Remember when jellyrolls were first invented? Quilters were making zippy strippy quilts, some even participated in races to see who finished their quilt first.
I started sewing these strips together but do the final doubling. I had a longer pieced strip which I cut in half to make the center. Sorry, I didn't take a picture.
I added borders to my centers and quilted them with simple straight line vertical quilting. The peach colored quilt was quilted in the ditch with lines 2" apart. The turquoise border quilt was quilted 1/2" from the seam line in the center then in the border. Both quilts were stitched in the ditch around the center sashing. Very simple but it works!
They both measure 45.5" X 63.5".
This is the end of my machine quilting binge and I'm glad to be finished. Eight quilts have been quilted, five of them will be donated. The other three will be gifted eventually.
In the meantime, since I pieced these quilts, Michelle has published a jellyroll book, Not-Your-Typical Jelly Roll Quilts. Several bloggers made quilts and posted about the book. I won a free e-book from Quilting Jet Girl just by leaving a comment on her post. The next time I make a jellyroll quilt, I'll use one of the patterns Michelle designed, they really don't look like typical jellyroll quilts.
Linking to To Do Tuesday, Wednesday Wait Loss, Free Motion Mavericks, Needle & Thread Thursday, Put Your Foot Down, TGIFF!, Finished or Not Friday, Off the Wall Friday, Beauty Pageant, Patchwork & Quilts
4 comments:
The jelly roll race quilt style never appealed to me but yours look great. I may have to re-think my styles.
Those are really lovely quilts, glad you won't be guilted anymore by the jelly rolls. ;) I added a border to the sides of the wedding quilt I'm working on. I've never done just 2 side borders before, but oh well, it was just too narrow! I think it looks OK though.
I like the vertical orientation of both your quilts. Our guild had a jelly roll race sew-in many years ago. I cut strips from yardage. Mine did not turn out well--too clumpy. I bought the the new jelly roll book and hope to try at least one of her great designs.
Love the colors in your two jelly roll quilts. So pretty! Thanks for sharing on my weekly show and tell, Wednesday Wait Loss.
https://www.inquiringquilter.com/questions/2025/06/18/wednesday-wait-loss-437
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