My quilting protoge's first quilt – jelly roll
I had a high school student inquire about making blankets for Project Linus for community service hours. I've supervised kids doing this in the past, but it was usually making no-sew fleece blankets. This girl wanted to learn how to use a sewing machine – woo hoo!
We started with a raggedy baby blanket, then she helped me sandwich a baby blanket, and then she made one doing most of the work. We worked on a few little things, and then I instructed her on how to make a jelly roll quilt with strips I ordered from balibatiks.com, and she did every stitch herself! I am so proud of her, I let her keep the blanket, and she was thrilled!