I knew early in the fall that the Guild were going to have a workshop using a Jelly Roll; on a trip to Calgary I purchased a roll. The Guild offered several pattern options and I chose Sticks and Stepping Stones from the Missouri Star Quilt Company.

After sewing several blocks together on the day of the class I realized the jelly roll wasn’t well suited to the pattern. The roll consisted of very dark strips with bright coloured flowers, and very light strips with bright coloured flowers. With white squares dividing the blocks I felt that the pattern was completely lost; there wasn’t enough contrast between the light strips and the white, and there was too much contrast between the white and the dark strips. I took all the blocks apart and then restitched the blocks using only the dark strips and the white squares. While I still wasn’t completely happy with the results you could at least see the pattern.

I tried a new quilting pattern by following a DVD from the Guild library – Curvaceous Curves and Vines. I need more practice but I like the design. The quilting doesn’t show much on the front, but it sure does from the back!

Pat uses this as a cover for the back of his new TV chair.