Monday, April 9, 2012

Bottled Rainbows : :

Bottled Rainbows Quilt Blocks   Kiddos

I hope a wonderful Easter was had by all! I was planning to share just our doodle eggs today.

Doodled and Dyed

Here's my personal favorite -- doodled by me, waxed and colored by my oldest son Kaiden.

Doodled & Dyed

But, on Saturday morning I finally found a good stretch of sewing time, and decided it was long time I finished up my Bottled Rainbows quilt blocks!

Bottled Rainbows Blocks

First, I added the quilting to my Grass block.

Grass Block -- quilted

Which left just my Berry and Violet blocks. They came together surprisingly quick, even though I took my time. These purples are so pretty!

Berry & Violet Blocks

The center of my Berry block was a nice surprise, an almost perfectly fussy cut Innocent Crush scrap!

Innocent Crush

And, the back of my Violet block is one of my favorites. Once this quilt top is stitched together, I definitely plan to show off the back, too! I love the way the batting side of each blocks looks.

Block back

I had first decided on this layout. Mixing up the colors from the traditional rainbow order.

Bottled Rainbows Quilt BlocksBut at a second look, with the help of my sisters, we all agree that ROYGBV + Pink looks best.

ROYGBV   Pink

Now I'm just waiting for a chance to sew these blocks together! I can't wait!!

40 comments:

  1. I can only imagine how time consuming it was to applique all of those tiny pieces, great job, I love the quilt!

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    1. Thanks Rosemary! I'm afraid to look back and see when I actually started this project -- it feels like a very long time ago!!

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  2. Wow - it's stunning! How are you going to quilt the borders? Can't wait to see it finished! Happy Monday! ☺

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  3. This quilt is absolutely AMAZING!!!! I always look so forward to seeing your next creation but Maureen, this one has taken my breath away!!!!!! This the reason I can't wait each week to see what you have done or are working on next.

    Thank you so much for being such an inspiration and for sharing your wonderful work.

    And for sharing those sweet, sweet faces with us:)

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  4. Pretty! I like your purple blocks!

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  5. Wow! I love the uniqueness of each block. And what a fun use of fabric scraps!

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    1. Thanks Christine!! I am very tempted to add even more scraps where I can, but I think it's best to just leave it alone and finish it off, once and for all!

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  6. Each block is amazing! Seeing them all together is a real work of art.

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    1. Wow, thank you so much! A very time consuming project, but well worth it in the end that's for sure!!

      :) Maureen

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  7. I'm going to choose a favorite - the aqua block with the birds. So sweet!

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  8. Oh my! The Bottled Rainbows si so beautiful, I am really loving the palm tree witht he owl perched on top. Genius!

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  9. Ohhh..so gorgeous! Love that back shot. So pretty!

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  10. Yep, still love these Bottled Rainbows! Have fun with the fun part... putting them all together!

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  11. I have had the solids for a bottled rainbows for months now - but yours is by far the best one that I have seen - if there were awards for the best bottle on the block yours would win hands down - great job - cannot wait to see the finished quilt.

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  12. This is amazing Maureen!!! You are such a creative inspiration! =D

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  13. Fantastic! so pretty and colourful! xxx

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  14. I loooooooooove your variation on the Bottled Rainbows! I have all of my solids, but have been putting this one off because I wasn't completely sold on the original design. Yours has inspired me to think outside the "box"!

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    1. I do love Rachel's original design, but at the time the quilt-along was happening, I had an idea to do a quilt with a mandala inspired block design. I really wanted to join in this one (although I knew I would be finishing much later than everyone) so I combined Rachel's colorful quilt plan and ticker tape style, with my own idea for the center layout. I'm really glad I did!

      Thanks Beth!!

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  15. i love it so much Maureen! so beautiful! your kids look adorable with it too! you are so talented, so so talented!

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  16. Wow. Those are all just gorgeous. I would love to be able to do something as awesome as those blocks. I'm afraid it may be awhile yet for me though.

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  17. This is really gorgeous Maureen! Love how you interpreted these blocks, it is just fab :-)

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  18. What a gorgeous quilt you are going to have!

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  19. I love how all the blocks are different, it looks fab!

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  20. This quilt is turning out just gorgeous! Can't wait to see how it is finished! Awesome!

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    1. Thank you Linda! I am still deciding on how I want to finish it. I do have my backing fabric already, but I am not sure if I should add a border in the center block off-white color or not? I think that could be tricky, since it is a quilt-as-you-go quilt?

      Thanks again!!

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  21. Love the quilt and your Easter eggs are pretty too!

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  22. Those doodle eggs are adorable! And I am IN LOVE with the squares! Fab job as always :) Now to get my butt back to my sewing machine and work out the kinks in my sewing mojo... its been on vacation or something. LOL

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  23. Maureen, This quilt is just amazing. I am looking at each block as close as I can to see the design. Did you have it in mind prior to starting or as you go. The owl is just precious. The colors are just gorgeous, so is your stitching. The kids look like they had a wonderful Easter.

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  24. OMG the blocks are all so gorgeous!! I love the deep orange and the red blocks the best =D

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  25. Wow! Beautiful. I've been thinking of starting a bottled rainbows quilt... I think you just decided it for me with this beautiful version!

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  26. They are fabulous and your kids are lovely!

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  27. Exceptional! My favortie blocks are the yellow and the teal one next to it. Guess I'm going to have to put this on my bucket list of this years quilts to attempt.

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  28. Just beautiful!! Your family and your quilt blocks. :-)

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  29. I just love your take on this quilt. Just beautiful. And your models are pretty darn cool too ;)

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  30. your eggs and blocks are beautiful!!!

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  31. I love the basket full of eggs. Your quilt is going to be fantastic, Maureen. Every single block is simply stunning.

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  32. All those blocks are so beautiful!
    And the eggs basket is very cute :)

    Hugs,
    Tatyana

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