Rainbow Stripe: Quilt Finish

Despite the fact that my sewing time has recently been reduced to zero, I managed to finally finish the binding on my Rainbow Stripe quilt. For more process on this quilt, see these posts:

Rainbow Strip Flip Quilt

Rainbow Strip Quilt Update

Rainbow Strip Quilt Top Finished...I'm in Love

The pattern for the quilt came from Cluck Cluck Sew. It came together so beautifully, and it makes me want to dive into many of her other patterns. In fact, I have already chosen her Road Trip Quilt pattern to make a gift for my friend's son for Christmas!

For the quilting I used my walking foot and did alternating rows of double lines. This means that one strip would have two lines of stitching about 1/4" from each seam, and then the strip next to it would have no quilting. For the flipped portion I quilted the opposite strips that I did in the main body of the quilt. I also did straight lines in white down the two white sashes.

I am completely in love with this quilt, which will hang in my daughter's bedroom for now. 

The binding is black with white dots. I thought it would look great with all the crazy colours on the front! I hand stitched the back of the binding because I like the look of the finish better (so far) than machine binding.

Quilt top, flat so you can see all the strips.

The backing is a solid piece of Bonnie and Camille's Houndstooth in Aqua. I love it!

Rainbow Stripe's glamour shot

Now I just need to carve out some more sewing time!

Lynn (aka Buttons)