Thank you to Viridian for the inspiration for the "Sew a Jelly Roll Day" project. I had been trying to decide on a project because I wanted to sew along on Saturday just for fun. Viridian shared the link to a free pattern from Moda called Contessa and it's just PERFECT to use for a quick jelly roll project. Plus I realized I already had the pattern printed out and in my binder of "some day" projects.
https://viridian61.blogspot.com/2025/09/contessa-pattern-again-in-30s-repro.html
Some prep work happened on Friday. The pattern calls for 7 strip sets of 5 WOF strips, so I sorted the jelly roll into groups to be ready for Saturday sewing.
My jelly roll is Java Batik, and has a rich mix of browns. It has been sitting in my stash for awhile. My first plan was to use a Christmas jelly roll, but I think this one was a much better choice for this particular quilt.
Sew a Jelly Roll Day was chilly and damp, so it was an easy decision to stay in my sewing room a good share of the day. Saturday morning, the 7 strip sets came together quickly. In the afternoon I got all 42 blocks finished with the cream batik side rails. These blocks will finish at 10". Today I'm planning to work on assembling some rows.
5 comments:
I loved hers too! And I like your choice of batiks for it also. I have been thinking I would like to do something like this(some day).
You picked a good jelly roll for that pattern. You made good progress. Hopefully you'll have a finished quilt top by the end of the weekend.
Oh this one will be very pretty!
Beautiful rich colors!!! Nice accomplishment!
Oh yes, Sara. Your batik browns are much lovlier than my Safari 2 quilt.
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