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Rainbow Swirl Quilt

Posted on September 1, 2019June 11, 2020

This quilt top has been made for some time but for some reason I’ve never written about it. It’s like I made it and forgot about it. It really is too lovely a quilt to forget about. 

Like everyone I get many ads for quilt patterns, fabric and supplies. Honestly, most I don’t even open as they get funnelled into folders and only looked at when I get some spare time. And the more time I spend on the computer the less time I spend creating. However this one pattern called Rainbow Swirl from the quilting company caught my eye:

I have no idea why the one dark green square (which nicely isn’t in the pattern) but I liked everything else about the quilt. It looked complicated but I crossed my fingers and downloaded it anyways. 

I was quite reassured when after purchasing it to find out it was all squares and half square triangles along with good illustrations on how to put 16 sections together (4 of which are plain white). The only quibble I had with pattern was that the orange and red sections were very close in colour and hard to tell apart. But that’s me being picky and might even have been the printer. 

Picking the right fabric from my stash might have been the hardest part of the quilt. I angsted for a while but I always seem to find fabric selection the trickiest part. The right fabric is key! I found some lovely Alison Glass fabric as well a some other assorted fabrics that seemed to to the rainbow effect of the star justice. 

I cut the pieces and sewed the half square triangles at home and assembled and sewed the blocks together at a retreat. They quilt top went together very nicely indeed. 

Here is my finished top:

Now to get it quilted (I say that a lot). I have a place on the wall for this one that is *just* big enough.

 

 

 

 

26 thoughts on “Rainbow Swirl Quilt”

  1. Ramona says:
    September 2, 2019 at 9:22 am

    What a great design! You have a beautiful finish and I look forward to seeing it quilted. 🙂

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  2. Frédérique says:
    September 2, 2019 at 12:18 pm

    Pretty rainbow swirl! I love this bright pink fabric 😉

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  3. Sue H says:
    September 2, 2019 at 10:03 pm

    That is a stunning quilt! Great job! Love the swirling colors.

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  4. Becca // Pretty Piney Quilts says:
    September 3, 2019 at 8:07 am

    So neat! I’ve never seen that pattern before. Thanks for linking up to What I Made Monday.

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  5. Roseanne says:
    September 3, 2019 at 11:43 am

    Hi Yvonne! What a gorgeous quilt! It does look difficult but I’ll take you word for it that it’s not. I’d say picking the fabrics is the hardest part for me as well. And you did a great job doing that. Really, really nice job. I look forward to seeing how you quilt it. There is definitely movement within the piece yet angles as well. Thanks for linking up today! ~smile~ Roseanne

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  6. Diann Bottrell says:
    September 3, 2019 at 2:04 pm

    That is just gorgeous! It does look a bit tricky to keep track of what order everything is put together in, but so worth it in the end!

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  7. Andrea @ MouseInMyPocket.com says:
    September 4, 2019 at 10:34 am

    Yea for a finished top! I know the feeling about needing to get things quilted. I have a small stack that really needs to go to the quilter, but I keep thinking I should try to quilt them myself.

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  8. Angela says:
    September 4, 2019 at 1:48 pm

    What a fun quilt! Love it!

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  9. Marjorie says:
    September 4, 2019 at 11:48 pm

    Definitely and eye catcher!

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  10. Sharon says:
    September 5, 2019 at 9:10 am

    Great looking quilt top! Hope you get to the quilting. .. I know how that goes, having tops done but not quilted.

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  11. Rebecca Grace says:
    September 5, 2019 at 9:44 am

    Perfect fabric choices for this star quilt, so your angst was not in vain! Quilting this one will be so much fun. Do you have ideas for the quilting yet?

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  12. Denise says:
    September 5, 2019 at 1:40 pm

    Without the closeup shot I never would have guessed this was squares and hst’s. Fabric selection is a struggle for me too but honestly your star looks great. Thank you for linking up to Put your foot down.

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  13. Jennifer @ Inquiring Quilter says:
    September 5, 2019 at 1:55 pm

    So pretty! Definitely worth blogging about! Now to quilt it … Can’t wait to see what you do! Thanks for sharing on Wednesday Wait Loss.

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  14. Michelle says:
    September 5, 2019 at 7:16 pm

    Beautiful! Your fabric choices are perfect! May I ask its dimensions?

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  15. Celine Combet says:
    September 6, 2019 at 8:19 am

    Wow that’s so beautiful! Hope you finish it soon. Visiting from Whoop Whoop Friday

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  16. Elizabeth V K says:
    September 6, 2019 at 8:52 am

    Fabulous job on piecing the design. I would not want to deal with all those HSTs even though the result if super.

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  17. Em says:
    September 6, 2019 at 4:04 pm

    Love how bright and happy your quilt is! Thanks for sharing with Moving it Forward

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  18. The Joyful Quilter says:
    September 6, 2019 at 5:18 pm

    I haven’t seen this design before. Thanks for sharing your version of the quilt. LOVE it!!

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  19. Alycia Quilts says:
    September 7, 2019 at 10:56 am

    That is a really cool quilt top!!! It will be fun to see how you quilt it!

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  20. Mary Hertelm says:
    September 7, 2019 at 12:00 pm

    Awesome pattern!

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  21. Dawn Tornes says:
    September 7, 2019 at 2:55 pm

    This one caught my eye also! So far I haven’t go to it! Yours turned out beautiful!

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  22. Melanie says:
    September 8, 2019 at 6:38 am

    It is lovely – crazy green square and all 🙂

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    1. Melanie says:
      September 8, 2019 at 6:39 am

      Well, that happens when you read it again… sorry that was the pattern… but I love your version as much! xo

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  23. Tish says:
    September 9, 2019 at 7:34 am

    I can definitely see why this one caught your eye. Who doesn’t love a good rainbow quilt?? Congrats on getting the top all pieced up.

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  24. Susan says:
    September 29, 2019 at 6:24 pm

    That’s quite a pretty quilt – good fabric choices for yours. That one green oddity is … odd. LOL Maybe they didn’t have one more the right color and just decided, “Oh, well!”

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