Roll Play in dots

I made this quilt a few months ago and looking through my blog posts, I never documented it! I'm going to list it for sale in my etsy shop, but before that, I'm going to write a little post about it here.


I did a quilt shop hop -- I think it was during the summer -- and each shop gave away a fat quarter of a polka dot fabric. As I was finishing up a bunch of table runners, I found a Pieced Tree pattern called Roll Play which looked perfect for these fabrics... and here it is:

(sorry for the shadow...that's my Christmas tree! My photo space is pretty limited right now - and it happened to be raining outside!)


Isn't it cute? It's 35.5 inches square. It has a crease in the middle as I've had it thrown over the back of my sewing chair since I finished it. I had the polka dot in navy that I used for the binding in my stash...otherwise, all of the fabrics are from the shop hop. Here's a close up:

I did some simple straight line quilting - end to end - following 1/4 inch from some of the seams.


I made the backing with some of my 2.5 inch squares - I cut up any left overs into this size and have used them for a variety of things.

I used Bonnie Hunter's free pattern "Scrappy Trips" to make the blocks...and then added to them to make the backing bigger. (Link to the pattern Quiltville-ScrappyTrips)  Here's a little close up:

wow - I just noticed the quilting looks pretty good even from the back! If you're interested in purchasing, I'll have it in my etsy shop in a short time!