There’s a lot of movement as this block spins!  But in reality, the roll is represented by just 4 interlocking J shapes!  Add the little tag inked (with your Micron Pigma Marker) with the words Jelly Roll (Don’t forget to ink the string too!) and you are done!  This is a fun addition to our Quilter’s Alphabet Quilt Block of the Week!

If you need any previous Quilter’s Alphabet patterns, check the archives.  And browse around the whole site for lots of other free patterns.  We are also working on the Spring Medallion, a series of Doll Quilts and lots of swap patterns!

Here is the QA Jelly Roll PDF:

Quilters Alphabet Quilt 20 Jelly Roll

*A Jelly Roll is a pre-cut  collection of 40 total  2 1/2″ strips cut from the width of the fabric (Selvedge to Selvedge) though sometimes there are fewer strips and sometimes more.  Check the tag! On occasion the strips are all different and sometimes there are repeats.

Don’t forget… There will be another block posted next week!

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This is my Tuesday Morning purchase… And yes, I did leave some behind!
But let’s talk Jelly Roll quilts in class this week. Bring in your Jelly Roll quilts for Show and Tell. Spread the word! Thanks!
For those of you outside SoCal (or even in SoCal), I do have some Jelly Roll patterns (Birds In The Beanstalk, Boca Blessings, Staycation and Cruisin’ Along) on my Etsy site. You can use them with Jelly Rolls from Tuesday Morning or anywhere else. Check them out!
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This pattern really provides Instant Gratification! It comes with the piecing pattern for the super easy background blocks and the fish applique (These fish have been to quilt class and have the patches to prove it!)

And there are so many more possibilities! Don’t want fish? Add your own applique. I’ve made this pattern with large Autumn Leaves, Spring Flowers, Snowmen and there’s another applique choice below… This is a wonderful pattern to use with your own bold, large scale appliques! I’ve also seen it made up wondefully with fabulous Broidery Pers… You know those large scale prints, be they flowers or fire engines, appliqued to a different background.
And a terrific border technique will have this quilt done in a jiffy! Want a bigger quilt? Just add more blocks! Make it your way!
Check out Quilt A Fish on my Etsy site.

And if you are looking for something other than Fish to applique on your quilt… Here is our popular Pumpkin Patch pattern ready to downlaod…

Pumpkin Patch

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Wait til you see the J representative block. It’s very fun!
Here is the J PDF:

Quilters Alphabet J

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I am really falling for the look of modern quilts. So much so, I have done just a bit of research on the modern trend. Recently, I visited the Joan Irvine Museum here in Orange County, California to view their Women Artists of California exhibit (through June 7, 2012) which was just wonderful! As part of the exhibit, the museum had an explanation of different schools of art including Realism, Impressionism and Modernism. I think this discussion gives all artists (and YES we Quiltmakers are artists) something to think about:

“Realism in the visual arts refers to the artist goal of depicting subjects as they are considered to exist in reality, without embellishment or interpretation and as true to natural appearance as possible. As such, artists are very careful to draw the image accurately, be it a figure, a still-life or a landscape, and to situate it in a naturalistic, three dimensional space.
Realism in art flowered in the mid to late 19th century. A finely achieved 19th century Realist work would look very smooth, with no brushstrokes in evidence. Also, it would look like a photograph, except that the colors tend to be muted. Although some Realists painted views of ordinary life, most favored grandiose works with themes from history, epic literature and mythology.
Impressionism follows Realism in the sense that the artist is still trying to paint what they see, but with these important differences. An Impressionist painter used bright, pure colors, applied in a profusion of short, choppy brushstrokes. Moreover, they favored scenes of ordinary people in ordinary settings as their subject matter.
To capture the accurate representation of natural sunlight, the Impressionists insisted on painting directly outdoors, or en plein air, and they portrayed the overall visual effect of a scene instead of details. Even though Impressionists broke the visual image into small bits of color, they nevertheless insisted on an overall natural appearance to color, form and space.
Modernism goes beyond Impressionism by infusing emotional or psychological content to the work of art. To do this, the artist manipulates color, form and space at the expense of natural accuracy. In modernist work, colors are greatly accentuated or simplified, forms are re-shaped and altered, and there is little attention to maintaining a natural, three-dimensional sense of space.
Where a Realist and an Impressionist painting showed a certain amount of natural depth, Modernist paintings often restrict themselves to surface treatment, with little or no sense of depth.”
Pretty interesting, huh?
So, I simplified the Framed design, stripping away some of the blocks, spacing the blocks out a bit more with wider Sashing and removed the color in the border. The result is cleaner lines and an even simpler construction.

Do you need more of a quilting “fix”? There is always a lot going on on this site, like our ongoing Spring Medallion Quilt, our Doll Quilt/Table Topper series, more of the Quilter’s Alphabet Block of the Week and our monthly 8″ swap/scrap quilt patterns. Browse around, there’s even more than that to see. And be sure to look at our Etsy site for even more patterns.

