Grace and Peace Quilting: RSC 💙 January

Blue is the Rainbow Scrap Challenge color for January. I made 4 blue baby quilts.

My Quilt Info #1:

Pattern: Honey Bouquet from Villa Rosa Designs

Size: 36" x 46"

Batting: Quilters Dream 100% Cotton

Thread: Glide--Lilac

Pantograph: Mod Butterfly 02 ⤵️ from Karen Marchetti

There are seven different butterfly prints in this quilt, so of course, I used butterfly quilting.

My husband studied butterflies from a young age and passed on his love of butterflies to the rest of us. Therefore, butterfly quilts, butterfly prints and butterfly pantographs are especially favorites of mine.

This quilt is blue & purple, so I was glad to see how well this Tula Pink striped print worked for the binding.

This is a "Honey Bouquet" quilt by Villa Rosa Designs, downsized to make a baby quilt. To clarify--I didn't change the size of the rectangles, I just used fewer rectangles.

When thinking about what I want to do for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge in 2026, I decided it was time to work on my overflowing scrap 5" charm squares. I will be making simple squares baby quilts for Bundles of Love, a local non-profit that delivers bundles of baby things to families in need. It's always fun to start the year out by sorting colors:

Blue is the color I had the most of ⤴️, and wouldn't you know it, blue is the color Angela @ So Scrappy started out with for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge.

My youngest daughter was home over new years and she gladly volunteered to set up ⤴️ all three blue quilts on the design wall for me. She was thrilled to do that, and it was a great help for me! I'm looking forward to her returning in April and helping me out that way again.

"Webbing" the first quilt together. ⤴️

My Quilt Info #2:

Size: 40" x 50"

Batting: Quilters Dream 100% Cotton

Thread: Glide--Sky

Pantograph: Arrowheads ⤵️ from OESD

If you're a Tula Pink fan, you'll recognize this quilting as a copy of her "Arrowheads" print.

I always keep in mind one of Bonnie Hunter's tips for scrap quilts--mix old and new prints together, for an updated look.

I made these charm square quilts 9 squares by 11 squares, which comes out at 40" x 50", the maximum size for baby quilts at Bundles of Love. That's 99--5" squares per quilt.

I got this flannel backing ⤵️ at Hobby Lobby on clearance for $3/yard. This was the only bolt on clearance, mixed in with all the flannels and the sales people were surprised it was priced like that. I bought the whole bolt, around 9 yards, and have been using it on the back of baby quilts.

I tried to use no more than 2 of each print in each quilt. There might be a threesy in there occasionally.

My Quilt Info #3:

Size: 40" x 50"

Batting: Quilters Dream 100% Cotton

Thread: Glide--Sky

Pantograph: Jessica's Vidalia ⤵️ from Urban Elementz

Whenever I was undecided on which pantograph to use and asked my husband, he would always reply, "Jessica's Vidalia". It was definitely his favorite. So when stuck on this quilt, I listened to his memory and picked "Jessica's Vidalia".