From time to time I buy a jelly roll but don’t have a particular pattern in mind to use it. Sometimes I will cut it up and make a “choose your own adventure” quilt. For these quilts, I piece some strips together, make some nine-patches, then piece the parts together into vertical rows with sashing between them. 

I wondered if this freestyle technique would work with a layer cake since I had one with no plan in mind. This Portsmouth line of fabric with its soft patriotic colors and nautical theme is so pretty. It is the same fabric ...

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