Hidden Wells Quilt Pattern
 

Is it possible to make the Hidden Wells pattern with a jelly roll or do you need the width variation to make it more interesting? I want to make a quilt for my son from Benartex's Leaf Haven came upon an old thread for Hidden Wells and thought it might work. Would appreciate input from someone who has made this pattern.

I think it would be find with a jelly roll. I would do the light to dark for the variation more than the width of the strips anyways.... Here is a link for the pattern that I found when I googled the pattern. http://www.reddawn.net/quilt/hwells.htm

I think it would work too, I love that pattern :)

Thanks for the quick reply. I've got two ideas I'm considering, this helped!

I've made that pattern(only the lady I took the class from called it "What a surprise!") Can't find the pattern, but at the time I didn't think that I liked the quilt when I finished it....now I love it. I have it on my bed and I marvel that I actually made it.:D I would think that a jelly roll would work great.

I made one with jelly rolls and it was fine.

Love the pattern. Thanks for the link CoyoteQuilts.

It would work...would give a different look than making the quilt with varying size strips...it was always a suprise how the quilt turned out...fun pattern!

Very interesting pattern to use jelly rolls.
Thanks

WOW great pattern...what fun can you have with your stash? Mine is calling me as I type....come, come, find the treasures!

Thanks for that link... that's a great pattern!!!

Do you happen to have a picture of it? If so, I'd love to see it!

Oooooh... do you have a picture you could show us? I don't think I've ever seen this quilt made up!

First time I've seen this pattern but I like it. I think a jelly roll would work fine as long as you get the color variations. Good luck with your quilt jannm; and thank you coyotequilts for the link. :thumbup:

I taught a class where a gal used different fabrics in her hidden wells quilt. It came out beautifully, but the design that you usually see was different. If you haved found fabrics you love, go for it. I had some problems understanding the reddawn.net sight, so after I made my first quilt, I wrote a tutorial on my blog. You might want to take a peek at it and see if it is of any help to you! :) Just a warning it's long with lots of photos.
http://moosestashquilting.blogspot.c...-tutorial.html

Thanks so much for the links. Calico, your blog has very detailed instructions! Thanks

Great pattern, thanks!

Oh that looks fun. I want to make it. Thanks

Love the pattern. thanks for the link.

very pretty pattern! I have been wondering what to do with my first jelly roll.

I like this pattern! Thanks for bringing it to our attention. I have several color ideas bouncing around in my brain for this one.

WOW I love this quilt! Thank you both for the links. I think I can pull it off between the two tutes. :) Hugs and smiles and good luck all.

If a bunch of us start making this, maybe we could start a thread for it!

Thanks for the links. Both versions look like fun.

One of my very first quilts was a jelly roll that I purchased at JoAnns. I think it was called "blueberry". Not knowing any better, I just stitched the strips together and quilted it to a soft flannel backing. I love it for snuggling up on the couch!

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Ohhhhhh, I love it even more in real life!!! Thanks for posting your photos.

Quite by accident, I found out that the "scrappy surprise" quilt I made for my great granddaughter followed the Hidden Wells pattern. I used four totally different jelly rolls to come up with my double sized quilt, but I might have done a better job of Hidden Wells if I had known there was such a pattern at the time.

I bought small Jelly Rolls from this site: http://www.jellyrollfabric.net/ One set was light pink; the second was light pinks and spring greens mixed; another was different prints of lavender and the last was strips of different purples.

You might follow the tutorial link (below) to see just how easy it would be to do the Hidden Wells pattern using this method. This tutorial never mentions the Hidden Wells, but watch what she does and you will see how easy it would be to adapt to the pattern.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5Ixv...feature=relmfu

It's gorgeous!

This is the pattern that I am using and it is easy to do and fun.

I have never heard of the Hidden Wells pattern before so I clicked on the link and WOW I really like this. Thanks for sharing the link and for the question that led me there. The members here are just wonderful about sharing thoughts and ideas with everyone else. Thanks all the board members.

Pat

I am wondering if I couldn't use up some of my striped fabric to do this? What do you think?

Love the pattern of the star in your avatar. What is it grandme26?

I don't know why not...I used some plaid in mine. It really adds interest.

Thanks for the link, appreciate it!

I am really getting some ufos done - and now I feel the need to work on this quilt - so the ufos will remain ufos!!!

Wow! I had never seen this pattern before and love it! Thanks for the link Coyote Quilts and for asking about it Jannm! Love this board!

Thanks for the tip. I am going to try this.

This is SOOOOOO cute! It is now on my short (HA) bucket list