Waaaay back in 2020 in a time of lockdowns and only being allowed to go around your own neighbourhood, I made a carer's call to an elderly friend who lives walking distance away. She handed me a batik jelly roll. That jelly roll sat for quite some time while I decided what to do with it. Hot pink, bright yellow, med grey and dark greys certainly had my brain ticking over.
Fast forward to April 2021, and I was going through my bookcase, I remembered that I had been given this book from Lorraine few years earlier and thought "what if....?"
For the background, I found the perfect piece from my stash. Then it was a case of sorting the jelly roll colours and labelling the strips into their correct positions.
Once sorted, it was a case of making strip-sets and then sewing those strip-sets in order to make the pattern. It was actually quite easy once I got my brain into gear and understood the process and placement. I completed the quilt top at a quilt group sewing day.
For the quilting, I cross-hatched the central panel in with YLI 'Sand' lightly variegated cotton thread and for the border I used Signature dark grey thread, following the circles in the fabric pattern.
Once quilted and bound, it was photo time! I think the reason I was drawn the border/backing fabric was the fact that it looks like the colours of the ironbark eucalyptus trees, like you can see in the background of the photo on the right below.
In the final quilt photo below, I really like how the colours pop in the dappled late afternoon shade.
This is a finish from June 2025, where the winter weather gave me plenty of time to quilt and do other sewing things indoors.
Finished size: 43.5in x 64.5in (111cm x 164cm), which is perfect for donating to a local quilt group for the community-in-need quilts.
** Book used: Trip to Ireland by Elizabeth Hamby Carlson; an absolutely fabulous book about combining Irish Chain and Trip Around The World patchwork patterns.
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