Five Little Ghosts and Friends / Beauties Pageant

* Download the free Five Little Ghosts and Friends expansion pack here *

Last year I sewed up a supersize version of Five Little Ghosts, the runner project from my book, Not-Your-Typical Jelly Roll Quilts, and then never posted the finish here or on social media. Now, with Halloween right around the corner, these cuties are finally getting their time in the spotlight!

The inspiration for the throw-size project was a fat quarter bundle of Lella Boutique’s Hey Boo line. I am a sucker for unexpected palettes, and the pinks and purples in Hey Boo were right up my alley. The original project calls for five jelly roll strips, a background fabric, and scraps for the ghosts’ eyes and mouths. Because I wanted to put my Hey Boo fat quarters to good use, however, I redesigned the blocks for the throw—I’m calling it a pattern "expansion pack"—to feature different fabrics. 

In usual From Bolt to Beauty fashion, the background pieces are cut to maintain the directionality of prints. In not-so-usual From Bolt to Beauty fashion, I included a thick black border to frame the colorful background fabrics and ground the quilt in general.

This beauty then got an edge-to-edge spiderweb panto (minus the spiders—for heaven’s sake, I’m not cuddling under a quilt with spiders on it!). The texture is best viewed on the back ...

I have said this before: I’m not a fan of scary Halloween. Cute Halloween, however, is something I can get behind! If you own a copy of Not-Your-Typical Jelly Roll Quilts, be sure to download your copy of the free expansion pack so you, too, can sew up a posse of 20 not-so-scary ghosts.

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Ornament Collection in Rifle Paper Company / Beauties Pageant 346

A few years ago, I felt the need to make a fabric purchase. Perhaps it had been a while since I welcomed new fabric into my house. Perhaps I needed the dopamine high of spending a little money. In any event, I found myself adding half-yard after half-yard of Rifle Paper Company’s holiday collections to my online shopping cart. 

Once my newly acquired fabric was in hand, I needed to rationalize having purchased it! Lucky for me, I have two sisters-in-law who love a good Rifle Paper print. So I began my first Ornament Collection with these holiday fabrics.

I let the Rifle Paper prints and my stash make the palette decisions for me, purchasing only the solid dark green and striped binding fabric ...

A year or so later, I started a second Ornament Collection with the same feature fabrics and recently gifted it to my other sister-in-law. Again, I followed Rifle Paper’s lead and chose coordinating solids from my stash, buying just the binding fabric.

I love a good contrasting binding, but the more subtle stripe here works well. It’s the perfect sophisticated complement to the Christmassy-without-being-too-Christmassy palette.

And I think you’ll agree that this pattern is the perfect stage to showcase Rifle Paper’s holiday prints. Not one gets cut into tiny pieces; they all shine as the centers to these balls and baubles.

Christmas is just 70 days away, and this girl is ready! In addition to my most recent Ornament Collection, I finished a holiday-themed Five Star Experience and released Festive Flurries. What do you think? Maybe it’s time for me to tackle Valentine’s Day next!

Ornament Collection is a From Bolt to Beauty pattern. You can learn more about it here.

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National Sew a Jelly Roll Day Resources / Beauties Pageant 345

Happy National Sew a Jelly Roll Day to all those who celebrate! 

As I get ready for National Sew a Jelly Roll Day on September 19, I wanted to do a quick roundup of jelly roll resources from the From Bolt to Beauty archives. Here it is!

If You're New to Jelly Rolls

Perhaps you have a jelly roll in your stash just waiting to be opened. Or perhaps you have so much yardage and fat quarters that you can’t justify purchasing a jelly roll. In either event, start with these recent posts:

• Top 3 Tips When Working with Jelly Rolls
• Curating Your Own Jelly Roll from Stash

If You're Curious about Not-Your-Typical Jelly Roll Quilts

My collection of 14 jelly roll patterns ranges from wall hangings to bed-size quilts, from playful and childlike designs to charming and modern ones. See all the projects in these posts:

• That's a Jelly Roll Quilt?
• Strip Sets for the Win!
• Two Pixelated Quilts
• Big and Bold, Cute and Sweet
• Three Scrappy Quilts

If You're Here for the Freebies

For me, all of this jelly roll business started with The Tree Is Trimmed, a tutorial that dates back to 2014. It’s the OG jelly roll project and still well worth sewing. Check it out here.

If you already have a copy of Not-Your-Typical Jelly Roll Quilts, download the free pattern expansion pack to make a Five Little Ghosts and Friends throw. Then look over the posts from last year’s quilt-along:

• Fabric Pull: Blog post and YouTube video
• Cutting: Blog post and YouTube video
• Sewing Ghost Blocks: Blog post and YouTube video
• Assembling the Top: Blog post

If You're Here for the Deals

I have three deals to get you ready for National Sew a Jelly Roll day.

Still Pretty Simple Jelly Roll Quilt

This modern take on the humble log cabin block requires just one jelly roll to make 16 blocks that can be configured in 5 different layouts. It’s an Almost Free for Charity pattern, which means that it’s always $3 and that $1 from each sale goes to support an organization serving the Down syndrome community.

Ridiculously Easy Jelly Roll Quilt (PDF version)

This column-based pattern comes in five different sizes and features two different design options. It’s a great geometric quilt pattern to have at the ready and looks equally stunning in modern fabrics, juvenile prints, or more traditional designs. The PDF is usually $13. Through September 21, you can get it for $10. Get your copy here.

Not-Your-Typical Jelly Roll Quilts 

This 112-page book features 14 different jelly roll patterns. The book was originally $27.95. Through September 21, you can get a signed copy for $22.50. Get your copy here.

If you’re sewing up something with a jelly roll, we want to hear about it! Give us the skinny in the comments. : )

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