Here is the PDF for the Modern Version of the Framed Quilt…

Mod Framed

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This week we are swapping Purple 8″ squares in our NOCCCD classes. These swaps are always fun and the fabric variety wonderful. And each swap brings a new quilt design (or two!) AND all the swap quilt patterns work with all the 2012 swaps!

Pattern corrected 5/6/2012  8:45 pm
If you want to do a fabric swap with your group, check out my fabric swap page for more info.
So for this group of 8″ Purple Squares, I have designed a quilt titled “Framed!” We start by making 4-Patches. That’s easy! Then those 4-Patches get framed. Twice!

I have been thinking a lot about Modern quilts. This block may just lend itself to a stripped down Modern treatment. Check back in a day or two to see the “Mod Framed” version of this quilt design.

Do you need more of a quilting “fix”? There is always a lot going on on this site, like our ongoing Spring Medallion Quilt, our Doll Quilt/Table Topper series, more of the Quilter’s Alphabet Block of the Week and our monthly 8″ swap/scrap quilt patterns. Browse around, there’s even more than that to see. And be sure to look at our Etsy site for even more patterns.

Here is the “Framed” PDF…

Framed

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So far for this Spring Medallion Quilt, we have looked at Appliqué, multiple ways of making Flying Geese, the intricate piecing of the Twisted Ribbon border and some strip piecing for the Pieced Scallop border. Now we look at Seminole Piecing.

Seminole piecing is a years old patchwork technique developed by the women of the Seminole tribe in the Florida Everglades. They added this detailed patchwork as a decorative element to their clothing for a dazzling display. Quilters have adapted the method for specialty piecing of our quilts. In fact, our methods of strip piecing may have been adapted from this Seminole technique.
This Spring Medallion border utilizes one of the simplest patterns of Seminole piecing. This week we will just get our strip sets cut into units and next week we will do the specialized piecing of those units.
Check back here again at LynBrown.Com soon for lots more great quilt ideas! Our monthly Swap series (new pattern, “Framed” coming Monday May 7, and our fabulous Monthly Doll Quilts/Table Toppers will also continue here so keep checking back. And be sure to look at our ETSY site for even more patterns. AND more next week on the Seminole Border of our Spring Medallion Quilt.

And here is the link to the first part of the Seminole Border for our Spring Medallion Quilt…

Medallion Quilt Seminole Border Part 1

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OOPS! This doesn’t have the Fleur de lis in the corners. Sorry….

According to Wikipedia, the invention of the resistively heated electric iron is credited to Henry W. Seeley of New York in 1882.
And so the humble, incredible, ingenious iron needed to be included in the Quilters Alphabet.

It’s a fun block, with homage to Laura Wasilowski and the Chicago School of Fusing, here is my Ode to the Iron… Such a simple appliance.  All I can say is I love it for my sewing, but Thank Goodness for Perma Press clothes!

The letter J is up next… I wonder what modern quilting innovation will represent J?  For now, here is the Quilters Alphabet Quilt Iron PDF.

If you need any previous Quilter’s Alphabet patterns, check the archives.  And browse around the whole site for lots of other free patterns.  We are working on the Spring Medallion, a series of Doll Quilts and lots of swap patterns!

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This beautiful little quilt (about 25″ X 32″) was made by Gwen in our Tuesday afternoon class. She used our swap of 2″ print squares (for the Postage Stamp Doll Quilt) and added in 2″ black squares. If you wanted to make a similar quilt, get a friendship  swap group together or cut into your own stash!  You could even swap for the Ventura 100 Doll Quilt!

After drawing in the diagonal on the light square, Gwen layered the print and the black squares right sides together then stitched on either side of the diagonal.

She cut on the diagonal, making two Half Square Triangle blocks then grouped those two with triangles made with another similar  print to make a pinwheel block. The pinwheel block was trimmed to 2 1/2″. Gwen did a wonderful job laying the blocks out in waves of color.  Then the framing borders in White then Black are perfect!
Isn’t it glorious! Great job, Gwen!
For more doll quilts, check out the Doll Quilt Archives. Be sure to check back here each month for our Monthly (or more) Doll Quilt. The May quilt will feature baskets. And our April Swap Quilt was Tisket Tasket Basket.
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Last week we made 36 Pieced Scallop blocks. Now it is time to add these blocks as the next border of our Spring Medallion quilt.

These are wonderful blocks, easy to make and they add a true daintiness to the quilt AND they have that freshness the Spring always bring!
So add these blocks to your spring medallion quilt or adapt them for another quilt.

Here is the PDF…

Medallion Quilt Scallop Border

Here at LynBrown.Com, there is always a lot going on, like our ongoing Doll Quilt/Table Topper series, the popular Quilter’s Alphabet Block of the Week and our monthly 8″ swap/scrap quilt patterns. Also here is the link to the whole archive of our Spring Medallion Quilt.  Browse around, there’s more to see. And be sure to look at our Etsy site for even more patterns.

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