Same Pattern, Different Jelly Roll Race Quilts

Army Green

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.

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. 

Quilting Detail

Back of Army Green Quilt

I just love the batik leaves fabric I found for the backing; it's perfect.

About Pink Lemonade

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!

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.

Bullseye and Paisley Quilting

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!