Fat Quarter Shop has a wonderful series on their Jolly Jabber blog called Shortcut Quilts - patterns that use pre-cuts and produce fun quilts that go together quickly. They asked me to participate in their new Jelly Belly Bar quilt - free pattern and tutorials are available!
I love fun quick projects so I promptly ordered my fabric - choosing this wonderful Jolly Bar Walkabout by Sherri & Chelsi. Jolly Bars are a pre-cut rectangles which are 10'' x 5''.
The block itself is simple and consists of a rectangle surrounded by four fabric strips. The pattern suggests the rectangle come from the Jolly Bar and the fabric strips from a Jelly Roll.
I had some fabric from the same designer in my stash plus some leftover geese from another project so I decided to frame my blocks with strips cut from the Jolly Bar (and my stash) and then fill the block centers with geese.
Why geese? Mainly because I love geese and I can never resist customizing a pattern a bit.
The geese fly across the quilt in different directions. I chose a meander loop design for my quilting - this is really my fall back FMQ motif. I enjoy it and it is very forgiving!
The binding is a combination of a green solid plus one strip of a green print.
The quilt finishes 42'' square - all ready to be gifted to a baby!
This quilt is my 2nd finish for 2020! Make one yourself - see the tutorial! Want to add some geese - here is the geese math!
Have a wonderful day! Patty
