Rum Raisin Bali Pop

Hello everyone... I hope your new year has been happy and healthy. Ours has been very happy but not so healthy as I've had 2 colds and my DH had pneumonia. He's better now but poor guy had a rough few weeks.

I'm finally back to quilting ... after almost a year's break. I just lost interest and didn't know what to do to get back on track. I pulled out some scraps and forced myself to make a couple of table runners.... and that's all it took lol. I'm loving it again!

I've been wanting to make a quilt using bali pops and I found these on sale for $29 and bought two. Originally I thought of making a friendship braid and sashing and bordering it in black. I just wondered if you had any other ideas, for these pretty fabrics. Here's a link so you can see the gorgeous colors.

http://www.beverlys.com/bali-pops-fa...um-raisin.html

I'm eager to hear your opinions...

I love the Rum Raisin! It would look great in any quilt. Are you looking for something easy? Summer in the park would be nice, or that new tutorial...Phoebie's garden I think is the name. Be sure to post when you are done; I'd love to see what you did.

I had the same thought ...Phoebe's Garden. Here's the link.

http://youtu.be/kROzleHY3-0

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Just started making quilt with the rum raisin bali pops and a layer cake. I used an Eleanor Burns pattern for the Early Firecracker or Autograph block. I have sewn half of them wrong and created a whole other pattern, I am calling it "This or That". I kind of like the arrows it made so I just left them.:)

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Just started making quilt with the rum raisin bali pops and a layer cake. I used an Eleanor Burns pattern for the Early Firecracker or Autograph block. I have sewn half of them wrong and created a whole other pattern, I am calling it "This or That". I kind of like the arrows it made so I just left them.:)

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Ha, I like that. I think it has a lot more interest to it than a bunch of autograph blocks lined up. There are arrows, hourglasses, all kinds of things to look at!

That is an excellent price on the Bali pops, my quilt store sells them for the $40.00 price. I have the brown sugar one, haven't made anything with it as yet still looking for the perfect project.

I love those strip colors. I think your quilt top is looking good! I like the arrows.

Wow, don't tempt me with any more jelly roll collections! I have several so far unused Bali pop collections, I love them!

One thing I was thinking aobut the Phoebe quilt, would you have to have a more or less equal number of lights and darks to make that effective? I found a jelly roll in my collection while I was cleaning out my closet that has about 1/4 darks and 3/4 lights. I wonder if that would work making Phoebe's quilt? I really want to try that quilt block pattern. Am willing to sacrifice this jelly roll to experiementation, beccause I can't remember what on earth I had in mind to do with it.

If you look at some of these images, you will see some that have more of one value over the other and it might give you an idea of how it will look. This is a similar pattern called Sparking Gemstones.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...w=1366&bih=598

Wow ladies, not only are you helpful but you are mind readers too. I mentioned the friendship braid but the other quilts two on my list were Phoebe's Garden from Jenny's tutorial and Sparking Gemstones from my copy of Jellyroll Quilts by Pam and Nicky Lintot.

I'm with you Cathy, these Bali Pops are so pretty .. I hesitate to open up the package even.

Sassy I really love your quilt just the way it is. It's gorgeous!

Thanks all for sharing... I'll post a photo as soon as I decide what to do ...

Hugss

I like the Phoebe's Garden as well. I think it would be a really cute jelly roll race quilt as well. We did a race just a few weeks ago and all different pattern types were used.

That's a pretty Bali Pop you have there! I know this fabric I used in this Rail Fence is not a Bali Pop, but since I noticed greens and purples in it, I thought I'd post it for you to see how a purple and green would look in a Rail Fence to give you another easy idea.

Hugs,

That rum-raisin is beautiful! Can't wait to see it made into a quilt.

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That's a pretty Bali Pop you have there! I know this fabric I used in this Rail Fence is not a Bali Pop, but since I noticed greens and purples in it, I thought I'd post it for you to see how a purple and green would look in a Rail Fence to give you another easy idea.

Hugs,

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What fabric did you use for your Rail Fence? It is very pretty. I love Batiks.

Trish thank you for posting that photo..... your quilt inspires me .... LOVE love love the colors.

Oh my goodness! It IS a Bali Pop! I don't remember the name that was on the package, but I knew my sister loved greens and purples. And, I might have used 2 packages to get the size I made. I think it will fit a queen size bed without alot of drapage on the sides. Sorry I don't remember the name on the package. I bought them a few years ago.

Hugs,

Hi Judy......welcome back....glad you got your "quilt drive" back! I like the Phoebe's Garden idea....that would look nice with those pretty colors!

Thanks PC, it's really great to be back. The first six months I was away was to live with and support my daughter and son-in-law while their 16 year old son went through very aggressive chemo and radiation after his cancer diagnosis. I think I aged ten years during those six months. God is good... and many prayers were answered, as he's been in remission for a year now. When I returned home, I simply felt "flat". Nothing inspired me and it's taken me the better part of the past year to feel like myself again.
This is surely not all about me... because he was and is an incredible young man who is so precious. Yet, I struggled to find a semblance of balance for quite some time. I've loved quilting since the very beginning and I'm very much enjoying it again. Thank you all for responding to my questions and I think it's Phoebe's Garden.