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Meet Yamini.

Yamini

Designed in EQ8 and made using Island Batik fabrics, Yamini is a jelly roll quilt finishing at 60" by 80". Yamini was first published in Make Modern Issue 65. 

Sparkle & Sizzle

 "If you’re after a fun showstopper of a quilt for a gift, this one is a perfect choice. Grab a jelly roll, pair it with a high contrast solid background fabric, and watch the magic happen!" - Make Modern Issue 65.

Have you met Niko? 

Niko

He is handsome and stylish. He is friendly to jelly rolls and he can be yours!

Niko was first published in Make Modern Issue 62, published in January 2025.  

Published

Designed in EQ8 and made with the Island Batik collection Shadow Blooms, Niko finished at 60" by 84", making him suitable for TV time and naps on the couch. He is a perfect picnic partner and just as happy to go on car rides.

Finding Happiness

But Niko isn't just fun and games. He is also just right for charity quilts including Quilts of ...

In meinem letzten Newsletter habe ich geschrieben, dass ich mir ein neues Projekt für Jelly Rolls ausgesucht habe. Frische Jelly Rolls hatten mein Regal im Quiltbüro gefüllt und mich direkt 'aufgefordert', endlich mal wieder was mit denen zu machen. Kann man verstehen, wenn man das Bild sieht, oder?

Mein Projekt 'Sprinkles on Top' stammt aus dem Buch 'Jelly Filled' von Vanessa Goertzen (lellaboutique.com)

Ausgesucht habe ich mir dafür einen Graue - und eine Schwarze Jelly Roll aus meinem Sortiment. Für den Hintergrund sind in der ...

March is Ambassador's Choice. 

March brings a free month for you to determine your own project of any size, using any theme and any technique!! This is an opportunity for you to express your creativity without guidelines. Have fun!

Here is my response.

Dreaming of Daylilies

Designed in EQ8, and made with Poetic Bouquet collection, it is a combination of Irish Chain blocks and appliqued Daisy blocks.

This is a lovely collection with beautiful gradations in purples and aquas.  I wanted to show off these value gradations in the design.

EQ8 Mock-up

Value Gradations

The petals are lightest in ...

Hello Quilty Friends!  The Flea Market Jelly Roll Strips are all cut, de-pinked ready for action.    

 There's a quilt partially quilted quilt on the frame and a quilt top almost finished on the ironing station.  Why not start another quilt? HAHA! Yep, this is how I roll.  The other two quilts have been UFO's for years so what's a few more days or weeks?

One of my 2024 goals is to significantly reduce all my scraps. What do you classify as "scraps"?

Over here, anything that is too small to fold and put away is a scrap. I also don't save very small pieces of fabric.  I have friends who will gladly adopt these.

My first step was to take ALL the scraps and cut them into 2.5" wide jelly roll strips. I was AMAZED at how many strips I ended up with! I then sorted them by color because I am not a "just grab one" kind of girl. "Intentional scrappy-ness ...

No, this isn't the first time, but I still feel giddy every time I see my name in print, even if it is digital. 

Kashvi was published in Make Modern #55. 

Kashvi, 60" by 80"

It is a jelly-roll pattern made using Island Batik collection Vintage Charm.

It is a lovely floral collection - airy, delicate and bright. Start this quilt now and you will be celebrating Spring in style.

Instead of choosing a white/black or gray background, I chose the Island Batik Solid - Cobalt Blue.  Isn't it refreshing?  

Bright & Beautiful

The backing is Frosting from the Island ...

The kit and pattern came from the crazy quilter garage sale I found a while back. While it isn’t my typical style, it seemed a good challenge (and a great bargain at $10).

I immediately remembered why I don’t do a lot of these style blocks: BIAS EDGES. They are what they are and require special care and attention. 

A skill I need to improve on it pressing. It is so important to success in these patterns. 

That said, it is a finished product and worthy to be gifted (if the right person comes along) or donated at ...

Here it is October 5 and I am just now posting about the September Stashbuster Challenge. As a reminder, the challenge was to use a jelly roll or 2-1/2″ strips from your stash. I set this challenge because I really, really wanted to finish the Savannah Squares quilt. It is a UFO from over 18 months ago and I am ready to be done with it. These are such pretty fabrics (Moda’s Nantucket Summer by Camille Roskelley) and I like the pattern, but it has been a struggle to finish this. This is a free pattern from Moda ...

Not sure where the Christmas jelly roll came from, but it made for a relatively quick quilt when cut into squares and matched with alternating background squares.

I typically choose bolder colors and more fabric variety–this particular jelly roll had only about 15 different fabrics in it.

That said, I like the unexpected black accents. Maybe a more sophisticated look?

And I love me a finish!

September Challenge

Do you have a collection of 2-1/2″ strips? Is there a jelly roll in your stash that is ready to be turned into a quilt? Do you have scraps that you can cut into 2-1/2″ strips? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you are ready for the September Challenge. All you have to do is make a quilt from jelly roll strips. 

Personally, I love 2-1/2″ strips because of their versatility. You can cut so many shapes from them and create so many different patterns. There are dozens of books and hundreds ...

This Flower Block will finish at 12" (width) by 10" (height).  It is the exact same dimension as the Leaf Block. I had made an audition/trial block earlier. Based on that experience, I updated the method, which I am sharing in the tutorial. 

Flower + Leaf = Audition Block

These directions show how to make the Flower Block using 2.5" strips. You may use scraps (that can be used to cut the pieces shown under Fabric Requirements).

Flower Block Graphic

Fabric Requirements

This red, white, and blue quilt is another project from “the basket” I have been clearing out this month. It is just a coincidence that it is a holiday quilt that qualified for the May challenge. This project was abandoned who knows how long ago with only quilting the borders and binding left to finish. That didn’t take long and now I have a patriotic quilt to display for the summer. 

I don’t know the name of this pattern, and a Google search did not turn up anything. I thought it was from one of Kim Brackett’s ...

Finally, here we are!  The Positivity 2023 QAL begins today.

I am so excited to share this tutorial with you.  

Happy Weekend to you! 

I have added a new page - Positivity 2023 QAL. See top left of the blog page. It contains important links and these will become active/live as we move through the QAL.

I am working on the Positivity QAL blocks in preparation for the Quilt Along, beginning on May 28, 2023.

Kaffe Fassett Love!

Here are the gifts/prizes we have secured for the Positivity 2023 QAL. We appreciate the generosity of our sponsors!!! Do take a look at their stores/shops.

For this Friday Finish I have three projects to share with you!

Number 1: Origins

This is the finished quilt from the quilt along I started in January. The pattern is from Lifting Limits Quilting and is available here. I like the quilt because the construction is super simple and these were fun fabrics. The spring-like colors cheered me up over the winter. It is a very easy pattern with unique piecing instructions. Hint: when the directions say “label the strip sets,” then be sure to label the strip sets. You will NOT remember which is which. Ask me how ...

Today I'm sharing another jelly roll quilt. I'm tickled to be making a dent in these and finally finishing  some quilts that have been UFOs for a while. I saw a picture online for this quilt called Egg Hunt, from the Fat Quarter Shop. It was just a picture and searching for it now, the only reference I am able to find is a post that leads to Facebook for a kit that is no longer available. I had