I have been viewing through google. With google, I do not get the red dots. On internet explorer, I do get the red dots, but the videos need buffering. I guess I will just switch back and forth.

You all show some wonderful quilts.

Here is a link for some Jelly Roll inspiration

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bEJLnaZQOU

The good news is that my email notifications are working again

Usually once I have worked through those, I just go to board index and check out every red dot that wasn't there last time I looked

PosyP wrote:
i generally login and check the activities on the forum using "view new posts"

every so often i'll also go to
- board Index
- view unread posts
as i find that if i do not read all the new posts in one go (or within a few hours) - they will not show up in the new posts heading the next time around...
EVERYTHING is in the view unread posts - it's just a bit more awkward to go to because we need "2" clicks... (and i have it sorted that i see the newest posts first).

also, i have found that when i enter using the email link - i have on occasion clicked on the wrong link and ended up UNSUBSCRIBING myself from a topic... :shock: :shock: :shock:
all is not lost however, as soon as i add a reply post to one of that topic, i'm back and subscribed again...

Michelle - Of course you can make a quilt like mine!

Nancy

heartnsoulquilts wrote: This sounds a bit 'organised'! :shock:

Nancy, I LOVE LOVE LOVE your Kaffe Jelly Roll quilt!! I am thinking that would be a perfect quilt to make - may I borrow your instructions for mine?

Margo, I remember that quilt. It is so pretty and the colors are so soothing. These days, though, it looks like too much work! I am getting more and more into SIMPLE piecing (perhaps because I am still working on my Sedona Star and I don't have enough brain left for anything else too complex?? LOL).

Perhaps we need a new topic called Jelly Roll Quilt Ideas... we can post pics and links or simple directions for quilts using Jelly Rolls all in one place.

It's such a lovely quilt Margo, thanks for the links. I might have to make one some day soon. If I ever finish the Wot RoTT quilt.

I've shown this quilt on another forum topic, but wanted to let you know that it was also made from jelly rolls!! I used a ruler called the Strip Tube Ruler and their pattern called Multifaceted available here along with a video of how to use the ruler: http://www.cozyquilt.com/Features/StripTubing.aspx

I don't especially like that all of the resulting blocks have bias edges on all four sides :shock: but the quilt went together easily and I really like all of the optional designs that you can make with the ruler. The uneven widths of the Hoffman Bali Pops that I used were not an issue with this technique.

http://www.cozyquilt.com/Features/StripTubing.aspx

Love your quilt Nancy, looks really fun.

Rita, I had a go at Bonnie Hunter's method of making flying geese last week, despite only having one of the recommended rulers, and it worked really well - almost better than the make 4 geese in one method, which considering they were for my 1" star blocks was somewhat impressive.

It is a good thing that I do not believe that this forum could possibly go for 24 hours let alone 48 with out any comments at all :shock: , and that I come and check anyway, because I haven't had any notifications of comments from tqs since saturday morning (I have sent a message to them about this).

Nancy your quilt is really lovely - the basket weave effect is lovely.

How fun, Nancy! Great quilt!

Here's a picture of my first jelly roll quilt made with Kaffe Fassett jelly rolls:

I cut the jelly rolls fabrics into 2.5"x3" rectangles and sewed them into pairs, end to end. Then sewed a 1.5"x5.5" solid white rectangle between two jelly roll units. This created a 5.5" square unfinished block. You can see the blocks better here:
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Nancy

heartnsoulquilts wrote:
I wish I had a picture of the one jelly roll quilt I made. It was a red-white-and blue jelly roll race quilt for a widow of a nuclear submarine commander. I put some bird and stars appliques on top and quilted the snot, uh, daylights out of it and the recipient was thrilled. I wondered, when I got to squaring the top up, why it wasn't so square. Now I know, but I probably wouldn't worry about the size of the strips if I ever did this fun quilt again. The recipient just can't be an ocd quilter.