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Jelly Roll Sizzle

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My plan for this year was to finish quilts, given I had a few tops sitting around or nearly complete, and a number of other blocks 'donated' to me by grandma.  The only quilt I was going to start was a lone star quilt, which grandma and I were going to both do, making a version each. But fairly early in the year, the Fat Quarter Shop released a free Jelly Roll Sizzle pattern which I thought would be great for a half jelly roll I had lying around, and then Pat Sloan showed her version with an extra border.  So that was it - I was making a baby quilt with my half jelly roll.  The jelly roll I had was nothing fancy, mostly blues and whites, but with a pop of green, and when I spotted a lime green Devonstone solid I knew that would be great for the accent pinwheels. I adjusted the extra border pattern to fit the baby quilt size, and I added another border to make the quilt a bit larger - I think it ended up approximately 50" square. For quilting, I decided to use a bright g...