Jelly Roll Quilts

 I have caught the "Jelly Roll" Quilt bug........

Need to quilt it and put it on the shelf so it's ready for a quick gift.

Lazy Sunday Mystery-a Bonnie Hunter Mystery

 Bonnie Hunter is 'doing' a mystery called "Lazy Sunday" in the 2013 issues of Quiltmaker.

I have chosen not to make mine scrappy since I need to use some small yardages in my stash.

My fabrics:                            

Sixty-eight 4 patches:

 




Two hundred forty-two half square triangle:

   

Now, I have to wait until May/June issue to continue.......

  

A New Quilt Is Born.......

An on-line group I belong to decided to do a Mystery Quilt the past few weeks. I seldom do mysteries because it seems my fabric choices are usually so far off that I never finish them!!! But, with the encouragement of the gals, I jumped.......

My fabric selection:

My finished top:

Hearts for Hope

"Mom, do you have a quilt we could donate to the "Hearts For Hope" auction????"

Here is the quilt that went---

!Insights From SewCalGal: 2013 Golden Quilter Awards - Voting

!Insights From SewCalGal: 2013 Golden Quilter Awards - Voting: Quilters from all over the world were  invited to recognize those in the quilting business by nominating them for 12 categories of Gold...

"Lined Travel Bag"

Another bag, but this time it goes into my suitcase!!! Two fat quarters of fabric and I have a neat bag that holds all my personal bathroom supplies!! And so fun and fast to make!  I found the instructions here:
 http://beeinmybonnetco.blogspot.com/2012/03/lined-travel-bag-tutorial.html

I am sure I will be making more of these in the future!!

A sofa throw with a matching set of coasters. The quilt is the finished product of the Mary Mayhem's New Year's Mystery which I posted earlier.

This is going out the door this week to Samantha for her new apartment.

A New Bag

Saw this bag made up at a local quilt shop a few weeks ago. It is an "Indygo Junction" pattern. It's made out of strips, so I dug into the "strip drawer" and came up with these nine "Springy" strips.  I also used sewn together strips to make the handles. Now if the weather would let SPRING arrive...............

inside with pockets 

outside 
 

Holiday Weekend...

...equals quilting/sewing time!!! My plans for the 3-day weekend got changed due to family and cold/wind/snow!!!

What a better way to pass the time than to play in the studio?

Miscellaneous blocks made today:

 

and then I took some "rabbit/bunny" fat quarters and "stripped" them. Sewed them into yard lengths and made a "Jelly Roll" quilt. Hope to get this quilted in the next week or so.....

So, am I caught up? Nope
Is my studio a mess again? Yep
More later...............




Irene

Busy, busy, busy.....

,,,not only did I finish up my "Easy Street" mystery top, I also made Merry Mayhem's New Year's Day Mystery!

 "A Modern Twist."

I need to quilt this and get it mailed along with a set of 4 coasters!  

Still Rockin' Down "Easy Street"

I still haven't got all the "parts" into a top, but am making progress! I need to make the "B" blocks and I can "set" this quilt!  I am very proud of myself that I've stuck with this!!! If you know me, you know that "scrappy" is very very very hard for me to do!!! I would love to make this pattern again but not scrappy...and that may happen down the road!  Have to finish up this one first!

A sample of by quilt so far:

I will come back to this post and update as I make progress..so stay tuned!!

I have finished piecing "Easy Street." It has the backing with it and ready to mail to my machine quilter...

Couldn't get the whole top into the picture, so here is part of it:

I added a narrow purple batik border then a wider turquoise one. The backing is a black on white fabric and I put some lime green fabric in my "don't use, I'm for bindings" box.