I am so excited to start this Double Wedding Ring quilt I can hardly stand it! It's so enticing to start...but I know I need to wait just a little bit more, before I immerse myself head first and spend endless hours on it. Thanks to all the great input on my last post, I was reassured that navy would be a good pick for the "Cameo" jelly roll.
I called the jelly roll fabric the "Lark" line in my last post. It's "Cameo" by Amy Butler. Baby's fault.
I decided to add a few solids and take out a couple of the navy prints, to keep the contrast. Yellow and white for the 1/2 square triangles. I hope this is everything I envision...Oh I hope...I hope!! FYI, this pattern will be jelly roll friendly and you will need 40 jelly roll strips. So if you have a fantastic jelly roll you've been saving for something special...you may want to hold on to it for a Double Wedding Ring quilt someday. ;o)
Thinking of what to make the girls for Christmas, I came across these fat quarters the girls picked out sometime ago.
I want to make them a soft and cuddly, girly lap quilt. I'll use wool batting (excellent choice for a snugly blanket) and minke or fleece for the backing material. I'm going to try to keep this a secret. Better get it done before Christmas Break then!
Finally, going to start quilting some customer quilts today. Loaded and ready to go! I'm doing a pantograph, working from the back of the machine and have 2 more to go after this. All poly quilts with double batting (customers pick)....Can you say warm!
~Jenny~
7 comments:
I wanted to use fleece on the back of a quilt I am doing. Is it hard to use on the long arm? Also where do you get your wool batting from? I have never used that before.
I can't wait for the double wedding ring quilt. I have a jelly roll coming to me from Stash! Yay! I will wait patiently.
Is that a coffee filter on the top of your machine? Tell me more...
OMG that DWR is going to be freakin' awesooooommmmme! Can't wait! One of my all-time fave patterns! Looks like you've tweaked it for use with your ruler?!!! Yay!
I'm so glad you've decided to go with the navy! I tend to go with the darker, more dramatic backgrounds. I have a couple of jelly rolls that have been decorating a shelf in my sewing room, so I may just join you!
After seeing your DWR block and loving it, I decided to give one a try this weekend. After all my trials and errors, all I can say is that I really admire your talents in making patterns!!! My DWR did come together but figuring out the dimensions was a different story!! I'm soooo anxious for your DWR pattern to come out so that I can actually follow GOOD instructions from a PRO :-) You are just awesome!
www.kmquiltingsupply.net has wool batting.
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