Quilts by Julie Ramsey
jelly roll
Scrappy trails
May 19th
I finished my “Love U” “Scrappy Trails” quilt top this afternoon, after having the blocks sit around for a few days. The quilt is supposed to be one row longer, but I mysteriously (?) ended up half a block short on fabric. I like it just fine as a square, though, even if it’s a bit on the small side.
I’ve never worked with a “jelly roll” before (a bundle of 2.5″ x 44″ strips in about 40 different prints), but I’ve decided that I’m now addicted to them. The cuts are accurate, the strips are straight, and all of my blocks’ seams lined up perfectly, what more could a quilter ask for? (Besides a longarm machine and room to use it, but that’s another thing!)
Rail-fence bricks
Feb 14th
A friend posted this dog-bed on Facebook a few days ago, and I really like the design. I think this would work up very quickly using a jelly roll, and I just happen to have a jelly roll of blue, green, and purple batiks sitting on a shelf in my sewing room.
Just what I need, more projects down the pipeline!
To-do
Jan 10th
Now that I’m almost finished with the Tennessee Waltz quilt, it’s time to get a new project or two started up.
The first is a pattern using charm squares I bought from Connecting Threads using their “Impressions of Kyoto” line. I haven’t gotten it put into Electric Quilt yet, but I’ll be taking “in progress” pictures soon.
The second project is a bit more ambiguous, as I don’t have a pattern yet. I spent an hour and a half wandering around the fabric store without any sort of inspiration, until I discovered a few “jelly rolls”* sitting around in a hidden corner of the store. The set is made up of assorted blue and green batik fabrics, so I figure I’ll do something scrappy with them, probably along these lines:
I haven’t seen a whole lot of good jelly roll patterns on the Internet, so I imagine I’ll write up a step-by-step tutorial for this one as I work my way along the pattern.
As I mentioned in my last post, I’m newly unemployed, so I’ve got a lot of spare time for sewing (when I’m not busy updating my resumé and searching for leads). I haven’t had a lot of time for quilting as of late since I’ve been busy with life in World of Warcraft, but now I’ll have plenty of time to catch up on the projects I’ve been hoping to start for a while.
