Tutorial – Twin Size Rainbow Chevron Quilt

It is time to share another tutorial and today I have one from Leedle Deedle Quilts.  Called the Rainbow Chevron quilt, here it is offered in a twin size.  I am just drawn to rainbow colors – they always make me smile.  The colors in this range from red, red-orange, orange, yellow, lime green, green, and finally blue.  You offset each color with your background fabric, or in this case, white.  This quilt is a little different than the other rainbow quilts out there.

Twin Rainbow Chevron

So, what makes up this quilt?  Have you ever made a flying geese block?  If you have, you have all the experience you need.  Here is a little preview of how the two separate parts of the block are made:

Leigh suggests sewing on the diagonal line, drawn from corner to corner.  Perhaps you might want to save the discard triangle to use in a different project.  ~smile~  These add up!  After you add the second square and press the two flying geese pieces, they will resemble this:

These two pieces mirror each other, which you can easily see above.  You would then sew a seam joining these two pieces together.  Here is the finished block:

Leigh says you need 98 chevrons to make the twin size quilt.  Add a 3.5″ sash between each row.

Rainbow Chevron

Twin Chevron Fabric Needed:

5 – fat eighths of each of the 7 colors

6.25 yards white for chevrons, sashing, and borders (you will have leftover)

Backing

The quilt will end measuring approximately 66.5″ x 90.5″.

You could easily bust your scraps out for this quilt.  I could see this done is just a two color palette as well, and it would look beautiful.  What do you think?  Have I tempted you to give this a try?  Maybe in a smaller size . . . like say for a baby quilt . . . hmmm. ~smile~

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