easy quilt.

this is going to be my first ever tutorial, except it is only about halfway done, but the rest of it is easy enough to figure out.

through pinterest.com i found this super awesome quilt. my only problem with it is that it calls for 2 jelly rolls. with a single jelly roll costing about $35 there was no way i would be able to make this quilt happen. so i finagled and came up with a plan B: a quilt that looks almost exactly like this, but only uses 1 jelly roll.

Cheaper Jelly Roll quilt:

1 Moda Jelly Roll
2 yards cotton batting
2 yards muslin/cotton of choice (goes under the jelly roll strips, above the batting)
2 yards flannel
lots of thread, bias for binding the edges

start with your jelly roll, and arrange about ten of the strips in an order you like. i did no pattern, just sort of random. and doing only ten at a time freed up work space, and chances of my dog getting the fabric all dirty. i went from selvage to selvage, trimming will take places later.

pin the edges of two strips WRONG SIDES together so that when they are sewn you will be adding two frontward facing pieces and frayed edges will be on the Right Side

sew with 1/4 inch seam using a small straight stitch.

repeat until you have used up as much of the jelly roll as you want/can. i have about six strips left over because they are all greens.

this is my quilt, halfway done. the next steps i haven't even done myself yet, but they will be SO easy.

layer the strips sewn together, the muslin, batting, and flannel. the strips sewn together and flannel should both be Right Sides outward. pin all the layers together using safety pins or straight pins. (i prefer safety pins because this will take me a few days to complete and i want to be confident that my quilt will not shift) sew a straight line down each jelly roll strip to quilt all four layers together. be sure that all the layers are straight together, when finished, this will be the length and width of your quilt so you want to be sure that you don't have to cut off too much to be sure that the layers are even.

bind the edges using bias or whatever you prefer. throw in the washer, snip off loose threads, dry. and love that you made your very first real quilt!

a blog full of neglect

dear blog, i'm really sorry that i have been neglecting to update you. it just has been really hard to keep up with you compared to classes, babysitting, sleeping, and crocheting 2530834906 scarves. but i promise that i am going to try to start doing better.

i currently am making and selling hand crocheted scarves for 10$ each. they have been selling like hot cakes. seriously. my arms ache some days from crocheting so much. i've made and sold 9 so far, and i have orders for another 7 confirmed with others interested. yikes. i also have about r03295 baby blankets to make. and i want to make a quilt out of a Moda Jelly Roll for myself. i already have all the supplies excluding 400 spools of thread and bias tape.

the baby blankets will be fairly simple considering JoAnn's is having a 50% off sale on all their sale fabrics so i picked up some awesome flannel for 1$ and i am planning on going back and picking up some more to work on other baby blankets. boys are hard to make blankets for.