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Rainbow Quilt Patterns

Updated February 16, 2021
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Use all the colors of the rainbow to make vibrant, eye-popping quilts.

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Tranquil Waters

Large Flying Geese combine with simple rectangles to make constructing this zigzag pattern a breeze.

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Chasing Rainbows

Stitch a color wheel design in four simple blocks. The black print chain running through the blocks and a low-volume background help the colors stand out.

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Swizzle Sticks

The skinny strips separating the plain and pieced units in each block subtly stir the mix of bold colors.

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Batik Rainbow Wall Hanging

Use a breathtaking assortment of batiks in a Square-in-a-Square design. This wall hanging begins with warm colors in the center, then moves to cool colors around the outside for a final product that resembles a vibrant rainbow-color firework.

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Rainbow Zigzags

Utilize a whole bundle of fat eighths by sewing together rectangles of color. Use the remaining pieces to make a scrappy binding.

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Table Wear

Dress up your dinner table for summer with an easy-to-sew runner made from handy 2-1⁄2"-wide precut strips.

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Rainbow Chevron Mini

An array of solids arranged in vertical rows creates a rainbow of waves.

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Sound Waves

Pump up the volume with bright blocks that look like sound waves when pieced together. A gray background allows the colors to sing the loudest.

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Rainbow Connection

Create a veritable color explosion with ombre fabrics in warm and cool colors. Believe it or not, the quilt top is made with only three fabrics!

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Spring Palette Wall Quilt

Showcase your floral scraps in spring colors in a star block quilt.

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Quilt Your Heart Out

Bright solids on a solid black background produce a modern wall quilt that has room to show off your quilting.

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Make Your Point

This scrappy sensation is composed of two straight-set blocks. Careful color placement creates the illusion that they're set on point.

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Color Flow

Use an explosion of bright hues in a wall hanging. The rainbow effect-with stairsteps moving from hot to cool colors-stands out against the black background.

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Color Curves

Color cascades down a graphic wall hanging made with curved piecing.

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Colorful Steps

Go bright and bold with geometric tone-on-tones and a solid white. These prints create visual movement in the Rail Fence quilt.

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Color Your World

Spruce up your surroundings with a quilt that radiates fearless fun. Don't be fooled by what looks like blocks set on point. This clever design is really blocks set side by side.

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Nuts and Bolts

Prints in primary colors pop off a black print background for an impactful kid quilt. Fun robot fabric and a zigzag design make it an ideal play mat.

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Strips of Solids

Bands of bold color make a dramatic statement in this throw.

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Star Bright, Star White

In this big block throw, scrappy teals, corals, and golds mix with white for a fresh palette. Foundation piecing makes it easy to get sharp teal and coral points.

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Painter's Palette

Build your color confidence by mixing dark, medium, and light batiks in a variety of hues. Include a few lighter and brighter fabrics to add sparkle and keeps the eye moving around the quilt.

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Mesmerize

Six-piece blocks create a sense of movement and dimension in this colorful throw.

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Dotty Stars

Gather up all the polka dot prints you can find, then combine them to make a bright and colorful throw.

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Electric Shock

Make a big impact with blocks composed of bright prints and an electric zigzag design.

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Batik Jewels Quilt

Careful color placement of large triangle-square units in jewel-tone batiks and prints creates a diagonal-stripe effect.

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Strippy and Bright Table Runner

Trim precut 2-1/2" strips into rectangles to piece bright blocks that can easily be assembled into a cheerful table runner.

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Floating Boxes Quilt

For a striking, fresh take on modern quiltmaking, piece together blocks of bright fabric and frame them in a stylish sashing of pieced rectangles.

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Color Me Crochet

Strip sets simplify 36-Patch blocks, which mimic the look of crocheted granny squares when joined.

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High Definition

Define the edges with crisp white strips outlining the monochromatic zigzags in the center of this wall hanging. The bold primary colors stand out against the mottled blue background.

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Color Blocking

Use the same print in a variety of hues to create an unexpected, yet cohesive, mix of colors.

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1 of 29 Tranquil Waters
2 of 29 Chasing Rainbows
3 of 29 Swizzle Sticks
4 of 29 Batik Rainbow Wall Hanging
5 of 29 Rainbow Zigzags
6 of 29 Table Wear
7 of 29 Rainbow Chevron Mini
8 of 29 Sound Waves
9 of 29 Rainbow Connection
10 of 29 Spring Palette Wall Quilt
11 of 29 Quilt Your Heart Out
12 of 29 Make Your Point
13 of 29 Color Flow
14 of 29 Color Curves
15 of 29 Colorful Steps
16 of 29 Color Your World
17 of 29 Nuts and Bolts
18 of 29 Strips of Solids
19 of 29 Star Bright, Star White
20 of 29 Painter's Palette
21 of 29 Mesmerize
22 of 29 Dotty Stars
23 of 29 Electric Shock
24 of 29 Batik Jewels Quilt
25 of 29 Strippy and Bright Table Runner
26 of 29 Floating Boxes Quilt
27 of 29 Color Me Crochet
28 of 29 High Definition
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