Yesterday I decided to jump on the jelly roll race band wagon! I knew I didn’t want to use my brand new jelly roll from Keepsake just yet so I went to Walmart just to see if they had anything that was decent looking and inexpensive and they did! They have a new line of precuts and the jelly rolls are called Slices. They come 24 in a pack for $11. Since there were 24 strips and not 35 or 40, I knew my quilt would come out smaller than most but I’ll add a border and build it up.

Pretty right?

I undid the roll and started sewing strips together on the diagonal (binding style). I ended up with a large pile on the floor but it was fun to look at! Stitching the strips together took one hour.

Next I had fun laying out the strips end to end across my bedroom and into the hallway. Here is the picture from the second time out of four that I had to lay them out and pin them…my back wasn’t all that happy during those steps…

And back and forth from the floor to the machine. It was completely mindless and I really needed that after the apple core quilt!

My kids were fairly intrigued at this point trying to figure out what the heck I was doing! And here is the jelly roll race quilt…3 hours later! Not too bad!

Today I’m hoping to get to Joann’s to pick up backing fabric for both the apple core and this jelly roll. I also need a border fabric for the race quilt. I’m thinking a 3″ border all around will bring the size up nicely.

The girls and I are having lunch with a childhood friend of mine and her daughters…should be a fun lunch with lots of catching up and 5 lovely young ladies!!!

Don’t forget to watch Episode 9 of Quilt Cabana Corner on Youtube under Quilt Cabana.
Sandi