pieceful kwilter: 'the' 1600 quilt

so have you seen this quilt idea with the video?

lisa called wednesday wanting to know if i wanted to go to her house and try it. *shrug* sure!

here's my jelly roll sewn continiously before the first 'lap'. isn't piled up fabric prettier on hard wood floors? :)

now in the video a lady completes her whole quilt top in 35 minutes. we are absoulety in awe! it took us 35 minutes just to sew the first lap.

so here's the quilts. we opted to add borders...we used the floor of the living room as a design wall and ran up the stairs to the landing to audition border fabrics and colors...

lisa's

she cut all her strips in half (22inches long, trimmed 8" from the beginning) then sewed straight across the ends.

kathy's

she grouped similar fabrics together and mitered her strips as per the instructions. you can barely see some of her joining seams.

phylis's

she joined her strips straight.

and mine

i did the same as phylis. i sewed my strips together straight across the ends (after i removed the selvage of course).

and mine with borders. it finished at 86" x 88"...i decided to cut the outer border really wide (10" finished) to take full advantage of it's print.

it was a fun filled day!! we laughed, ate, sewed, and ate some more :) it's always nice to meet new people and try something different...we've already decided to have a UFO sew day...

and i am totally in love with chocolate teddy grahams

18 comments:

BarbMarch 06, 2011
Oh....I really need to do this...so fun and turns out so nicely.
Needled MomMarch 06, 2011
I loved this video. The quilt tops look awesome.
Bec ClarkeMarch 06, 2011
I LOVE IT thank you so much, I am off to watch the video.
JessicaMarch 06, 2011
I love your border fabric! and george loves chocolate teddy grahams too~
KatrinaMarch 06, 2011
Thank you for posting that link! It looks like so much fun!
DebbieMarch 06, 2011
Love this! I'm sharing it with my quilt babe pals!
KathySatheMarch 07, 2011
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DianeMarch 07, 2011
oh to much fun---love them all. I'm going to have to try this w/friends too one of these days soon!
BeckyMarch 07, 2011
I saw that video yesterday and was intrigued so I started one. I'm glad that you showed the straight strips instead of the mitered. I wondered what that would look like. I'm trying to miter and it's quite challenging for me for some reason. Thanks for sharing.
RoseMarch 07, 2011
Wow Shannon, why didn't I think of this?Now I can make more charity quilts from all of my leftovers and make them in a flash. Thanks. Trust that you are doing well, let me hear from you. Rose :-)
SaskaMarch 07, 2011
I've seen this and wondered how easy it is to keep the long strip from twisting when you first sew it together?
I even thought about different sizes (width) of fabric to get rid of a bunch of stash instead of buying a jelly roll.
Glad you showed this. Maybe my NEXT project...maybe.
shannonMarch 07, 2011
the whole twisting thing can be avoided if you take the time to 'untwist' the long strip before you start sewing...i didn't the first time, but quickly learned that lesson :) it makes it easier to feed into the machine and easier to sew...i feel that should of been noted in the orginal instructions....

but then what use would i be? :)
Lisa EMarch 07, 2011
what a fun project! I love how they all turned out differently!
Quilter KathyMarch 08, 2011
What a great post! I have purchased fabrics to make one of these quilts for my niece but haven't cut the strips yet. Thanks for the inspiration to get going on that quilt!
Gari in ALMarch 08, 2011
I watched that video last week and have been looking at "on sale" jelly rolls so I can try it. This would make a great charity quilt for kids.
LaurieMay 16, 2011
I am so confused how yall are sewing this together! Ive been sewing for about 7 years but for some reason this isnt clicking in my brain! Can you send me a link for more written instructions? I LOVE IT and want to make some!!! Thank you Laurie
AnonymousAugust 06, 2011
Saw this demoed recently at a shop hop, my quilting buddies were quite intrigued. Why buy jelly rolls? For years I've been cutting my scrap fabric into 2-1/2" strips hoping to be able to use them for binding, etc, some day. Now they have a purpose!!
AnonymousJanuary 26, 2012
thank you for the blunt edges and shorter pieces photos, I really like that. I now have strips for 2 1/2 quilts cut out! I will sew this weekend with friends.

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