The first class I taught at Sew Special Quilts was Bella's Block Party. I love this Quilt! I used a Moda Jelly Roll, Block Party by Sandy Gervais for the blocks. It amazed me I made all 24 blocks from one Jelly Roll. I think this quilt looks harder to make than it was, you sew your strips together then cut out triangles from your strips. Why a Jelly Roll works so good for this pattern is, most Jelly Rolls have two different color directions making it hard to use all of one Jelly Roll in a quilt. This pattern works because you separate the two colors, I used the oranges for half of the block and the greens and blues for the other half. I believe what really makes this quilt pop is having high contrast between the two halfs of the block.
I like the way the borders are done, it looks like the quilt is framed, I could not be happier with how this quilt turned out!
The pattern was out of the book Smash Your Precut Stash, This is really a great book, the directions are well written and easy to follow.
I have been able to see a couple of the quilts made in the class, I love seeing finished projects! Bring on the show and tell!
My favorite thing is seeing my beautiful niece, who the quilt was made for, sitting under it!
