He Still Loves Me Jelly Roll Race quilt top

 

 

I started this quilt top on Wednesday and finished it today.  If you've ever made a jelly roll race quilt, you know that it involves sewing very long seams once you get the strips sewn end to end. It's not my favorite thing to do, so I was only sewing one long seam per day.  I sewed the last two seams today, but they were the shortest ones. These really aren't my favorite types of quilts to sew, and I don't love the way they look either.  

I bought this jelly roll (one of my first actually) and some coordinating fabric over 10 years ago, planning to make a jelly roll race out of it. I actually bought 2 jelly rolls at the same time and made a jelly roll race out of the other one, but in doing so found out that I didn't like doing it.  

However, I decided that I wanted this style of quilt to practice long-arm quilting on, so I went ahead and pieced this one just for that purpose.  It has the added bonus of using one of my unused pre-cuts, so that means it satisfies one of my goals for the year, too.

Running total of goals accomplished:

    Finish UFOs = 4 of 4 (completed)
    Use pre-cuts = 3 of 3 (completed)
    Do window paintings = 0 of 2
    Do non-window painting = 1 of 1 (completed)
    Sew sets of coasters = 5 of 5 (completed)
    Sew small bags = 0 of 2
    Sew tote bags= 1 of 2

Hopscotch quilt

 

I decided to name this one "Hopscotch" because the alternating rectangles and squares made me think of a hopscotch board.  Plus, the bunnies on the fabric already had me in the mindset of hopping.  I considered naming it "Paska"after the Eastern European Easter bread, because the pattern name is "Brioche and Baguettes" and the fabric was Easter themed, but decided against it.  It seemed a little too obscure and confusing for the general public that wouldn't know the pattern name.

I finished this quilt yesterday, June 5, 2025, but I started it on June 24, 2020, so this is my fourth completed UFO of the year, which completes that goal category. Yay!  This is another quilt that will be tucked away for my imagined craft show booth.

I quilted it on my long-arm in an all-over swirl-meander motif.  The thread is Isacord Chiffon, (color #2170) and the batting is Happy Cloud 50/50 Bamboo blend.  The binding was attached to the front by machine and turned to the back by hand.  The quilt finished at 57 x 75 inches.


Running total of goals accomplished:

    Finish UFOs = 4 of 4 (completed)
    Use pre-cuts = 2 of 3
    Do window paintings = 0 of 2
    Do non-window painting = 1 of 1 (completed)
    Sew sets of coasters = 5 of 5 (completed)
    Sew small bags = 0 of 2
    Sew tote bags= 1 of 2

Banner Day Flannel Rag Quilt

 

 

I don't plan on giving this quilt an official name or label, because I donate these to the Child Advocacy Center.  I started this quilt on May 24th and finished it yesterday. (They really don't take very long to make, but we took a mini-vacation during that time, too.)  It is made from a bundle of fat quarters of Banner Day fabric from Robert Kaufman Fabrics that I purchased from The Fat Quarter Shop in January of 2020, so that counts as one of my unused pre-cuts.  The bundle included 12 fat quarters, which was exactly what I needed for this style of rag quilt.  

These fat quarters were a little short lengthwise and a little long in height, so I ended up cutting the panels at 20 x 18.5 inches.  I sewed the individual fabric and batting sandwiches together on my sewing machine, and then quilted each one on my long-arm.  I used light grey Sewology thread from Hobby Lobby for the quilting, and I quilted them all in an all-over swirl motif.  After sewing the quilted panels together on my sewing machine, clipping the seams and edges, and washing it, the quilt finished at 33.5 x 46.5 inches, not including the outer fringe.

Running total of goals accomplished:

    Finish UFOs = 3 of 4
    Use pre-cuts = 2 of 3
    Do window paintings = 0 of 2
    Do non-window painting = 1 of 1 (completed)
    Sew sets of coasters = 5 of 5 (completed)
    Sew small bags = 0 of 2
    Sew tote bags= 1 of 2