Quilt 115: B&W Jelly Roll Squares 'n Scraps - DONE!

I've had a black and white jelly roll in my stash for several months now.  I kept looking at it feeling, well, uninspired.  But I finally pulled it out and grabbed some solid red scraps and black-and-white scraps from Quilt 104 (the backing).

I used the jelly roll strips to create alternating dark and light "frames", and here's the finished quilt.

55" x 67" - quilted on the Bernina Q-Matic ("Panto_Square Meander" stitch design, end-to-end) - cotton batting

It was a pretty simple and fast quilt to make.

Here's a closeup of one of the squares showing the "lovelovelove" print in the center of the frames.  It's that print I used for the backing of quilt 104.

Spotlight had a sale on quilt fabric, so I grabbed a print to back the quilt with:

And below is a closeup of the print.  Very VERY busy, but attractive.  I used it for the binding as well.

I quilted it with white thread and used the same "loop-d-loop with squares" quilt pattern that I used on Quilt 114.  The white thread pretty much fades into the quilt (except in the red blocks and borders) - which is what I wanted with this quilt.  If the thread was more visible, it would make the quilt too "busy".

Quilt 114: Peach Rainbow Jelly Roll Race - DONE!

Time for another "Jelly Roll Race" quilt!

Here's the jelly roll pack that I started with (photo didn't come out well, colour-wise.

And here's the finished quilt!  It never fails to surprise me that these quilts come out as large as they do, especially given the fact that the jelly roll packs just don't look to me like there's that much fabric in them.

49" x 64" - quilted on the Bernina Q-Matic ("PRPANTO131" stitch design, end-to-end) - cotton batting

 Here's a photo of the backing so you can see the stitch design:

It's a nice design, not quite as dense as some of the others.

I've got this jelly roll race thing down pat.  The one thing that bothers me with this kind of quilt is that it's really easy to accidentally get the seams unraveling a little after you cut the strips down.  Next time I make one of these, I'm going to try doing it with a much smaller stitch length.  That should help prevent unraveling.

Quilt 113: "Nana Mae II" EZ On-Point - DONE!

Another charm square quilt - and this one is an on-point design that is so easy it makes me laugh!

I started with 2 charm square packs.  This pack is from Henry Glass & Co. - a set they call "Nana Mae II".  It's all soft pastel prints, flowers and baby animals.

First, I sewed the squares into a rectangle, 6 squares down and 12 across.

Next I cut the rectangle as shown with the red lines below: - I end up with a large triangle (the center) and 2 smaller triangles from either side.

It's fairly easy to keep straight - you just cut through each square diagonnaly, from point to point.

 Then join the 2 smaller triangles as shown below, making a larger triangle

 And finally sew the 2 triangles together, resulting in an on-point top!

I added a solid lavender border and bound it with some pale yellow scraps I had from another project.

46" x 46"- quilted on the Bernina Q-matic longarm ("PRPANTO131" stitch design, end-to-end) - cotton batting

Here's a closeup of the flowery stitch pattern I selected.  I opted for a very light grey thread, which pretty much disappears into the quilt.

 And here's the backing:

I love the on-point design and will probably make a few more of these.  Fast, easy, and loads of fun!

Quilt 112: "Baby Koala" Panel Quilt - DONE!

Now that I've worked out how to use the Q-Matic for end-to-end "pantograph" quilting, I'm really having a ball - and getting quilts done faster and faster!

I found an adorable Koala panel online a few months ago - and ordered it and a coordinating print (blue, green and grey leaves) for a border.  Adding a little bright solid green from my stash of leftover fabrics ersulted in a quilt that took very little time to put together.

I decided to experiment with the quilt design on this one, and chose "Panto_Square Meander" from the library of end-to-end designs in the Q-Matic.  Here's a photo taken just after I started stitching. As you can see, it's much like my free-motion "loop-d-loops", but with squares instead of circles.

I selected grey thread in the same shade as the koalas - so that the stithcing over the koalas fades back a bit.  I'm very pleased with the results!

 And here's the finished quilt!

40" x 56" - quilted on the Bernina Q-matic longarm ("Panto_Square Meander" stitch design, end-to-end) - cotton batting

The back is solid green - and here the stitching really shows up.  I love the effect!

I'm getting quite a bit more comfortable with the Q-Matic now, and have managed to figure out how to handle it when the top thread breaks and when the bobbin runs out, which happened a couple of times on this project.

What I don't know how to do is: restart quilting after shutting the machine off halfway through.  I'm sure it's just a matter of saving the design in the computer properly, but I won't be attempting it on any projects until I've successfully done it with some practice scraps.