Jelly Roll Railway with the Fat Quarter Shop

Today is 

F riday

which means

F un day

and by fun... I mean

F at Quarter Shop 

kind of fun!

Today they are sharing the Jelly Roll Railway!

This is a 

F ast

which means

F un 

pattern.. 

that you can enjoy playing

with... all you need is a couple dozen 

jelly roll strips!

And see what you can make!

I was ever so kindly

asked to play along today... 

and I thought I certainly

would!

I gave my new group 

of low-volume fabrics

a try.

Fat Quarter Shop  has a few little groups of low-volume fabrics

that you might like!

I made my Jelly Roll Railway...

I actually used fat quarters and just cut twice the number of 

strip sets needed. 

An easy adjustment!

But then 

I decided I wasn't done playing.

I decided to use my Orange Peel templates from 

Fat Quarter Shop to add a few flower petals

to the quilt.

I also decided on two different background 

fabrics... just to mix it up a little! 

And there you have it!

I think that I need to dig into my holiday fabric and

make another version for a cozy Christmas quilt!

This is Lori Holt's Cozy Christmas Rolie Polie...

which happens to have 25 strips in the roll.

Isn't that just perfect!?!

Please go to Jolly Jabber and download the pattern on

You Tube!

 You know you always need a fun and quick 

quilt project! 

Connie from Freemotion by the River

Tina from One Little Pooh

Cara from Cara Quilts

me/Sinta from Pink Pincushion

Denise from Pieced Brain

Shruti from 13 Woodhouse Road

Jacque from Lilypad Quilting

Melissa from Happy Quilting

Melanie from Mostly Crafty

Stephanie from Modern Sewciety

Sherri from A Quilting Life

Patty from Elm Street QuiltsTricia from Notes of Sincerity

Vickie from Spun Sugar Quilt

Kristen from 3 in the Nest

but hop over and check out these blogs first!

Blue and White

This is a beautiful line of fabric 

that I love right now. 

It seems like Laura and Polly really excel in designing

 blue and cream

along with red

 and sometimes 

even a little bit of yellow 

for a nice 

surprise!

(all photos by Brent Kane)

I couldn't help but buy their new book

Blue and White

"Living with Textiles You Love"

It's a beautiful book...

the pages are filled with rooms filled

with quilts and rugs

that you will drool over!

and as relaxing as the book is to flip through...

it is filled with sweet 

inspiration!

Not to mention,

rooms you want to move

into...

maybe even just for a weekend?!

I hope you look for a copy for yourself.

It's their best book yet!

These two quilts

are particular 

favorites of mine.

I think this is the best version of a log cabin quilt that

I have ever seen.

These two women have been a huge influence 

in my quilting life. 

Martingale Publishing did a wonderful job 

putting this publication together to showcase their talent! 

Sunkissed Picnic Petals!

My LAQ shared a photo of my quilt, Picnic Petals,

 that she just finished! 

Next weekend is our guild's quilt show... so this one will be entered!

I am so excited with her quilting. 

I just told her to do whatever she wanted to do.

I can't wait to get the binding on it... and a sleeve.

 I am playing with another project.

Remember last week or so, when 

I went pattern shopping... and all of them fit perfectly?!

Well, here is my start on one of the Pattern Basket's patterns!

This one is Sunkissed.

This is such a fun block for scraps and

it's completely stress free...

I like that kind of sewing!

HaPPY mOTHER'S dAY TO YOU ALL!

Would You Like Some Peppermint Bark?

Good morning!

Fat Quarter Shop has a fun way to start the week! 

This is a new pattern that you can download called

Peppermint Bark!

The first thing that comes to mind with the name of peppermint bark is

the Christmas holidays...

but although the pattern looks great in traditional and non-traditional 

holiday fabrics... they asked a few bloggers to put their spin on the pattern!

So of course, I thought I would use soft Spring colors...

no surprise there, right?

What I really love about the pattern is the cross center...

and then the bonus of the pinwheel within the cross.

It also has at swoony looking star... so those elements combined

made for a super fun, super-sized block!

(but not too big)

I added a bicycle border to add to that 

"perfect day for a picnic" or "let's go fly a kite" look!

I think it will make a nice wall hanging or patio table table cloth!

And with all the fun new Christmas fabric starting to arrive in the stores...

like Fat Quarter Shop....

I am sure to find something fun and make a larger size 

quilt for fall or next winter!

Couldn't you just see this made up in Fig Tree fabrics??? 

Be sure to take a look at the You Tube video

on the Fat Quarter Shop link and also get a copy of the 

pattern!!!

Happy Monday! 

Enjoy the rest of the blog hop...

and I wasn't kidding...

this is the recipe I use for making Peppermint Bark!

You'll love it!