre-Cut kit. For those cutting your own fabric, please make sure to visit our YouTube channel for a wonderful video on ho
Welcome back for the sixth week of our Alaska Rainbow Quilt Along. Only one more block left, can you believe it? What is everyone planning to do with their finished quilts? Do you have plans to gift it for Christmas or maybe you’ll just cuddle up with it in front of the fire? Here is last week’s blog for anyone who is playing catching up. This week we will complete blocks 7 and 10. Grab your supplies – Alaska Rainbow Pattern, Alaska Templates, rotary, ruler, fabric pencil, and Aurifil thr
Welcome – I’m so glad you joined me to start our Alaska Rainbow Quilt Along! Every week I will showcase 2 blocks that will help build your skills and introducing more difficult ones as we go. I am so excited to get quilting with you! First, we will focus on making our Alaska Rainbow quilt with the Century Solids Collection from Andover. I will be making my blocks using our Pre-Cut kit. For those cutting your own fabric, please make sure to visit our YouTube channel for a wonderful video on ho
Welcome – I’m so glad you joined me to start our Alaska Rainbow Quilt Along! Every week I will showcase 2 blocks that will help build your skills and introducing more difficult ones as we go. I am so excited to get quilting with you! First, we will focus on making our Alaska Rainbow quilt with the Century Solids Collection from Andover. I will be making my blocks using our Pre-Cut kit. For those cutting your own fabric, please make sure to visit our YouTube channel for a wonderful video on ho
Welcome – I’m so glad you joined me to start our Alaska Rainbow Quilt Along! Every week I will showcase 2 blocks that will help build your skills and introducing more difficult ones as we go. I am so excited to get quilting with you! First, we will focus on making our Alaska Rainbow quilt with the Century Solids Collection from Andover. I will be making my blocks using our Pre-Cut kit. For those cutting your own fabric, please make sure to visit our YouTube channel for a wonderful video on ho
This beautiful Alaska Rainbow quilt pattern is machine pieced using a range of rich, beautiful colors from Laundry Basket Quilts' Century Solids fabric collection (Solids from Art Gallery Fabrics can also be used). The pieces to make the quilt are cut using the paper templates that are included with the pattern or by using the Alaska acrylic cutting templates. Finished quilt size is 71.5in x 71.5in. Printed Paper Pattern Final Product: Quilt Finished Size: 71.5in x 71.5in Technique: Standard Machine Sewing Templates included: Yes - Paper Templates Skill Level: Any Level
Welcome back!We are on the final block of our Alaska Rainbow Quilt Along. I cannot even begin to describe how amazing this experience has been quilting with everyone. Thank you for joining me. I hope
The title of my post should probably be Design Table Monday, because that is where I've been most of the time recently. Much of the weekend was spent pulling out tons of fabrics from my shelves, all in a search for the perfect combination for a new project. Does that perfection exist within the confines of my stash? Probably not, but I'm okay with where I ended up, and the search itself is kind of fun. It all started with an email last week from Edyta Sitar at Laundry Basket Quilts. She is going to be hosting a quilt along of her Alaska Rainbow quilt. Here is one of the photos of the beautiful quilt from her blog post announcement. Alaska Rainbow quilt along, Laundry Basket Quilts The quilt along is starting this Friday, Oct. 9th, and will last for six weeks. It seems like a lot to do in six weeks, but I'm up for the challenge. There are links in her blog post to purchase the pattern, which is necessary. You can also buy a set of templates for cutting, you can buy a kit of the same fabrics, or you can even get a kit with all the fabric pieces already cut out for you. Alaska Rainbow, pattern by Laundry Basket Quilts Now I love a good rainbow quilt design as much as the next person, but I just can't bring myself to make the same quilt as everyone else. I guess I'm a rebel in that regard. I've been wanting to make another quilt with fall colors and decided to use those for this pattern. The challenge was in choosing the right combination of fabrics. I make so many scrappy quilts and find it much easier to choose 20 or 30 or 50 fabrics for a quilt rather than just six or eight. I got my inspiration for color selection/placement from an alternate version of the Alaska quilt. Alaska, quilt pattern by Laundry Basket