Plus a Nine Patch Quilt

 Today I'm sharing another jelly roll quilt. I'm tickled to be making a dent in these and finally finishing  some quilts that have been UFOs for a while. I saw a picture online for this quilt called Egg Hunt, from the Fat Quarter Shop. It was just a picture and searching for it now, the only reference I am able to find is a post that leads to Facebook for a kit that is no longer available. 

I had this Little Ruby Jelly Roll 

and in an effort to turn my Jelly Rolls into quilts, I settled on 2 alternate blocks. I didn't use a pattern. I just alternated a 9-patch with a plus block, using the picture of the Egg Hunt quilt as my inspiration. 

I pulled the Riley Blake Swiss Dot fabric from my stash for the background. I pieced this quilt way back in May 2019 and finally handed it off to Jackie when I found this backing on clearance. Sandy quilted a design called Flower Trails across it, but it's a little hard to see - this shot probably shows the design better than others

I pulled this print from my stash for the binding

At 72 x 77, it will make a good cuddle quilt. 

The combination of 2 simple blocks made a darling quilt and those Jelly Rolls are thrilled to be living their best life! 😉

A New Project

Last week I started a new project. I didn't NEED a new project. I have a long list of quilts I want to make and more project boxes than I am willing to admit to. And this project is not even on the list. Although technically, using my collection of jelly rolls is a goal. Why is it so hard to unroll a jelly roll? For me, I think it's just a case of finding the right project because when I saw this quilt

I grabbed this jelly roll

I searched for a pattern, but came up empty handed so I just did some figuring, cut those strips up, added a background fabric from my stash,

 and started making blocks

I didn't know how many I was going to make - I just figured I'd sew until I ran out of fabric so we'll see where that takes me, but for now, the stitching continues

Bunny Hop Baby Quilt and Book Question Answered

*In my previous post, I had a question in a comment from an anonymous reader. I thought I'd answer her question here since I didn't have any contact information. She asked where I stored all of our books. Bookshelves. Many bookshelves. There is one in every room. Each bedroom (3) has one - plus a 5' x 6' bookshelf in the office. There are two in the living room and one in the hallway. Oh, and one in the mud-room-entryway-laundry room for cookbooks. :) Then there are 4 BIG plastic bins stashed in a couple of closets with books from when the chiddlers were young. We are definitely a family of devoted readers.

As for today...I have a finished quilt to share.

Through the years I've collected quite a few jelly rolls on sale and although I don't buy them anymore and haven't for a few years, and they do look cute hanging around, they are even cuter in a quilt.

                                     

I needed another baby quilt for a little girl and since this pattern was on hand

                                    

and I had this jelly roll

                             

Combined with this Sizzix die:

It just felt like a good fit:

                              

We have an abundance of rabbits around here. At  any given time, you can walk outside and see 25 bunnies scampering about. We have both jack rabbits and cotton tails.

Just over 3 years ago, DH noticed this bald faced bunny hanging around:

We've never seen one like this and the other day we saw him again. Wild bunnies have a pretty short lifespan around here, but our little furry friend must be pretty clever as he's either beaten the odds, or has passed on his sweet markings to his offspring.

These soft colors made a sweet quilt and I like these bunnies a lot. I think they'd be cute in any fabric
I backed it with a pink and brown swirl print from the line as I wanted to use it up and I used a brown for the binding.

Jackie's daughter is a teacher and she moonlights as a Jackie's sidekick at night. She quilted a swirl across the bricks and added a little bit of custom quilting around the bunnies that set them off so nicely and gave them some added movement. They really look like they're hopping across the quilt. Result: One sweet quilt that measures 41" x 44"

Finding anything green around here these days is close to impossible and pretty outdoor photos were just not in the cards on the ranch so I cheated and took photos at a park in town where they have this stuff called grass...and it's green:

 We are in desperate need of rain. Two days ago we had 1/2" of rain here at the house, but 1.3" east of the house and it filled up dirt tanks. Yay! Until then, we've  had 0.2" since the first week of October. My Vinca Major is about the only thing that seems to thrive and apparently bunnies don't like it or it too would be gone, but rest assured, you will, more often than not, find a hound dog or cat carving out a cool spot:

                       

So  I popped into this park for 5 minutes because this sweet little quilt deserves a pretty backdrop

And a little shady spot to escape the brutal summer heat:

On to the next jelly roll!