Today is the day!  I've finished and photographed my Rainbow Clams quilt, and I'm super excited to show it off!  This is one of my favorite quilts I've made yet.  I always love rainbows, love making from scrap, and it doesn't hurt that the cream fabric I used, Comma Periods in chalk, is my all time favorite basic.  Also, I'm so glad I was adventurous with the rainbow color flow.  It totally worked!  I like how it invites the eye to explore color relationships.

Ok, enough chatter.  Come see!

Making this quilt with my quilt-as-you-go technique turned out to be a great idea.  During the planning stage, I thought I'd find the process of pressing under raw edges and sewing down clams to be a bit tedious (kind of like joining English paper pieced shapes, you know?), but it was not at all annoying.  It was actually addicting!  Before baby came I was sewing along too fast, haha.  And of course I loved that the quilting was already done when the quilt top was complete. 

The clamshell-shaped quilting on the back is an extra bonus!  I used a Denyse Schmidt Flea Market Fancy fabric for the backing.  It's a home decor weight fabric I picked up ages ago on close out at a fabric store.  Score!  The little dotted leaf design actually echos the Comma Periods print on the front, though I might be the only one who would notice.

Just as planned, this quilt is now listed in my Etsy shop.  Aria is horrified that I'm not keeping it, but I feel good about sending this beauty out into the world, perhaps into a house not already so well stocked with handmade quilty goodness.  May it bring color, may it bring joy!

Now, what about you?  Please share your Clambake quilt-along progress or finishes here.  I'll leave this last link party up through the end of April so you can join in later if need be.  Let's see!

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