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My local group will be doing a jelly roll strip exchange in a few months. So I’ve been looking back at jelly roll quilts for ideas. Here is one I really like. Enjoy!

Finish It Up Friday ~ Mirage

Posted on October 4, 2019 by katyquilts

It has been rainy and dark all week here so I haven’t been able to get great photos of this finish.

I used one Mirage jellyroll and some white strips to make this 60 by 80 inch quilt.

This particular jelly roll had several strips of each print. That is why I used the white strips as I did, to prevent like prints from touching.

It was quick and easy, if a bit boring, to make.

I have more jelly rolls with multiple strips of the same fabric. It makes designing an interesting quilt more of a challenge. Time to think about the next one.

Have a great day!

Make any more blocks that is.

I just don’t love this so I’m calling it done. I’ve just been procrastinating on getting to the sewing room because I don’t want to work on this. Quilting is supposed to be fun!

So I’m finishing it up and moving on. Have a great day!

I’ve been trying to decide what I want to work on next. I found this bin of 3 1/2 by 6 1/2 inch rectangles.

And this bin of 3” tumblers.

But maybe I should make a few jelly roll quilts.

I’m going to be heading up a quilt club program on jellyfish rolls in February so it would be nice to have a few sample quilts on hand.

I’m not super inspired by any of these. I might have to keep looking.

Have a great day!

I only needed to make one block, but I cut enough for seven! you start with 6 1/4” squares.

First you make four patches.

Then make four cuts, one on each side, 2 inches from the center seam.

You end up with this.

Now rearrange the pieces to look like this.

Now you are ready to stitch together!

And here are my seven blocks.

Have a great day!

I’ve been working on the next step of the Quilt Along.

These are the units I’m working on.

I have a few more to go.

Have a great day!

We picked up some stairs for Penny. She will go up a couple stairs, but then she’s afraid to go down.

Silly girl.

Speaking of Penny, we got her DNA results back.

This just made me laugh! So true!

Have a great day!

I love this little quilt. I hand quilted this little vintage top seven years ago. It would be a great quilt to recreate in another colorway. Enjoy!

Finish It Up Friday – Vintage Hour Glass

Posted on October 25, 2019 by katyquilts

I can’t believe how quickly I got this little quilt finished! I guess I really missed having a hand quilting project. 

Once again, I usedthe large Baptist Fan stencil from Fun with Barb.

Gosh, I love that texture! I used Quilters Dream 100% Cotton Request batting.

Have a great day!

My quilt group is doing a block of the month this year. How it works is, each person makes one or more blocks and brings them to the meeting. For every block you make, you get one ticket. They draw one name and that person gets to take home all the blocks. The theme this month is fall fabrics. It turns out that I have plenty that I rarely dig into.

This is the pattern for this month. It is a variation of the disappearing four patch. I love this variation!

Time to get sewing. Have a great day!

Remember this?

I put it in time out a while back because the vision in my mind did not match reality. I also should have strip pieced some of the parts, instead of individually sewing each piece.

Anyway, I decided to make a few more blocks this week.

I’m still not thrilled. But I have all these pieces cut.

So I guess I’ll keep going. Have a great day!