The Jelly roll pattern we are featuring today is called
“Gooseberries”
This was inspired by a quilt I saw several weeks ago though but I don’t know who to credit for it or even it’s original name. This is somewhat different than the original though, what I loved about the original quilt was how the geese flew through the blocks! So I took that idea and ran! I framed them in a jelly roll friendly pattern that I thought would look good with our geese and decided on the “Berry Delicious” jelly roll by Sew Treasured for Moda. It worked perfectly! The colors and patterns split just right and I couldn’t be happier with how it turned out!
Just so you know I used 40 different fabric strips on this quilt with scraps leftover to fix a few mistakes 🙂 (Always cut and sew carefully!) And I completed the top in 2 afternoons with only a few whining children and 1 helpful husband!
To start you need to separate your strips.
I began by finding my darkest and lightest since they would be focal points of the blocks Continue reading ““Gooseberries”, a Jelly Roll Quilt”