My rainbow world quilt has been progressing, step by (slow) step.  Sometimes I wonder what the point of it all is, but whether I can explain it or not, quilting is what I want to do with my free time these days.  And so I continue.

Ready for basting (my least favorite step):

Quilting in progress:

Quilting halfway done.  I decided to quilt midway through the squares in both directions.  It’s a bit boring, but it’s serviceable, and the point of this quilt is the patchwork, not the quilting.  I guess.  I do question whether some type of stippling or loop-de-loop might now have been better.   I doubt a non-quilter would notice either way.

Quilting complete.

Now, I just have to do the binding.

We have a playdate with the intended recipient on Wednesday, so we’ll see if I have time to finish it.

Now that we are home, I’m back to work on my rainbow-colored around-the-world quilt.  It’s going well; I’m nearly done with the front.

I have definitely had some moments where I have asked myself if this color scheme is really going to work.  I am using the colors of the rainbow – all six of them – along with neutral colors for seven by seven squares.  I have realized that using six non-neutral colors is very ambitious, probably two ambitious given my skill and experience level.

Nevertheless, I actually think it’s going to turn out OK.  Once I started slicing and dicing the strips into squares, things started looking better.   I think the scrappy around-the-world pattern is fairly forgiving.

I have not been fussy-cutting, but one square had to be manually removed.  The quilt is intended for a child, and I can’t see including a horse’s ass.

Anyway, I’ve done eight of the nine squares.  I’ll finish the final block tomorrow night, hopefully, and then I’ll put together as simple a back as I can manage.  Hopefully, I can start quilting next week.  Given the complexity of the front, I’m leaning towards straight line quilting diagonals.