Jelly Slice Quilt with the Fat Quarter Shop

I love Fat Quarter Shop's Shortcut Quilt patterns and am so excited to show you my version of their shortcut pattern called Jelly Slice!  I had so much fun making their Layers of Charm quilt last year, so when I got an e-mail earlier this year asking if I wanted to take part in the launch of a new Fat Quarter Shop pattern I did not hesitate in sending back a big "yes, please"!  

The Fat Quarter Shop's Jelly Slice pattern is completely free and, you can download the PDF pattern here and watch the video tutorial here.  The lap size (which I made) uses one jelly roll and some background yardage to make a nice 57.5 x 57.5" lap sized quilt.  The pattern includes instructions for baby, lap, twin, and queen sizes and is very easy and precut friendly.

I chose to make my version using a Hello Darling jelly roll from Bonnie and Camille (one of my favorite designers).  My first instinct was to pair the jelly roll with a white fabric background, but I thought that a light pink would actually stand out well against some of the lighter prints which are mostly white.  (I have paired Hello Darling with a navy blue in my Cake Slices quilt which also worked really well, you can see here). 

I love having the color cards of solid fabrics for most of the major manufacturers as it makes selecting a solid so much easier.  I found the perfect light pink, Bella Solids in Baby Pink by Moda Fabrics.

The quilt came together very quickly and soon it was time to quilt.  Using the rows of piecing as a guide (no marking, yippee), I quilted loops in each row (that sort of looked like an entire row of cursive l's).  The loops are a quick quilting pattern and give great texture to the quilt.  I was so happy to find that I already had the exact Auriful thread match to the pink background, color 2410 in 50 wt. 

I used all of my machine binding practice from charity quilts to machine bind this quilt and I am very happy with the way it turned out. (I used the pink Auriful thread in the top and red Aurifil thread in the bobbin so that the stitching on the back of the binding would match well).  For the backing I used a piece of Lucy's Crab Shack by Sweetwater I have had forever.

This was a fun and easy quilt to make.  I really liked the pattern that emerges with the blocks come together.  Here are all of the links again:

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOIuFJrIkQU

FREE Pattern: http://static.fatquartershop.com/media/wysiwyg/pdf/JellyRollSlice-CompletePattern.pdf

Quilt Kit: http://www.fatquartershop.com/jelly-roll-slice-quilt-kit

Fabric: http://www.fatquartershop.com/moda-fabric/vintage-picnic-bonnie-and-camille-moda-fabrics/

And here are all of the bloggers taking part in the Jelly Slice launch party:

Taunja of Carried Away Quilting
Cheryl of Meadow Mist Designs  <-- that's me :)
Terri Ann of Childlike Fascination
Eileen of Eileen in Stitches
Cristy of Love You Sew
Hayley of Moobird Stitches
Shelley of The Carpenter's Daughter Who Quilts
Kathryn of Kathryn Jones Quilts

To celebrate the launch of this new pattern, the Fat Quarter Shop will be having a 15% off Jelly Roll sale starting on Monday 22nd and there is no coupon code necessary. (sale lasts until Sunday the 28th)

I am linking up to Let's Bee Social @ Sew Fresh Quilts, Needle and Thread Thursday @ My Quilt Infatuation, Whoop Whoop Friday @ Confessions of a Fabric Addict, Thank Goodness Its Finished Friday, Finish It Up Friday @ Crazy Mom Quilts, Fabric Frenzy Friday @ Fort Worth Fabrics Studio.