U/D - Pastel Brights - Sorting Sets 1-2-3-4 -

 

 

One of my new projects is another Upstairs/Downstairs quilt - 

 

This time with some "Easter-egg colored" jelly rolls - Pastel Brights - 

 

Linda - Art In Search -  is going to play along with me - 

We are going to make two different versions - 

With the SAME strips - 

In the SAME sequence -

 

In the SAME "sets" - 

The ONLY difference will be which COLOR we use for the "main diagonal" - 

 

It should be fun to see what we get -  

If you want to play along - 

The jelly rolls are on sale now for $9.97 each - HERE -

You will need 4 of them - 80 total strips -

We'll get 48 blocks - 6 x 8 layout -

And the top will measure 60" x 80" -  

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Side note -

I'm going to be posting a LOT of photos - 

Because we want our "sets" to be identical - 

And it's easier to SHOW her - 

As I go along - 

Than it is to try to explain it with only words - LOL - 

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SORTING SETS 1-2-3-4 - 

Taking two jelly rolls - 

Unroll them and lay them out - 

As they come off the roll - 

With the fold the right - 

The loose ends on the left - 

And the BLUE one on top -

 

Peel off the top FIVE strips from EACH pile -

BLUE - YELLOW - GREEN - PURPLE - PINK - 

 

And put them at the top - 

 

 

Then put the one stack on top of the other - 

For SET #1 - 

  

Peel off the NEXT FIVE strips from EACH pile - 

BLUE - YELLOW - GREEN - PURPLE - PINK - 

 

And put them below the first SET - 

 

Then put the one stack on top of the other - 

For SET #2 - 

 

 

Peel off the NEXT FIVE strips from EACH pile - 

BLUE - YELLOW - GREEN - PURPLE - PINK - 

 

And put them below the last SET - 

 

Then put the one stack on top of the other - 

For SET #3 - 

 

The last FIVE strips in EACH pile - 

BLUE - YELLOW - GREEN - PURPLE - PINK - 

 

Are the last SET -

 

Put the one stack on top of the other - 

For SET #4 - 

 

Label each SET with its number - 

 

 

And put each SET in a separate baggie - 

 

 

And - all of the baggies in a basket or box - 

 

If it was just me - 

And I wasn't that worried about IDENTICAL strip sets - 

I sometimes put mine on a cookie sheet - 

But Linda has a cat - 

And we don't want these getting mixed up - LOL - ;))

Next - I'll show you (and her) - 

How I sorted SETS 5-6-7-8 - 

We need four more sets - 

But we want the "mix" of the fabrics - 

To be a little different - 

So I sorted them a different way - 

Stay tuned - LOL - ;))

 

Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew -