With vacation traveling and trips to the GP House, I was resigned to having only one finish for September which was the Scrapffiti Quilt finished earlier in the month. When I was home finally on the 26th and had a few days before leaving again for the GP House, I saw on the Fat Quarter Shop Facebook page, a simple rail fence quilt made to celebrate National Sew a Jelly Row Quilt Day. I figured this would be a surprise quick make and knew I had the perfect jelly roll and background sitting in my stash for way too long.
Way too long as in seven years + and I know this because my then six-month darling Granddaughter took a photo with it and other jelly rolls when she visited me during the week of National Sew A Jelly Day. She is now 7.5 years old, so this was another impetus for me to finally make something with the jelly roll.
The Farmhouse Jelly Roll is on the right of the photo with the darling Granddaughter and was design by Fig Tree & Co. When I purchased this jelly roll, I also purchased a yard of the text print which I used for sashing. The black and white gingham print is from Moda’s Essential Line and was used for the cornerstones and binding.
The flimsy was a fast make with the 10” rail blocks and only twenty strips were used. I removed any black prints and some of the ditsy print. The Farmhouse BBB measures 46”x58” which is a nice size to keep the lap warm.
I knew this could be a quick make if I backed the flimsy with a piece of plush fabric and I had the perfect size and color which was a leftover in my stash, but not for seven years, maybe five. I did simple grid and diagonal machine quilting in a polyester lime green thread.
The Farmhouse Baby Boomer Blankie was the first surprise make for September (you can see the second surprise quilt Here.) I didn’t want to Post until we were at the GP House so that I can take a photo of the darling Granddaughter with the finished blankie so I could do a collage with her as a baby holding the jelly roll and finally after seven years which went by too fast, holding the finished quilt. She was quite co-operative with taking photos and I hope she doesn’t think it’s for her. I’m still deciding who I will be gifting this to and one of the possible recipients just so happens to live in a farmhouse.
