A JELLYROLL FINISH

I really shouldn't look through old magazines late at night. While trying to decide which old issues to chuck and which to keep, I stumbled across a very simple pattern.  The light went on, so to speak, and the next morning, I started sewing. Last Christmas, Katja gave me this mini jellyroll and I knew it would be perfect.  Thanks Katja!

I chose 14 strips and the background I got while on holiday.  Next I cut each strip into random lengths, and sewed them back together in no particular order, until I had one looooooong strip.

Then I cut eight lengths off, about 39" each.  The rest of the long strip is used for binding.  How easy is that? Sashing was cut 2 1/2" .

Top and bottom border was cut 4"

Here it is all quilted up. I did a little loopy thing. The easiest free motion ever. If you are interested in knowing more, just send me an e-mail and I will give you more detailed instruction. It's from an old Quiltmaker magazine.

Oh, and I wanted to show you the wall art. Yesterday my daughter and I went out and got a stencil and a couple bottles of paint.  I told her what I had envisioned, and she did it. She painted, and I sewed.
I love what she did!  A little something for the babies to look at while Mommy takes care of business.

Each month, Megan of Crooked Seams hosts a jellyroll party. Today I am linking up  : )

JELLY JIVE

Yesterday I finished up the binding on my jellyroll quilt. This is a fun boyish quilt that I made last month. The piecing usually goes much faster than the quilting. (full picture here)

I quilted straight lines on either side of the seams and inside each of the little squares to make them stand out a bit more.

I think it looks right at home here in the nursery.

quilt stats:

1 Jelly Jive pattern
1 "Meadow Friends" jellyroll by Deb Strain
approximately 50" x 60"

SOME TIME OFF?

I have the next few days off, and I've made myself a list a mile long of things I would like to do. Last night hubby and I were shoveling out one of the boys' rooms (he moved to Calgary) so I could paint it. I want to make it into a nursery. He said he thinks it should be my sewing room because it's bigger than the other spare room. So today, I am painting the nursery sewing room.  Now I have to paint the other room too.

The filled holes are where he laid in his bed and shot the walls with plastic bb's. (he told me they were plastic. )   Boys!

2. Move the sewing room (again) upstairs
3. Get Janie's quilt quilted. The baby shower is looming
4. I bought plants that need to go in.
5. Have a family dinner. My boys are back from up north and will want to be fed.This involves pies.
6. There are still a few days left in May, so I am going to try and get a jellyroll quilt made to participate in Megan's monthly jellyroll party. I won some lovely scraps a couple months back.

I did get my Granny Square quilt all quilted and bound. Yay! Hello Luscious is still one of my favourite lines yet.

Well, wish me luck. I'm going to need it : )