KK's Jelly Roll Quilt

A few posts back I showed you my braid quilt made out of a jelly roll. I made most of my quilt during a "quilting day" with my aunt, KK. She got most of hers done that day too. She sent me a picture of her completed top last week that she just finished. Isn't it wonderful? It has this calming, tranquil feeling to it that makes you just want to cuddle up under it.

It's completely different than most of the quilts we've made. We have a very similar quilting style. We both tend to gravitate towards the more modern, funky fabrics and colors.

On another note, I'm excited that Jim Rice got voted into the hall of fame today. As a die-hard Red Sox fan my entire life, this made me very happy. Congrats Jim! (like he reads this blog...)

Jelly Roll Quilt

My aunt KK and I decided that we have always wanted to try a jelly roll quilt sometime.  We ended up getting several jelly rolls for Christmas and decided to get together for a day and make a quilt using one.  

Corey got me this really cute jelly roll for Christmas in pinks and purples (pictured below - image from QuiltersWay.biz) that I decided to use.  I also had a cute pattern that I got from Quilters Way in Concord.  

We decided to get together yesterday to make a quilt using our jelly rolls.  I used a braid pattern I had from Quilters Way in Concord, MA they made especially for jelly rolls.  It was a lot of fun working on it.  The initial cutting took a while, which was surprising since they were already cut into 2 1/2 inch strips.  I had to cut all 40 of the strips into six or seven 6"x 2 1/2" pieces.  At lease once I did all that cutting I didn't have to do any more cutting until all of the braids were made.  You can see the beginning steps of the quilt below.  I have to add sashing in between each braid, the inner border, and the outer border.  I'm debating between purple or pink for the border color.  We'll see what I decide to do.