Zippity Doo Dah Jelly Roll Happiness

Once upon a time.... I won this jelly roll. Zippity Doo Dah designed by Sandy Gervais.  It was the very First Jelly roll to inhabit my stash.   It was a treasure and so cute all rolled up. I marveled at it for a long time, then one day knowing that there was no going back once it did this ..... I opened it up!

 

Have I told you before that I love red, white and blue ??

YES I do!

Early in the spring....
I came across this site www.jellyrollquilters.com and guess what they were doing, a Jelly Roll mystery quilt.  It was sure to be beautiful they promised so I jumped on the bandwagon.  Soon I had 2 friends who are experienced quilters on the band wagon too.

I know some of you quilters are probably jelly roll pros and use a lot of jelly rolls, but for me when I buy fabric I always buy a little extra.... just in case. With a jelly roll.... there is no extra. I love all the different strips of fabric but you get 40 strips of 2 1/2" wide fabric,  that's it.  I was a little hesitant making the first cut,  but this project was a great confidence booster.

 ( This translates into MORE reasons to buy Jelly rolls !)

 HORRAY for  Me!

In the process of the mystery I discovered.... I am not a mystery girl.   I like to know how it is all going to look in the end. I am definitely a visual person... See it then do it.  I had a hard time deciding what to use for the background fabric. I wondered if I had sorted my strips "correctly".  So long after the mystery was revealed and  my two other quilting friends had their mystery all pieced together and were Glowing that they had accomplished the task at hand..... I started because they kept asking me.... "Have you started yet???"  Now mine is finished sans the borders.  Hopefully that will be added in the next few days .

The strips were separated  into 3 bags for months.

Finally after some serious goal setting and a few deep breaths,  months 2 and 3 of the mystery became touchable blocks.....

 

Once I had these done I was thrilled.

Pretty easy blocks but still thrilled!

Month 4 created more hesitance and a few more deep breaths were needed because I had to cut the strips for this month IN HALF  to  1 1/4 inches .  After I had accomplished those Sweet little 6" Log Cabin blocks.... I was in Love!  This is the first time I have ever done a Log Cabin block.   I was so proud of myself... They turned out perfect and so like a proud momma with a camera I thought they needed their own little .......

        FALL photo shoot.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

zippity DOO DAH !

 

It is all together!

All in it's flimsy glory!

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We had show and tell at our quilt meeting last week.

Here are the quilts of my two quilting friends

Linda used Papillon by Three sisters/ MODA

Jeanine used Lollipop by Sandy Gervais/MODA

They both own long arms.... theirs are all nicely quilted!

 

Thanks for sticking with the proud  momma: )

 

SEW LONG!!!!!

 

Thanks for stopping by.

Say hello down below

pretty please.

It would make my day!

janita

AMERICAN spirit

Forever be True to the RED, WHITE and BLUE.

Welcome to my home!

Red White and Blue

 Spirit In my sewing room.

snuggling cozy with the stars

american spirit .....blessing others

this quilt will be donated

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 Stars and STRIPES forever true to thee.

Blessed be the Brave who fight for these colors.

peaceful spirit

stitching stars

Celebrate!

I finally have some bunting.

RECYCLED American spirit here,

made using some old denim

some old kakai pants

a few old shirts

and some cotton prints.

At home in America.

My flag flys every day.

Why do old buttons create a sweet spirit in me??

Can't live without it spirit........

Make it, Share it and Eat It!

 Strawberry Rhubarb jam we love you!!

Making this is a yearly ritual.

small town spirit

This was Emerson's First year in T-Ball

    and she was cute as can be ....

we were  Impressed by this little American Spirit : )

EMERSON

playing first base

(not playing in the dirt!)

Lets just say that was taking a lot of will power on her part.

the BOLD and Unafraid SPIRIT

You go Girl!!!

This is how she ended the season....

sliding into home plate.

I'll never be an Olympic champion....

but I love my country!

Congratulations to all of the U.S.A.Olympic contenders!

I don't care if you did or didn't get a medal,

if you did we loved watching every moment of it....

if you didn't...you  are still inspiring to me.

Just to get to the Olympics to compete, alone, is amazing.

You have worked very hard

and

you have made us very proud! 

God Bless America, My Home Sweet Home.

Put a star on it!

wishing you a day filled with blessings

janita

ALL FINISHED! Red White And Blue Denim Debut

"Sleeping Under The Stars" 

 Denim Charity Quilt

The top was finished in 2010

Then life took a stroll through many various trails

 of living with a family,

This treasure got folded up

 and laid in a pile somewhere in my sewing room.

  It was enough that the top was complete.

My attention deficit kicked in

and other FUN projects were started,

and in the very back of my mind I knew

 I wanted to tackle quilting this myself .

That took more than an ounce of motivation

 to push the start button and get started.

This is the second quilt that I have quilted

on my little sewing machine.

I am gaining in knowledge ....

 It is not perfection by any means

but perfection is far down the list of what makes a quilt loveable.

Now THE WHOLE QUILT

 is FINISHED!

And now I am going to overload you with pictures

of all of the

denim glory of this finished quilt.

It is a mixture of Denim, cotton, and flannel.

The back is flannel

It does have batting inside.

This quilt started with

The four corner blocks which were orphan blocks

that  needed a home where they could be loved.

My quilt guild sent them home with me and I was told to

"do something with them"

It was a challenge to make myself work with fabric

that I thought was a bit on the "ugly" side.

BUT now

When I look at the whole thing

I LOVE IT!

so here is my baby creation.......

perle cotton stars

blanket stitching around this appliqued square

appliqued stars and a true blue pocket

  anyone remember "MUDD" jeans?

Tied with perle cotton  for a touch of country charm

and a BOO BOO. 

 I marked the cotton blocks with a lead pencil

and then decided I did not want to quilt circles

 in those corner blocks.

The lead pencil  did not wash out  the best.

The fabric color is now faded  in those squares

from scrubbing ....

oopsie.

Cross hatching here

 just because one or two blocks might be a nice touch

and not make me crazy.

Here is one of the "ugly" corner blocks

  now beautified with the added stars.

(I love the skinny bars quilting in the border.)

Quilted stars matches the star blocks on the back.

Back of the quilt

Does anyone in america not love stars and stripes together?

loving .....loving......loving.....

 wondering how am i going to give this away????

stars and stripes

swoon.

pretending it can stay here....

I hope it is loved where ever it finds a home.

I think any child would love it.

I love it.....

and i am making another one for me

(and my grandchildren). 

  YIPPEE!

This quilt does not have a pattern  it was designed by me.

 Quilting was done with my walking foot

because that is all I know how to do. ; )

If you stopped by

I'd love it if you would

say hello down below : )

Hope you are staying cool on this summer day!

happy sewing trails to you!

Janita

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