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Same Pattern, Different Jelly Roll Race Quilts

3/22/2017

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Army Green
feminine jelly roll race quilt
Pink Lemonade

Comparing 2 Jelly Roll Race Quilts: "Pink Lemonade" and "Army Green"

Both of these quilts use the jelly roll race pattern just like my previous post about Batik Garden.  This pattern is a wonderful way to start your quilting journey.  You can see how using totally different fabrics and quilting designs completely changes the mood of the quilt.
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Masculine Quilting Motifs

About Army Green

Army Green was made for Quilts of Valor so I wanted a very masculine type quilt.  I had a jelly roll full of green and tan batiks and added some green, tan and brown fabrics for the borders and did mostly angular quilting.  I used a design I call Palm Frondish in the body of the quilt, meandering triangles in the outer border, spiral boxes in the dark brown border and radio waves in the tan border. 
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Quilting Detail
Quilt back
Back of Army Green Quilt
I just love the batik leaves fabric I found for the backing; it's perfect.

About Pink Lemonade

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Pink Lemonade is a very feminine quilt.  I made it for Quilts Beyond Borders when they were collecting quilts for young ladies in Russia who were coming of age and had leave the orphanage.  I wanted something cheery and bright; so when I saw this pink, orange and yellow jelly roll at Quilter’s Market, I knew it would be perfect for this top!
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Scroll Quilting

Feminine Quilting

My quilting inspiration was from this book, In the Studio with Angela Walters, where she did different designs across the body of a quilt.  I used chalk to mark diagonal lines on the quilt top to divide it into three sections and filled one section with scrolls, one with paisley and one with bullseye spirals in pink thread. These rounded, flowing designs add to the feminine, happy feel of the quilt.
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Bullseye and Paisley Quilting
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Flange on a Quilt
I added a flange between the body of the quilt and the border.  I love how the black makes those bright colors pop!

Quilting Inspiration

Where do I get my quilting ideas?

Books with quilting designs are an invaluable resource that I refer to whenever I’m looking for inspiration.  I also keep a list of quilts and how I quilted them and notebooks where I doodle to test out ideas. Some designs work better on one quilt than they do on another, but the only way you learn this is by actually quilting!

Two very different looks from the same pattern!
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Jelly Roll Race Quilt - Batik Garden

3/12/2017

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Batik Garden Quilt
Batik Garden Quilt

Batik Garden Jelly Roll Race Quilt

Here's the 3rd quilt I've finished using the jelly roll race pattern.  There are lots of free tutorials and videos on the web showing how to make this easy quilt.  If you're just getting started quilting, this is a good pattern to start with because it doesn't involve much cutting.  Jenny at Missouri Star Quilt Company has tons of great video tutorials including 3 variations of the jelly roll race.
freemotion quilting on the longarm
Batik Garden on the longarm
Here you can see the quilting progress while it's on the longarm.
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Freemotion roses, leaves and feathers

Quilting Info

I used Omni thread in light sage on the top and So Fine thread in marco in the bobbin. I was inspired by the allover feathered rose design by Judy Woodworth in her book Freemotion Quilting.  A lot of the prints in the jelly roll were floral so the quilted roses and leaves were a perfect match for my Batik Garden quilt.
Jelly Roll Race Quilt

Quilting on Busy Fabric

I love how it looks on my new sofa.  Note that the quilting doesn't show much because of the busy fabrics, but it adds great texture.  Practicing a new quilting design on busy fabric is a great way to try something new.  If you bobble, it won't show much and you'll still have a lovely finished quilt!
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