Create a Striking Quilt with Bands of Color
Brighten Your Home or Use it for Picnics and Outdoor Activities!
Bands of crayon colors alternate with white for a fun and cheerful quilt. While it’s great for picnics and days at the beach, it also will brighten your home on gray days. Drape it over the sofa or your favorite chair for a welcome splash of color.
This is a great project for using scraps and other fabrics from your stash. The coordinated scrappy look is achieved by using many prints in a rainbow of colors.
Of course, the quilt will be charming in other color themes. Also, consider using another background instead of white to set off the prints you choose. For example, black or deep gray with a variety of autumn colors will produce a striking variation.
This is an easy quilt to make and beginners will appreciate that there are no points to match. Click on the layout chart in the tutorial (shown below) to enlarge it and easily read the dimensions.
Designed by Jo Kramer and Kelli Hanken of Jo’s Country Junction for American Patchwork and Quilting, the completed quilt is 70 1/2” square.
