Rainbow Dash quilt + giveaway winner

I'm sharing another finished quilt from 2015 today.  Towards the end of the year I worked really hard to get a lot of my WIPs (works in progress) all finished up.  This was one quilt top that was done earlier in the year, but it sat in my "to-quilt" pile for a long time as I decided how to quilt it.  

The pattern for this quilt is called "Dashing" and it can be found in the Vintage Vibe book written by Amber Johnson (blog: A Little Bit Biased).  For her book, Amber made a black and white version of Dashing which is classic and gorgeous.  I love black and white quilts!

Waaay back in last January I pulled this stack of rainbow scraps and decided to make a colorful version of Dashing.

The quilt top itself didn't take me too long to finish, but I was so worried about ruining the quilt with the actual quilting.  I was way over thinking it.   

I fretted, and thought, and planned, and worried and then I had an epiphany.  I realized that the quilt is just for ME, and I don't require it to be perfect.  A finished quilt is better than s folded up quilt top sitting on a shelf.  I saw this as a great opportunity to work on my ruler work on the long arm.  I decided to quilt a different design in the center of each of those squares.  This quilt had so much negative space to play in!  I have to admit, the first border and the first row are a little rough.  I made mistakes.  Many.  But I learned so much!  And there are parts of the quilting that I absolutely love.  The best part is that it's done, and is being used.  

So there you have it!  My Rainbow Dash quilt.  Now before I go, I want to let you know who won the giveaway from the other day:

KathleenD!  Congratulations Kathleen - I'll be sending you an email so check your in box.  And thank you to the rest of you for entering.  I read each and every one of your comments and I appreciate you all!  

Happy sewing!