Polychromatic

Combine your favorite fabrics to make cheerful patchwork rainbow blocks. Everything is made with squares and rectangles. No curves, templates, or paper piecing. These projects are perfect for playing with color and value!

QUILT & PILLOW SIZES

Polychromatic includes instructions for making 12-1/2" x 14-½" patchwork rainbow blocks.

LARGE QUILT & PILLOW

The photos in the gallery below show the 20" x 20" Pillow and the 73" x 76" Large Quilt.

SMALL QUILT

The pattern also includes instructions for a 38" x 47" Small Quilt.

ABOUT THE PATTERN

This is a patchwork-pieced pattern. The blocks are made entirely of rotary-cut squares and rectangles, and everything is sewn together using conventional patchwork techniques. No templates or paper piecing!

The pattern includes a diagram and chart showing all of the pieces needed to make each block. You can use this as a reference while making the pattern projects, or as a guide for making individual blocks and scrappy projects.

Among my patterns, Polychromatic is rated Skill Level 2 (of 5). You can read more about skill levels here.

ABOUT THE FABRIC

Polychromatic blocks are each made with four colorful fabrics, Fabrics 1 - 4. Fabric 1 is the smallest/innermost arc and Fabric 4 is the largest/outermost arc.

To make quilts like my sample:

For a Small Quilt, you will need three monochromatic groups of 4 fabrics, arranged in order value from Fabric 1 (lightest) to Fabric 4 (darkest). Each group requires 1 fat eighth (9" x 21" each) of Fabrics 1 and 2, and 1 fat quarter (18" x 21" each) of Fabrics 3 and 4.
For a Small Quilt, you will need three monochromatic groups of 4 fabrics, arranged in order value from Fabric 1 (lightest) to Fabric 4 (darkest). Each group requires 1/4 yard of Fabric 1, 3/8 yard each of Fabrics 2 and 3, and 1/2 yard of Fabric 4.

You can also make scrappy quilts using the following four pieces of fabric for each block:

5-1/2" wide x 9-1/2" tall Fabric 1
6-1/2" wide x 11-1/2" tall Fabric 2
9" wide x 13-1/2" tall Fabric 3
12" wide x 16-1/2" wide Fabric 4

To make a scrappy Small Quilt, you will need 7 sets, and to make a scrappy Large Quilt you will need 22 sets of these pieces.

ABOUT THE QUILTING

My samples were free-motion quilted by me, on my Janome 1600p, using a pattern of meandering boxes. For longarm quilting, any similarly-dense edge-to-edge design should look great!

THE SMALL PRINT

Polychromatic pattern © 2021 by Elizabeth Hartman. This pattern may not be used to make items for sale in any quantity or venue. No part of this pattern may be reproduced or distributed without the express written consent of the author.