A Scrappy, Rainbow Hannah Quilt

A Scrappy, Rainbow Hannah Quilt

This scrappy, rainbow Hannah quilt might look kind of familiar — don't worry, it's not because you have seen it before, but it is fairly similar to this scrappy, rainbow Luna quilt that I recently shared. In fact, they are so similar that I had trouble keeping the photos straight.


A Scrappy Rainbow Hannah Quilt - Kitchen Table Quilting


One big difference between the two quilts is the background. For the Luna quilt, I used random pieces of leftover background fabric. For this quilt, I was able to use a coordinating low volume fat quarter for each color (blue dots for the blocks with blue strips, pink dots for the blocks with pink strips, etc). I have a pretty big collection of low volume prints, so this was a great way to use some of them up. A fat quarter was just the right amount of fabric for each color. 


A Scrappy Rainbow Hannah Quilt - Kitchen Table Quilting


This quilt used up leftover binding strips and jelly roll strips. It was a lot of fun to make because I needed an equal number of scraps for each color unlike a lot of the rainbow quilts that I have made (see here, here, and here for example).


I stuck with the good old standard rainbow and started with pink all the way down through purple. The lap size of the pattern was just the right size for a rainbow.


A Scrappy Rainbow Hannah Quilt - Kitchen Table Quilting


Within each color, I tried to mix in a variety of values and shades. I wanted some green-ish blues and some purple-ish blues mixed in with the regular blues to help ease the transition between colors. 


A Scrappy Rainbow Hannah Quilt - Kitchen Table Quilting


This is an especially great project for beginners if you are wanting to make your very first scrap quilt — the construction is quick and easy and all of your feature fabric pieces are the same size. This would be a great way to make a non-rainbow scrap quilt using up random jelly roll strips from previous projects. I hope to fit one of these into my schedule soon.


A Scrappy Rainbow Hannah Quilt - Kitchen Table Quilting


The backing fabric is a 108" Carolyn Friedlander print that I have had on hand for a while. I wanted to keep things simple since there is a lot going on with the front of the quilt. If you would like to read my post about picking a backing fabric for a scrap quilt, you can find the post here


A Scrappy Rainbow Hannah Quilt - Kitchen Table Quilting


If you would like to make your own version of the Hannah Quilt, you can pick up a copy in the shop. This pattern is great for scraps and is also jelly roll friendly!


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