Rainbow Color Strip Donation Top

Rainbow Color Strip top on design wall
Rainbow Color Strip top on design wall

I finally bit the bullet and started putting the Rainbow Color Strip Donation top together. Once I finished all the Orange Strip donation blocks, I needed another leaders and enders projects while I put the Orange You Glad quilt top together. I decided that enough was enough and to get busy on this top.

Finished is better than perfect, right?

Rainbow Color Strip top on design wall-detail
Rainbow Color Strip top on design wall-detail

As usual, I don’t have a pattern. While I sort of have a plan, it is subject to change based on the number of blocks. At the moment I am going with a width of 7 blocks plus sashing for the center of the quilt.I am reserving the right to make it larger once I can move the blocks to the large design wall and see what I have. I have a feeling I will need to make a bit larger, but I want to minimize making more blocks, if I can.

I don’t have enough space on my design wall for all the blocks I have made (remember most of these except the yellow are leftovers from the other Color Strip donation quilts). You can see the blue blocks and the white blocks in the photo at the top floating around. This is one reason why I feel so anxious about the various projects going on.

Rainbow Color Strip leaders & enders-detail
Rainbow Color Strip leaders & enders-detail

I need the space on the large design wall for two quilts. The Orange You Glad piece and the Rainbow Color Strip top are jockeying for position in my mind and it is starting to make me a little crazy. This is the point where I usually focus on one quilt, but I can’t (don’t want to??) in this case. I need leaders and enders and the sashing for the Rainbow Color Strip top is great for leaders and enders. And I really want to make progress on the Rainbow Color Strip top.

Putting on the sashing is relatively easy and makes the blocks ready to put together. I may have to add more sashing to the end blocks, if I make the quilt wider, but we will see.

All of this means I am not quilting the Tarts. It is still on my mind, don’t worry. I just need to get through this patch of piecing crazy. This is a great example of why UFOs are really not good for my process. If I had finished the Tarts back in 2010, they wouldn’t be making me crazy as well. It is really hard to enjoy my quiltmaking when I feel pulled in so many directions. Yes, this is a #firstworldproblem and one of my own making.

Author: JayeL

Quiltmaker who enjoys writing and frozen chocolate covered bananas.

2 thoughts on “Rainbow Color Strip Donation Top”

  1. Avoidance is a great way to make one ‘crazy’. . . . Just saying!
    I DO like your idea for making groups of color blocks though. I might have to try that in a future donation quilt too. You’re a great resource for my brilliant ideas. 😀

    1. LOL!!!! Feel free to borrow away. The more quilts for those in need, the better.

      I know, I know. I should have just bitten the bullet and made the yellow blocks a long time ago. It seemed fairly complicated in my head. Too much thinking and not enough sewing.

      I know I mentioned it at some point, but these blocks are all made from ‘made fabric’ using scraps then cut to the size I wanted. I have made several of these as they are a good way to use up scraps and relatively easy.

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