National Jelly Roll Month

 I'm not sure if the nation really needs a National Jelly Roll Day which was last Saturday, let alone a whole National Jelly Roll Month which is September but if it results in a whole lot of free jelly roll patterns there must be some merit in it at least for quilters.

I do have a couple of jelly rolls on hand which are taking up room around here so one is definitely going to become this Spring Twist quilt from the Missouri Star Quilt Company.  

This is just a Rail Fence quilt block with a HST sewn to two alternate corners.  Click here for the free tutorial.  

Here is a similar free pattern called the Jelly Roll Sizzle from The Fat Quarter Shop.  This one uses more strips that are cut longer but the construction method is the same.  Click here for the free pattern download.

I am very tempted to make this one just to use up my collection of animal prints but unfortunately they are not in the form of a jelly roll so that one would take longer.

So, if you have a jelly roll but no pattern for it, this is a good time to do an internet search for free patterns and tutorials.