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Quilting: Rainbow Zig Zag Quilt
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Rainbow Zig Zag Quilt

Rainbow Zig Zag Quilt

Rainbow Zig Zig Borders
Rainbow Zig Zag Quilt

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This project was made as part of a Craftsy course:
Quick-Strip Paper Piecing »

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Category: Quilting

Type of item: Functional

For: Girls

Style: Mod, Funky


Materials

Since this really isn't my style of quilt pattern I had my teenage granddaughter do the fabric selection for me as I saw "teenager" written all over this quilt. Thank heaven I've gotten in the practice of washing my quilt tops before I batt and back them as several of the blocks disentagrated on me when I washed it so the quilting is not at all what I planned to do. I was going to do an overall zig zag pattern, but instead went to the reliable stich in the ditch. On those blocks that pulled apart, after re-sewing them, I quilted those with a tripple zig zig stitch that runs cross-wise across the ditch rather than along it. I used a clear monopoly thread on top and black thread on the bobbin so you really can't tell unless you know what to look for. I figure it will keep some young lady warm this winter and that's all that counts.

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JanJo on craftsy.com
May 03, 2013    Flag as inappropriate
Thank you for your comments, it was a very fun project to do.
Stitchesoflove on craftsy.com
Apr 28, 2013    Flag as inappropriate
Love it!
Della May on craftsy.com
Nov 05, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
The photo of your quilt jumped off the screen when I saw it. I love all the color!
Tanya W. on craftsy.com
Nov 05, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
Great job!
Peggy Martin on craftsy.com
Peggy Martin
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Nov 03, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
I really love how your zigzag quilt turned out!! Your colors and fabric border are really beautiful! I do wonder, though, why you would wash your top before it is quilted - that is NOT what most of us do, because, as you discovered, those quarter-inch seams will unravel and sometimes come unsewn. The better choice is to either pre-wash your fabric, or wash the quilt after it is quilted. If you wash it after quilting, the quarter-inch seams cannot unravel because they are protected by being held in place to the batting and backing with the quilting stitches. The batting and backing also shield the seam allowances from the rubbing of washing that causes the fraying.
QTerrie on craftsy.com
Nov 03, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
Love this quilt-- everything about it!
JanJo on craftsy.com
Nov 03, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
Thanks to all of you for your generous comments. I look forward to working on the dreamweaver in the very near future. Have to get holiday projects out of the was first however.
Pamillia on craftsy.com
Nov 03, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
JanJo, Wonderful job, one of the first quilts with this pattern that I think, really looks good. You are right, the border really pulls it together. Thank you for sharing.
Emesse on craftsy.com
Nov 03, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
Very nice, love it !
Cat Sultan on craftsy.com
Nov 03, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
I really love how you used the zig zag blocks! I am puzzled rhough why you would wash an unquilted quilt top. If I were you, I would prewash fabrics first, or not wash till the whole quilt is put together. Those 1/4" seams are too tiny and fragile to go through the wash exposed,
JanJo on craftsy.com
Nov 03, 2012   Flag as inappropriate
I've gotten in the habit of washing before I quilt because I've had quilts come apart after they're quilted on more than one occasion, and then the repairs are much harder if not impossible to make. I don't prewash because I want the regididy of the sizing in my fabrics when I cut to help avoid stretching, and if the fabric looks like its going to ravel when I even the edges prior to cutting, I cut with a pinking blade in my rotary cutter.
Cat Sultan on craftsy.com
Nov 03, 2012   Flag as inappropriate
Well that's good you were able to put it back together. Would be a shame after all that hard work! I have this class too, but I haven't made a single project yet! I really like how you arranged these to almost look like spiky puzzle pieces. (:
befney on craftsy.com
Nov 02, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
love the brightness of this, well done
susany128589436 on craftsy.com
Nov 02, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
your border is perfect for your quilt.
Eunice4 on craftsy.com
Nov 02, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
All the colors work great together.
JanJo on craftsy.com
Nov 02, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
The rainbow colored Peace Symbol fabric is remnants left over from my granddaughters bedspread I made her a couple years ago and she just had to have them on this quilt. I figured the black with rainbow dots would help calm all that color somewhat, which it did. The black is also the backing fabric.