Since I finished the quilting on the first charity quilt, I decided I’d push and do a second quilt. The South Bay Area Modern Quilt Guild is trying to finish 31 quilts in 31 days to donate to Jacob’s Heart. They are a local charity that support children with cancer and their families. Because I find hospitals so drab and draining (and I doubt I’m the only one), I really wanted to create a super colorful rainbow quilt.
So I started with one of these. This is a “happy roll” of Happy Tones by Michael Miller (how could you go wrong with that name?!) and did a modification to Cluck Cluck Sew’s Strip and Flip quilt to get it to 50″ x 60″. I pieced all 30 strips to get to 60″, and to add width, I made the white sashing 2″ finished and added 2.5″ finished borders. Because I started with a jelly roll (that was nicely even pre-color sorted) it only took about 2.5 hours to create this top.
Super fast and I love the end results! Such a versatile pattern, I’m going to have to do a few more of these. 🙂
-Anne
26 thoughts on “Quilt Top: Rainbow Flip”
Super fun quilt! I love the colors, and the white sashing really makes the colors pop. Nice work!
Thank you! I’ve wanted to make a rainbow quilt for a while, and this was a really fast way to scratch that itch. 😀
Such a happy quilt!
Thank you! Hopefully it will help fight the hospital fears for whomever receives it.
I love this quilt! Beautiful sunny colors!
Thanks! I’m hoping it’s bright and cheery enough to help fight off some of the ickiness of the hospital and the treatments!
This is fabulous – the fabric is beautiful and the pattern shows it off so well!
Thank you! I’ve had that pattern bookmarked for AGES because I’ve wanted to give it a try. So when I was browsing through knowing I wanted to do something rainbow, it lept right out. 🙂
What a fantastic quilt! The colours are amazing. It will be a lovely gift for the charity.
Thanks so much. 🙂 I hope it will add some cheer for some little girl (or boy, I suppose!) who could really use some!
This reminds me of those colored dots you ate off the paper. I’m sure this quilt will brighten up any child. Do you still have the nyan cat quilt around? I think these two need to be photographed together 🙂
I live in Santa Cruz, so forgive me when my first thought was “wait, is she talking about acid??!?” >< ANYWAY. My guildmates are calling this the Skittle quilt because the colors remind them of skittles. 🙂 The nyan cat quilt is sadly living with my professor now, so these two quilts will likely not meet. 🙂
that’s gorgeous!!
Thank you! I’ve been jonesing to make a rainbow quilt for a while, so I’m excited for the chance to do so!
OK, that’s just totally cool fun. 🙂
Hahahaha thank you! I’m kinda addicted to this pattern. I keep looking at jelly rolls and thinking about doing another one… 😀
Oh, I love this quilt too! Your fast quilt designs are awesome!
Thank you, although this one totally wasn’t my design. 🙂 I was thinking of making a list somewhere of fast quilt designs for those last minute quilt needs. 🙂
I love this quilt and was wondering if you would be willing to make another one? I am not at all crafty. I could write a check to you or a charity if your choice:)
Thank you, I’ll email you!
I feel the same way. If you’re willing, could you send me the same information? I’m not a quilter, but I would love one of these for a baby I have on the way!
Congratulations and thanks so much for your comment! Unfortunately right now my day job leaves me with no time to do commission work. 🙁 If you’re interested, I’m happy to ask around for others who might have time and put you in touch!
Maybe this is too late, but what jelly roll kit was this? It’s beautiful, I would love to donate something like this to a family we adopted for xmas. 🙂
It’s called Happy Tones by Michael Miller. 🙂 I’m not sure if the jelly rolls are still available out there, but they could be! Good luck!
What color did you use for the backing?
I ended up using a multi-colored flannel for the back that I had some extra of. 🙂 I have pictures of the finished quilt and the back here:
http://www.play-crafts.com/blog/finish-candy-rainbow-charity-quilt/