When Zen Chic's True Blue Fabric was first released, I knew I need to sew a quilt with it! I was waiting for the perfect pattern to show off the lovely blue and gray fabrics....then came Jolly Bar Jazz Quilt Pattern by Fat Quarter Shop...a perfect match!
The Jolly Bar Jazz Quilt is another free Short Cut Quilt Pattern, which means it is a quick and easy quilt to sew! Plus Kimberly always creates a video if you are a visual sewer. Let's grab 2 Jolly Bars and some background fabric and start sewing!
Plus I even created a BONUS quilt with the left over pieces...a quick tutorial at the end of my really long post ;).
Let's start sewing our Jolly Bar Jazz Quilt 65 x 84"
7/8 yard Binding - Zen Chic Steel Pearls
5.25 yards Backing - Robert Kaufman Mammoth Flannel...so soft and easy to quilt with on my domestic machine
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| Zen Chic True Blue Jolly Bars |
Note: When Trimming the corner unit...be sure to save the (4) left over pieces from each 10" square to create the BONUS quilt. Below is the Corner Unit for the Jolly Bar Jazz Quilt
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| 6.5" Corner Units |
I chose to back my quilt with Robert Mammoth Flannel, which is AMAZING! It is soft, but not too thick. I was able to quilt this twin size quilt on my regular domestic Brother sewing machine! I will definitely use Mammoth Flannel for more quilt backings!!!
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| Love Love Love that Mammoth Flannel...such the perfect backing! |
Bonus Quilt Time.....
I just couldn't toss all those triangle left over pieces from the Trimming the Corner Piece step so I sewed them together to make this 40"x 40"quilt. Yay!!! A free bonus quilt....no extra fabric needed!
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| I just love my little quilt holders :) |
Step 1: Sew all triangles together to make 96 squares
Step 2: Trim to 4.5" inches- be sure to line up on the 45 degree angle
Step 3: (96) 4.5" Squares
Step 4: Cut (4) 4.5"squares from left over Jolly Bar pieces
Step 5: Randomly layout 100 squares in 10 x 10 layout and sew together.
Whoo hoo....you just made a free quilt out of scraps!!!!
Thank you so much for reading my entire post! I hope you enjoyed the mini tutorial for the BONUS quilt too! I love using up all my scraps!!!
Thank you Fat Quarter Shop for having me quilt along with the Jolly Bar Jazz Quilt Along and for providing me with the fabric for my quilt!
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Have a great day!
Melanie
Your Jolly Bar Jazz is lovely. I LOVE your bonus quilt. I always save those type of pieces but usually they just sit in a drawer. I'm definitely going to make my own Jolly Bar Jazz and a bonus quilt. Thank you so much for the bonus tutorial.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! I love how you used the scraps!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous quilt! I bet it is so cozy with that flannel backing.
ReplyDeleteI love that you backed it with flannel! I bet it is SO snuggly! :) :) :)
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