Jelly Roll Race
Our church sponsored a "sew in" night last week to work on quilts that will be distributed to those in need due to the recent tornado in OK complete with a prize to the winner. We opted to skip the racing part of the contest and went with a random drawing from the names of those attending but the 1st person that completed DID win the prize of batting to complete her quilt. The person that organized the event also presented each of us with gift bags of quilty notions, homemade jelly and a mouthwatering homemade apple pie tart in the shape of a heart. She works, she quilts AND she bakes! I pulled my top together from leftover strips (mostly pastels) from other projects and one really pretty 20 piece jelly roll from the Anthology - Color Stories in bright pinks and lime greens. I was worried that my pastels would be too light so I added a bright pink cornerstone to the end of each strip as I sewed them together. I'...