Showing posts with label jelly roll. Show all posts
Showing posts with label jelly roll. Show all posts

Friday, 25 January 2013

Take a jelly roll....

My first finish of 2013 was actually started and finished in just over a day this week!

It is the first demonstration quilt for my class tomorrow - I am slowly getting the supplies organised and boxed up...

Anyway here is the finished front:

Jelly Roll 1 Front
Yes, we still have snow!

It is simply made by piecing the jelly roll strips together in a haphazard way... I just plucked them out of the pile and sewed them, trying to to get the same colours next to each other!

I love this design, Mama Said Sew from Sweetwater... in fact I am kinda in love with all their designs! 

The backing is from my stash and is Hometown by Sweetwater (seeing a theme building here??), which I have held onto for ages, but I am so glad I did!

The back

The text in the Sweetwater is always so lovely, so many things catch you eye each time you look at it!

Text and spots back

I have never used patterned fabric for a backing and I love the way it compliments the front. I quilted it using a walking foot and some Aurifil red thread, just simply lines that follow the seams of the jelly roll!


Back and Front

Another first is using the jelly roll as binding so the binding changes as it works it's way around the quilt!


Binding made up of different strips

The whole process has confirmed that I love text! Can't wait for my swap FQ from the text swap I blogged about!

Best get on with planning and packing up!



Tuesday, 22 January 2013

Support your Local Shop

This week on a lot of the blogs that I read I noticed that there is day dedicated to visiting your local quilt shop.

I haven't seen anyone in the UK posting about their local shop, but I thought I would!

My favourite local shop in Country Threads in Bath.


Bath is the most beautiful city I have ever visited, so many gorgeous buildings and things to see. Plus I am a Jane Austen fan, so I have been drawn to the city for years - even though she actually hated the place!

Country Threads is a treasure trove of fabrics tucked away in one of the little streets, and when I mean treasure trove I mean a quilter paradise!



Jan has a serious amount of gorgeous fabrics tucked away in an amazing, bright and huge room hidden in the back of the building!

Can you tell it is my favourite place?

Last week when I had my panic about the course this Saturday, I planned on visiting Jan on Saturday to get a jelly roll - any excuse to visit! But snow and sick children put my plans on hold!

Luckily Jan has a wonderful online shop, and she ships the same day! So my jelly roll arrived safe and sound yesterday so I could get working on my demo quilt for Saturday:


What more can a girl ask for?


The quilt is being quilted and I am not showing you any more until I have finished it!

So if you are in Bath for a day out make sure you visit Jan and check out her fabulous range of fabrics!

Address: Country Threads, 2 Pierrepont Place, Bath, BA1 1JX - see even the name of the street is fabulous!

How about your local shop?

Why not write a blog post and link up here to and help promote your local quilt shop?

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