Little Ruby Sew Along: Quilt Assembly

Assembling my Little Ruby quilt was so much fun. Playing with colour and layout and gradients of colour, seeing it all come together through the quilt assembly pattern! Finally getting to piece the star blocks, that I worked so hard to make, into rows, and finally a quilt top, was so satisfying.

Some people were wondering how to make this quilt smaller, because using 2 jelly rolls is a big expense. I made my quilt smaller because I didn’t need or want a bigger quilt at this time, but yes, not using 2 jelly rolls was also a perk. I had a rough idea of how I would lay it out, but knowing that I wanted to play with the colours from Blueberry Park in the Bright colourway to get some movement and gradient effect happening, I just sewed up all the strips to give the options for where to place the colours. I then mixed up two different prints to make a pair of half hexies (a whole hexagon), so that I had a good mix of prints and shades of colour throughout the blocks.

I shared this picture last week, but you can see the black outline showing what layout my quilt has ended up as, with 4 half hexagons along the top and bottom.

In the end, my quilt has ended up at about 51″ x 56″. If you wanted to do similar and just use one jelly roll, but wanted it bigger still, you could easily add a border on after trimming it square. I’d suggest using the same background fabric so that you still have the “floating” effect of the swirling hexies, and if you wanted to add some print fabric too, add a second border. Let the star blocks breathe and shine on their own!

Now, to move states this Friday, and get this quilt all quilted and bound before the last posts are due in two weeks!

To see how everyone else’s quilts have progressed, check them out:

Melissa from Happy Quilting
Angie from Gnome Angel
Erin Cox from Why Not Sew
Andy from A Bright Corner
Heidi from Buttons & Butterflies
Pat from Pat Sloan
Peta from She Quilts a Lot
Heather from Quilt Story
Megan from Quilt Story
Amanda from Jedi Craft Girl
Gerri from Planted Seed Designs
Sherri from A Quilting Life
Rebecca from Bryan House Quilts
Sherri from This & That Patterns
Jemima from Tied with a Ribbon
Alyce from Blossom Heart Quilts
Stephanie from Modern Sewciety
Brooke from Silly Mama Quilts
Carrie from Moda’s United Notions

 

Fat Quarter Shop is a blog sponsor. I was provided with store credit to purchase supplies, and gifted the rulers. All opinions are 100% my own.