Quilts I like the gradation of blues from light to dark in this quilt. I am trying to achieve a similar gradation with my autumn colors. To test them out, I laid the fabrics in value order (light to dark) on the cutting table and took some black and white photos. After rearranging and/or replacing things a couple times, this is where I am right now. I have multiple fabrics for some pieces, and I might go ahead and use most of them to keep it interesting. I'm very curious to see how all of these rather busy prints work together. It's very likely that some of the fabrics will still get replaced with something else. It will be fun to see how it all comes together. Wish me luck! Linking up with: Design Wall Monday at Small Quilts and Doll Quilts Monday Making at Love Laugh Quilt Happy quilting everyone! Julie in GA
Welcome back for the sixth week of our Alaska Rainbow Quilt Along. Only one more block left, can you believe it? What is everyone planning to do with their finished quilts? Do you have plans to gift it for Christmas or maybe you’ll just cuddle up with it in front of the fire? Here is last week’s blog for anyone who is playing catching up. This week we will complete blocks 7 and 10. Grab your supplies – Alaska Rainbow Pattern, Alaska Templates, rotary, ruler, fabric pencil, and Aurifil thr
Welcome back for the sixth week of our Alaska Rainbow Quilt Along. Only one more block left, can you believe it? What is everyone planning to do with their finished quilts? Do you have plans to gift it for Christmas or maybe you’ll just cuddle up with it in front of the fire? Here is last week’s blog for anyone who is playing catching up. This week we will complete blocks 7 and 10. Grab your supplies – Alaska Rainbow Pattern, Alaska Templates, rotary, ruler, fabric pencil, and Aurifil thr
Welcome back for the sixth week of our Alaska Rainbow Quilt Along. Only one more block left, can you believe it? What is everyone planning to do with their finished quilts? Do you have plans to gift it for Christmas or maybe you’ll just cuddle up with it in front of the fire? Here is last week’s blog for anyone who is playing catching up. This week we will complete blocks 7 and 10. Grab your supplies – Alaska Rainbow Pattern, Alaska Templates, rotary, ruler, fabric pencil, and Aurifil thr
Welcome – I’m so glad you joined me to start our Alaska Rainbow Quilt Along! Every week I will showcase 2 blocks that will help build your skills and introducing more difficult ones as we go. I am so excited to get quilting with you! First, we will focus on making our Alaska Rainbow quilt with the Century Solids Collection from Andover. I will be making my blocks using our Pre-Cut kit. For those cutting your own fabric, please make sure to visit our YouTube channel for a wonderful video on ho
Welcome – I’m so glad you joined me to start our Alaska Rainbow Quilt Along! Every week I will showcase 2 blocks that will help build your skills and introducing more difficult ones as we go. I am so excited to get quilting with you! First, we will focus on making our Alaska Rainbow quilt with the Century Solids Collection from Andover. I will be making my blocks using our Pre-Cut kit. For those cutting your own fabric, please make sure to visit our YouTube channel for a wonderful video on ho
Welcome – I’m so glad you joined me to start our Alaska Rainbow Quilt Along! Every week I will showcase 2 blocks that will help build your skills and introducing more difficult ones as we go. I am so excited to get quilting with you! First, we will focus on making our Alaska Rainbow quilt with the Century Solids Collection from Andover. I will be making my blocks using our Pre-Cut kit. For those cutting your own fabric, please make sure to visit our YouTube channel for a wonderful video on ho
Welcome back for the sixth week of our Alaska Rainbow Quilt Along. Only one more block left, can you believe it? What is everyone planning to do with their finished quilts? Do you have plans to gift it for Christmas or maybe you’ll just cuddle up with it in front of the fire? Here is last week’s blog for anyone who is playing catching up. This week we will complete blocks 7 and 10. Grab your supplies – Alaska Rainbow Pattern, Alaska Templates, rotary, ruler, fabric pencil, and Aurifil thr
Welcome – I’m so glad you joined me to start our Alaska Rainbow Quilt Along! Every week I will showcase 2 blocks that will help build your skills and introducing more difficult ones as we go. I am so excited to get quilting with you! First, we will focus on making our Alaska Rainbow quilt with the Century Solids Collection from Andover. I will be making my blocks using our Pre-Cut kit. For those cutting your own fabric, please make sure to visit our YouTube channel for a wonderful video on ho
