It's week 5 of the Stash Hash Quilt-Along and I hope you're having as much fun as I am!

The assignment for this week is to make 2 Star Blocks.

See week 3's blog post HERE if you want my helpful tips and tricks.

Please refer to your Stash Hash block assembly instructions for details.

I am having so much fun playing with the fabrics I received from

a Christmas 10" square swap I did with my local quilt guild. 

I love seeing all the different fabrics come together. 

It makes me so happy seeing your blocks on Instagram!

I know it inspires others to see them as well.  Plus,

it helps spread the word about my patterns which I really appreciate!

Please tag me @gigis_thimble and use the hashtags

#gigisthimblepattern, #stashhashquilt, and #stashhashqal

if you decide to share.  

If this is the first time you've heard about the Stash Hash Quilt-Along it's not too late to join.

HERE'S the link to the Stash Hash QAL Homepage and you can get the pattern HERE.

Let me know if you have any questions!

Happy sewing!

Rainbow 4-Patch Baby Quilt

 Hi friends!  It's been a minute and I've been meaning to share a few quilts that I finished a while ago.

Today I want to share a fun, little baby quilt I made that is a little out of the norm for me.  

Back in October, I participated in a block swap for these low-volume/bright 4-Patches.

The individual squares were cut at 3" to make 5" (finished) 4-Patches.

A swap for 4-Patches was really fun to participate in because 

they're so quick and easy to make but there are so many possibilities 

of what you can do with them!

I ended up putting four like-colored 4-Patches together to make one big block.  

Then I sewed them together in a rainbow fashion with 1-1/2" (cut) low-volume 

sashing strips between.  I then added a 2" (cut) low-volume border that's different on each side.

Here's a little sneak peek of the back; a navy blue buffalo check fabric that I had in my stash.

I love it!  And I love my little helper!

Denae Hansen of Plain Jain Quilting in American Fork, Utah quilted it for me 

with a geometric triangle pattern to go along with the modern feel of this quilt!  

It was a new-to-me pattern and I really like the way it turned out!

One of my favorite parts of this quilt is the scrappy rainbow binding!

It wasn't too hard to get the colors of the binding to coordinate with the colors of the 

blocks and I think it adds a fun finishing touch!

I love that these blocks came from a swap; instant variety in color and print!

Also, are you thinking what I'm thinking?

This would be a great stash buster quilt! 

Well, I hope you found some inspiration here today.

Did I make you want to whip up some 4-Patches?  Or maybe make a rainbow quilt?

Or try a scrappy, rainbow binding?

It feels so good to do something different once in a while.

Tell me, what is the most recent thing you've done recently that was out of your "box"?

Leave a comment below!