I love Jolly Bars, they are 5x10 precuts, and they make great fast quilts!  This is the 3rd Jolly Bar Book to come out, and I have made several things from each of them, they are a must have for your library!  To celebrate the Jolly Bar Book Volume 3, Fat Quarter Shop is hosting the Jolly Bar 3 Quilt Along, that means we all get to make an adorable table runner together! All you need is the new Jolly Bar Book series – Volume 3 a Jolly Bar and some background fabric, the fabric requirements and all the details are below.  The Jolly Bar Book Volume 3 includes 20 quilt patterns designed just for our exclusive 5″ x 10″ Jolly Bar precuts,

Starting today, Monday, April 5, 2021, we’ll be sewing a different block each week for eight weeks. The piece we’re making uses a sampling of blocks from the book, and all together they make an exquisite tablerunner that measures 22.5″ x 80.5″. 

Fabric Requirements

• One Jolly Bar 
• 1 ⅞ yards for Background, Sashing & Borders 
• Fat Quarter Accent Fabric (Paradox Blocks) 
• ⅝ yard for Binding 
• 2 ¼ yards for Pieced Backing 
• Jolly Bar 3 Book 

DOWNLOAD A PDF OF FABRIC REQUIREMENTS

I decided that since I love all things rusty orange, blacks and greys that I would use Smoke & Rusty by Lella Boutique, it has a fun modern fell, and it will match my house great!  

Download Block 1 Instructions HERE

And just to make things a little more fun, I will share with you some of my behind the seams pictures of the quilts that I got to load to my the long arm for the book.  I was lucky enough to quilt the quilts featured on the book covers and inside the book too!  

I have some quilty friends sewing along with me, you should follow along for lots of inspiration, since we will all be using different fabrics. 
Visit the Fat Quarter Shop blog for lots of links for all the bloggers sewing along too!
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Gina Tell (@gina_tell_threadgraffiti), Thread Graffiti
Jen Belnap (@thesmittenchicken),  The Smitten Chicken
Jeresther Thorpe-Page (@Sew_SweetSeeBee)
Lisa Johnson (@intheboondocks), In the Boondocks
Mona Phelps (@mona.phelps), Bluegrass Stitches
Pat Sloan (@quilterpatsloan), Pat Sloan
Patty (@elmstreetquilts), Elm Street Quilts
Sondra Davison (@sondradavison), Out of the Blue Quilts

​Please follow along on Facebook and Instagram for updates, and be sure to hashtag your progress with #JollyBar3QAL on Instagram and Facebook so we can see and share your work!

Until next time, Happy Quilting!!!
​Gina

Pointed Possibilities is the name of my new pattern, it was inspired by a barn quilt I saw in Iowa several years ago, and was originally made for my Sister-In-Laws wedding.  She loves red, so I thought it would be fun to do a variety of scrappy reds with a champaign colored background. So I worked with the team at It's Sew Emma and we recreated this new version with a beautiful new collection called Roselyn by Minick & Simpson.  Over the years I have made and gifted many of my own original patterns, and I've had a couple published in magazines, but this is my first pattern to be published by It's Sew Emma & Fat Quarter Shop.  It is a huge honor to team up with them for so many long arm quilting projects, and now to bring some of my pattern visions to you too! Oh and the pattern is FREE too, so I'm super excited to see what you'll will make, the color possibilities are endless!! 

So here are some of the fun details... 
This pattern is FREE, so all you need is some of the Triangles on a Roll papers to keep your HST perfect, if you have not tried them they really are wonderful, they make your blocks perfect and that means your entire quilt will be square and perfect too. 
The pattern comes in 6 sizes, and the largest one (RED version above) is available in a Quilt Kit with a backing set! Click the Shop Now below for all your quilt shopping needs, and I'll share more about the smaller sizes below....

When we decided to make the pattern available in several sizes that meant we could have lots of fun with color options!  The sample makers at Fat Quarter Shop helped me make them, and then I quilted all of them on the long arm with a variety of flower panto designs.  So remember as you begin picking out the fabrics, this is a great pattern for two colors, or you can use the entire collections and make it more scrappy looking. 
​Here is the info on all the panto designs that I used:
1" inch panto is called Flower Spray 
2" inch panto is called Flower Power 
3" inch panto is called Maggies Rose 
4" inch panto is called Zen Flowers
5" inch panto is called  Lively 
6" inch panto is called Fresco 
Bonus Pillow using 2" triangles on a roll - panto is called Daisy and Dots 

How fun is this!?  On the left is the 6" kit using Roselyn, then 5” using Dwell in Possibility, then the 4” quilt I made myself using Confection Batiks by Kate Spain, and my very favorite grey background Zen Grey they look beautiful together (more pics below), the 3” is Rise Ruby Star, the 2” is Happy Days, and the tiny 1” is Elinor’s Endeavor.  Last but certainly not least, I had to make a pillow too, y'all know I have a bit of a pillow obsession so it was a must, I used the blues and aquas from the same batik collection along with scrappy Moda background and made a pillow using the 2" triangles on a roll.  This is a pretty fast pattern so it's great for beginners, or anyone looking to make something fabulous in a weekend!  

Since I did the long arm quilting on all the quilts, I will share some behind the seams pics of the long arm in action, and share some other random pics as I pieced the 4" size along with my pillow, lots or fun stuff below... 

Kimberly also made a YouTube video tutorial for this quilt, I was bummed that Covid kept me from the Fat Quarter Shop film room for this one, but we had to make sure to keep everyone safe.  Maybe soon I will be able to get back into the film room, I miss all my FQS buddies!  

I hope y'all enjoy my new pattern and I can't wait to see what everyone will make, the possibilities are endless, so please use the hashtag #pointedpossibilitiesquilt & #ginatell when you share on social media so Fat Quarter Shop and myself can see what you are working on! And don't forget to follow me on Instagram, I will be doing a GIVEAWAY for the full kit and re-sharing as I see your creations pop up!
Find me on Instagram HERE ​
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Happy Quilting! :)
Gina Tell