I made a cushion, a doll quilt, and throw quilt for my cousin's new room and her 10th birthday. This is the second Strip and Flip quilt I've made with jelly roll strips. I really like it with 25 strips but I used a few more on this as a throw for her bed. The tutorial is here at Cluck Cluck Sew. The fabric is Posy by Aneela Hoey. Instead of 2" strip and 1.5" sashing I used the 2.5" strips.
I pulled one of each strip from the Jelly roll and put together for a rainbow effect. My first go gave me this but that orange strip in the middle jarred for me and I ripped it out and re-arranged it.
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I used Ikea's musical scale fabric as backing. I've had it in my stash since last Christmas. I really wish Ikea would bring this out again. It's my favourite backing fabric I've used, ever.
With the extra strips I made a doll quilt and a cushion blogged here. So today I quilted them up and
finished them off as a set.
I tried my hand at free motion quilting stippling style. I found it hard to move the quilt through the machine and then realised I had left the feed dogs up. Oops!
Then I played it safe with straight line quilting for the cushion. I think I'm going to make a few smaller projects and practice this Free Motion thing. It definitely takes practice.
And this is all I had left over. 40 of those 2.5" strips sure go a long way. I love the set all bundled up together. Can't wait to give it to her!
Linking up to Finish it Friday and
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You go girlfriend! All of the projects look great. Here from Whoop WHoop!
ReplyDeleteway to make it last :) they are all so cute together I am sure she'll love them!
ReplyDeletexoxo melzie
Wow! it does make a lot! Beautiful colors and fun patterns!
ReplyDeleteWow, that's a ton of gorgeous projects from one jelly roll!! Love it! :D
ReplyDeleteThis is great and shows the power of the jelly roll, LOL Love the colors!
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Have a great weekend! :) Megan @ Cherry Valley Designs
They do go a long way! Great projects, Ruth! Way to go on the free motion quilting -- keep it up!
ReplyDeleteFantastic! She's going to love the bundle of gifts :) I would like to try stippling too - did you go to a class to learn?
ReplyDeleteThey're all just gorgeous! I love your zigzag quilting! Did you mark all the lines for quilting or just one, then use a quilt line spacer?
ReplyDeleteWow, I had no idea one jellyroll would go that far! Posy is such a cute line of fabrics. I bet your cousin is going to just love her presents! I know 10 year old me would have!
ReplyDeleteLove the colours!!! A tip for free motion quilting- you can leave the feed dogs up but set your stitch length to zero. I find this works better for me as it doesn't interfere with your tension so much and takes less tension adjustment. Mary
ReplyDeleteI love a "surprise" background like yours!! I love Posy too....actually I love all AH fabric...LOL>>>
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