Welcome – I’m so glad you joined me to start our Alaska Rainbow Quilt Along! Every week I will showcase 2 blocks that will help build your skills and introducing more difficult ones as we go. I am so excited to get quilting with you! First, we will focus on making our Alaska Rainbow quilt with the Century Solids Collection from Andover. I will be making my blocks using our Pre-Cut kit. For those cutting your own fabric, please make sure to visit our YouTube channel for a wonderful video on ho
Welcome – I’m so glad you joined me to start our Alaska Rainbow Quilt Along! Every week I will showcase 2 blocks that will help build your skills and introducing more difficult ones as we go. I am so excited to get quilting with you! First, we will focus on making our Alaska Rainbow quilt with the Century Solids Collection from Andover. I will be making my blocks using our Pre-Cut kit. For those cutting your own fabric, please make sure to visit our YouTube channel for a wonderful video on ho
Welcome – I’m so glad you joined me to start our Alaska Rainbow Quilt Along! Every week I will showcase 2 blocks that will help build your skills and introducing more difficult ones as we go. I am so excited to get quilting with you! First, we will focus on making our Alaska Rainbow quilt with the Century Solids Collection from Andover. I will be making my blocks using our Pre-Cut kit. For those cutting your own fabric, please make sure to visit our YouTube channel for a wonderful video on ho
Welcome back for the sixth week of our Alaska Rainbow Quilt Along. Only one more block left, can you believe it? What is everyone planning to do with their finished quilts? Do you have plans to gift it for Christmas or maybe you’ll just cuddle up with it in front of the fire? Here is last week’s blog for anyone who is playing catching up. This week we will complete blocks 7 and 10. Grab your supplies – Alaska Rainbow Pattern, Alaska Templates, rotary, ruler, fabric pencil, and Aurifil thr
Welcome back for the fourth week of our Alaska Rainbow Quilt Along. Now that we’re a month into our Quilt Along, lets take it easy by choosing two blocks similar to the ones we’ve done and review all that we’ve learned. Check out last week’s blog for anything you might have missed. This week we will be working on Blocks 5 and 11. Go ahead and grab all your supplies – Alaska Rainbow Pattern, Alaska Templates, rotary, ruler, fabric pencil, and Aurifil thread 2310 – and lets begin! Block 5 – We w
Welcome back for the sixth week of our Alaska Rainbow Quilt Along. Only one more block left, can you believe it? What is everyone planning to do with their finished quilts? Do you have plans to gift it for Christmas or maybe you’ll just cuddle up with it in front of the fire? Here is last week’s blog for anyone who is playing catching up. This week we will complete blocks 7 and 10. Grab your supplies – Alaska Rainbow Pattern, Alaska Templates, rotary, ruler, fabric pencil, and Aurifil thr
Welcome back for the sixth week of our Alaska Rainbow Quilt Along. Only one more block left, can you believe it? What is everyone planning to do with their finished quilts? Do you have plans to gift it for Christmas or maybe you’ll just cuddle up with it in front of the fire? Here is last week’s blog for anyone who is playing catching up. This week we will complete blocks 7 and 10. Grab your supplies – Alaska Rainbow Pattern, Alaska Templates, rotary, ruler, fabric pencil, and Aurifil thr
Welcome back for the sixth week of our Alaska Rainbow Quilt Along. Only one more block left, can you believe it? What is everyone planning to do with their finished quilts? Do you have plans to gift it for Christmas or maybe you’ll just cuddle up with it in front of the fire? Here is last week’s blog for anyone who is playing catching up. This week we will complete blocks 7 and 10. Grab your supplies – Alaska Rainbow Pattern, Alaska Templates, rotary, ruler, fabric pencil, and Aurifil thr
Welcome back for the third week of our Alaska Rainbow Quilt Along. I’m so happy to be quilting with you all each week! Don’t “fall” behind — check out last week’s blog to see what you might’ve missed or to refresh yourself with our newly acquired technical skills. Keep up the hard work, I think everyone is doing great! Please don’t forget to send us or post your progress pictures along the way. We really love seeing how each and every one of you are doing with your Alaska Rainbow blocks! Th
