Gone crazy for the Lorax!

[Jean Sewing Machine]

I guess I went crazy for the Lorax when the different precuts were on DD, because I ended up with charm packs and a jelly roll. I have a member of my family who loves the Lorax story, and I wanted to make something for her using the fabric. What to make?

Well, I also have fallen in love with the Falling/Tumbling charms pattern, because it is so easy to make and turns out cute. So, I made one qult using Lorax charm squares and white. It will get borders and backing and cute quilting, but right now it looks a bit plain. So, I thought, what can I do with the jelly roll, using this pattern?

So, I dug out my many Robert Kaufmann Kona Charm square packs, in the many colorways that they come, pulled out solid charms that matched the colors in the jelly roll, and made a reverse falling/Tumbling charm top, using solid charms bordered with the printed jelly rolls! I had to have some sort of order in my brain, so I chased one color jelly roll diagonally across the quilt, and was able to do this because of the number of jelly rolls for some of the prints were 3, instead of two. It is busy, I know, but colorful and I think it will be fun when it is bordered and quilted. Right now, it is just blocks, I need to take a break from it and maybe work on it later tonight or tomorrow.

Here they are--two ways to do Falling/Tumbling charms (which name is the real name, anyway?)


With white sashing and Lorax charms

With Lorax sashing and Kona solids charms