Ribbon Quilt Wall Hanging

This is the wall hanging I made, using the instructions from the class by Sarah Bond “Make a Ribbon Quilt Top” on Creativebug.com

All the fabrics were in my stash except the black and white stripe. I sewed some strip sets and then set this project aside for a while. When I came back, I was amazed to discover I had more than I needed to make this wall hanging. I was so excited to be able to complete the top in an afternoon, rather than several days.

It has been quilted with straight lines using my walking foot. I did vary the distance between stitching lines, just doing what felt right when I started a new row.

Back

Here’s the back of the the quilt. Stripes on the front and dots on the back! It’s a batik I found in my stash when I was weeding fabrics out that I’ve decided to move along. (I definitely found some things I didn’t remember I had. So I have some ideas for new projects).

I used binding bits left over from other projects to make the binding for this quilt. It’s always fun to make a multi-color scrappy binding from the leftovers!

I love how bright and cheerful this quilt is. It’ll look great in one of my inside hallways.

Ribbon Quilt Top

I thought I was going to loose this one to the wind while attempted to get a good photograph of this little Ribbon Quilt! It almost took off! I got the idea for this quilt from Sarah Bond’s class about making a Ribbon Quilt on Creativebug.com.

This quilt is really all about the joy of color! I needed to buy the black striped fabric, but all the rest of the material was in my stash. It is wall hanging size. I thought about making it larger but decided it would be the perfect color pop hanging in my hall.

It just makes me so happy!

Ribbon Quilt Wall Hanging top

Starting a Ribbon Quilt

One of the January classes on Creativebug was a Ribbon Quilt taught by Sarah Bond.

I was hoping to use my bag of scraps for this project, but the scrap bag turned out to be very scrappy and mostly prints. So I turned to my bin of solids and found lots of options. Because of the sampler quilts I’ve made in the past 2 years, I have lots of solids with a 2 or 3 inch divot cut out of one side of new yardage. That chopped up yardage is a perfect starting point for this quilt.

I pulled a stack of pinks on the peachy side, pinks on the bluer side, blues, yellows, greens, greys and lavender and started cutting cutting narrow strips of fabric.

I also pulled a couple black and white fabrics with stripes and geometric designs but needed to buy a half yard of strong black and white stripes. That fabric is the Mini Awning Stripe KimBell Basics Classic fabric from Maywood Studio. It’s a perfect choice for black and white strips.

I really don’t have a plan for this quilt. I’m not sure how I’ll use the colors I picked or if I’ll choose more. And I haven’t decided if this will be a wall hanging or a bigger quilt. It’s boldly bright so I am thinking more about just keeping it small. Maybe something to hang in a hallway to brighten it up during the winter! In the meantime, it’s just fun sewing.