Quilt the Rainbow Inspiration

I'm excited to share this guest post today from creative contributor, Amber Johnson of Gigi's Thimble Quilt Patterns. Amber is a fantastic quilt pattern designer and has a beautiful eye for color and fabrics as well. Amber has a brand new book in stores now called Quilt the Rainbow. You will be inspired by all of her beautiful, colorful quilts! That cover quilt alone takes my breath away!

Hello, hello! It's Amber Johnson here of Gigi's Thimble Quilt Patterns. Amy invited me to share with you a little bit about my new book called, Quilt the Rainbow. It hit stores June 1st, 2022 and I am thrilled to share the patterns and inspiration behind the book with you today.

The INSPIRATION:

One day I was staring at my fabric stash that I have organized in stacks by color and thought to myself, wouldn't it be nice to have patterns to help me whittle down each color of my stash? I instantly knew I needed to do a book to compose all of these patterns together in one place.

I wanted to call it, Quilt the Rainbow. My publisher, Martingale, said they hadn't done anything like that concept before and luckily they trusted my idea and the title! I am so glad they took a chance on it because I think the quilts are really fun and the book itself turned out beautiful!

Monochromatic Yellow Quilt from Quilt the Rainbow pattern book — Crowning Glory

THE RAINBOW QUILTS:

There are 10 stash-friendly projects that would be cute in any color way and are great for all skill levels! I'd love to know which project is your favorite!

BONUS CONTENT:

I was thrilled to also include the meaning/symbolism of each color, how to cut and store fabric for scrap quilts, how to choose fabrics for beautiful, cohesive scrap quilts, how to make scrappy quilt backs, how to make scrappy bindings, how to spiderweb piece, all the quilt-making basics you need to know, and some of my favorite time-saving notions.

Green Patchwork Quilt from Quilt the Rainbow book — Box Elder Trail quilt

It's chock-full of useful information and inspiring photography! And of course, if you're not a "scrappy" quilter you could make the patterns in just a few specific fabrics! All of the patterns are easily adaptable to whatever fabrics and size you prefer!

Orange monochromatic quilt Blossoms and Buds by Amber Johnson — Blossoms and Buds quilt

BOOK TOUR:

Follow along with me @gigis_thimble on Instagram in July and August as I share 10 other maker's versions of the projects from the book.

Monochromatic Blue quilt Patchwork Plaid from Quilt the Rainbow — Patchwork Plaid Quilt

QUILT ALONG:

Grab a copy of Quilt the Rainbow so you can join me for a 6-week Quilt-Along starting September 19th, 2022.

We'll be making Seaside (the aqua quilt). Details to come on my blog and on Instagram, as it gets closer.

Monochromatic Purple Half Square Triangle quilt — Glimmer of Light

Visit my blog: www.gigisthimble.com to stay in the loop or my Etsy shop: www.etsy.com/shop/gigisthimble to check out all my patterns including Quilt the Rainbow.

I'm also excited to announce that I have my very first fabric line coming out with Poppie Cotton in January. It's called Treasured Threads and you can see the preview here.

Black and White quilt from Amber Johnson's book Quilt the Rainbow — Tile Revival

Thanks to Amy for having me on the blog today and thanks to all of you for stopping by!

Happy quilting!

Amber Johnson, Gigi's Thimble

Thanks for sharing your gorgeous quilts with us, Amber! You can find Quilt the Rainbow at your local quilt shop, Amazon, or can order the from Amber in her Etsy Shop.