Over the past five or six weeks, I have been introducing you to the quilt designs in my book, Not-Your-Typical Jelly Roll Quilts. Today we’re looking at the last three projects, which have one important thing in common: They are conducive to busting through scraps!
When working with jelly rolls, I consider scraps to include leftover bits from cutting projects as well as entire unused strips ...
Five Little Ghosts
I
often have low-volume strips leftover simply because they don’t work
with my preferred white and cream backgrounds. I had a lot of fun thinking about what I could do with those light-colored leftovers. One solution I came up with is Five Little Ghosts. These silly little ghouls wouldn’t scare anyone, but they sure are cute in white-on-white strips from various jelly rolls I used in the book.
Jelly Roll: White-on-white prints from various fabric collections
Background fabric: Spooky Darlings from Ruby Star Society
Batting: Warm and White
Finished size: 49" x 16.5"
Pieced and quilted by Michelle Cain
Meow Mates
Another project that incorporates full leftover strips is the sample quilt for Meow Mates, pictured at the top of the post. The pale green background fabric provided the perfect backdrop for those low volumes. Then I mixed in smaller scraps for the kitties’ ears and muzzles. I also repeated a few prints multiple times throughout the quilt top to tie everything together.
Jelly Roll: Prints and solids from various fabric collections
Background fabric: Moda Bella Solids in Hometown Sky
Batting: Warm and White
Finished size: 52.5" x 64.5"
Pieced by Michelle Cain; quilted by Ophelia Chang
Neighborly
My version of Neighborly was sewn from a single fabric collection, but its fabric requirements could easily be met by my scrap bin. I am plotting a super-size second version that’s all black and white.
Jelly Roll: Flower Pot by Lella Boutique for Moda
Background fabric: Moda Bella Solids in Off-White
Batting: Warm and White
Finished size: 30.5" x 30.5"
Pieced and quilted by Michelle Cain
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Cute, Michelle!!! My book is arriving today!!! Exciting!!!
ReplyDeleteI pick a new favorite quilt from your book every week you share new ones. This week the Neighborly pattern is calling me... :)
ReplyDeleteThese are adorable....love each one, but I think the reversing of the scrap/white on the houses is so much fun!
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