Jelly Roll Sampler Picnic Quilt - Using a scrappy jelly roll, I started with sampler blocks found at moosequilts.blogspot.com To bring unity to my blocks, I placed them around a scrappy 24" medallion block which was loosely based on the "Modern Medallion Pillow" pattern tutorial that I found at www.modabakeshop.com by John of www.quiltdad.com To make the quilt larger, I added the braided borders. Since I plan to use this quilt as a picnic quilt, I used denim for the backing, sturdy home dec cotton for the binding, and added a strap with Velcro (a la Elizabeth Hartman's Rec Center Picnic Quilt). This was my first time free motion quilting and I used the tissue paper marking method. The quilting is far from perfect, but I am getting the hang of FMQ.
