Today, besides waiting for the sewer guy, I'm just cutting down some scraps into 2" and 2 1/2" inch squares for future quilts. I don't keep anything smaller than that. There IS a quilt pattern that I want to make that calls for 1 1/2" squares, but I think I'll start with strips sewed together, then cut in segments and made into four patches. I'm really itching to start something new, but I still have three quilts of my own to get quilted. Will I be able to hold out?
This quilt was started as a project at our January Orchard Quilters meeting. We held a Jelly Roll Race for the center part and the challenge was to bring it back finished to the February meeting. Or, at least finished into a top. I managed to get mine quilted and bound so it's in the FINISHED pile.
It's made from a Bonnie and Camille Miss Kate jelly roll from Moda, along with some yardage for borders and binding. I just squeaked by on fabric for the binding because I had used the same fabric for my daughter's quilt at Christmas and I had only bought a yard...had something like an inch left over. I'm keeping this one and it will live on the back of my couch this summer. It's such a bright, cheerful quilt.
I brought along some jelly rolls and packets of coordinating fat quarters... now that we took a break from road traveling, I might haul out the sewing machine at this campground and get some stuff started!
ReplyDeleteI've been wanting to try making a jelly roll race quilt but maybe with scraps. I love the colors and quilting in yours!
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