Rainbow Rows Quilt

I’ve never shared this quilt publicly before, but on the 13, 14, and 15 Sept, it had its debut at the Whangarei Patchworkers and Quilters Show. 

It’s 102” wide x 87” high, was started in 2020, completed in 2023. The wee squares are 1.5” finished, the pattern is by Lissa Alexander, and I named it for the original pattern, Rainbow Rows.

The quilting design is by the great mother of longarm quilting, Linda V. Taylor, and goes by the slightly unwieldy name of “LT 2212 Swirl and Feathers_ 18234”. The fabrics came mostly from my stash, the batting is silk, and I did the longarming on my Statler.

Always a compulsive note taker when I make a quilt, I wanted it bigger than the pattern. My weird maths scribbles reflect this. Yes, that jotting does say 1089 x 2.5” squares…

I was nervous about putting it in a show because I’ve been using it on my bed. Of course I washed it first. I love that it’s beautiful and a utility quilt. Although this pic has a shadow, I’m very glad to have a photo of it, the one I took immediately after finishing it was not hung as well.

It’s probably the “favouritist” quilt I’ve ever made. (Yep, now it’s a word.)

Would you persevere with that many tiny squares? I’m awfully glad I did!