Lollipop Baby Quilt

After finishing the vest, Synchronized Squares quilt, and the Lone Star/Star of Bethlehem quilt top, I felt the need for something very simple.

So, I pulled out the psudo–jelly-roll of Lollipop that I bought in March and made this:

I began with an idea based on the Jelly-roll Race 1 Choice 4 Quilting sponsored a few months ago. However, my fabric wasn’t exactly a jelly-roll. It was a roll of scraps from a LQS. The tag said it was 43 strips, 2.5″ × 22″. So, sort of like half a jelly-roll, except instead of half the number of strips, it was a full roll of half-length strips.

In actuality, it was a roll of strips that were closer to 3″ wide, but the widths all varied. It worked out okay, though. After sewing them together, I simply cut the whole really long strip down to 2.5″ wide.

I didn’t measure or plan anything, I just started piecing the strips together. I chose to do straight seams rather than bias, because the strips were shorter than WOF and I didn’t want to lose too much length.

Then I decided to make it a different, so pieced it into three blocks.

Finished size is about 36″ × 51″.

Saturday morning, I woke up planning to piece a back together from stuff in my stash (I’d used every bit of the roll on the front), but didn’t like how anything but this one fabric matched, and I had plenty leftover from my mom’s quilt, so for the first time I have a unpieced back.

I appliqued on one of the labels I added to the medallion I ordered from Spoonflower.

I quilted it in random straight(ish) lines using the yellow-orange Gütermann variegated thread I have a huge spool of (I used it on the Spring QAL too). Still have a ton, too, even though I pieced with it also. It matched the creams, yellows and oranges beautifully.

It’s hard to decide when to stop, when quilting in that method. I kept looking and thinking, oh, that polygon is too large, I need to do another line. I think I’m happy with the amount of quilting.

In between is Warm & White (hooray for scoring a crib-sized package for $5.99 on clearance at Hobby Lobby a few weeks ago).

I bound it using a print from Tula Pink Nest that a friend gave me after destashing (thanks Thomas!). The green is slightly off, but the other colors matched wonderfully. I like it.

This is the first quilt I’ve made without an intended recipient. I haven’t decided if I want to try to sell it or just keep it on hand for a gift-giving occasion. Thoughts?

What do you work on when you want something quick and simple?

2 Responses to “Lollipop Baby Quilt”

Cindy

3:07 pm | 09/30/14

Hi, there, I am looking for a first quilt pattern. I’ve done a rag quilt, but never anything more finished. I thought about doing a race quilt, but I really prefer the look of this pieced one. Can you explain how you pieced the three blocks once you had the race quilt top done? Thanks so much for any guidance!
- raevenfea
  
  6:13 pm | 10/02/14
  
  Hi Cindy, check out my most recent post. I tried to explain the construction of this quilt in a little more detail. Hope it helps!