Welcome to the Scrappy Color Play QAL! This quilt-along is a fun way to use scraps and learn more about playing with colors. Every month, we’ll explore a different color of the rainbow while we use up those scrap piles. Check below for the details!
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The Plan
This is my very first quilt-along! I’ve done sew-alongs and crochet-alongs, but never a quilt-along. Since I sew a lot, I have a lot of scraps – as do most sewists! I thought a scrappy quilt-along would be a good way to tackle those scrap piles. I also thought learning about color along the way would make it a little more interesting. This is my plan below:
These are the details:
- 24 blocks total, that’s 2 per month
- Each month is about a color or combining colors.
- Blocks are made up of strips varying from 1″ to 3″ wide sewn diagonally across the block.
- I’m using quilt-as-you-go for mine, but you can use the method that works best for you.
- The borders are 2.5″ strips. I’m doing all scrappy for those as well in blacks and grays.
- The small squares between the borders are 2.5″ x 2.5″ and I plan on fussy cutting prints for those.
- Here’s a free printable color sheet to help plan your color layout.
I hope y’all will join in the fun! You can share your blocks in my Teadoddles Makers Facebook group. Each month I pick a maker to win a $25 Amazon gift card. This group is for makers of all kinds and for all of my make-alongs.
March – Blended
For March, we’re blending the past two month’s colors – violet & indigo. We’ll do this every 3rd month to be sure we have enough blocks for the finished quilt. This will also give us a month that doesn’t require color hunting! : )
We will also be cutting out border pieces every 3rd month. I’m using black background fabrics for my borders. There are a total of {38} 2.5″ x 12.5″ border pieces needed for the center of the quilt. The edge border is continuous and 2.5″ wide. I’m using some fat quarters from my stash and you should get about 8 border pieces at the 2.5″ x 12.5″ size. Unless it’s got a notch cut out like this one did – ha!
I’m going to use all the leftover pieces to make my longer edge borders. Then the whole quilt will be scrappy. These are my blended blocks:
I did lay these out before sewing them all down. I started with a color on each end and then mixed them towards the center. These are the blocks I’ve made so far. Hopefully you can see the difference in my violet and indigo blocks better with them beside each other.
This has been so much fun so far! Next month we’ll be looking at the color blue!
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