Jelly Roll Race at Scrapbooks Etc.

Barb and I hosted quite the class last week at scrapbooks. It was a Jelly Roll Race. ( a jelly roll is a pack of 40 strips of fabric cut 2 1/2" wide by the width of fabric) We had 14 people come to join in the fun....and tons stopped in to see what was going on that was that much fun! We kept having smiling faces peeking in the door as the participants were cheered on. Barb and I kept helping everyone with their pile of fabric so the machines could keep running. We spent the first 1 1/2 hours of the class prepping the pieces and snacking the participants. Then at noon the race began. Barb had taped the horns from the Kentucky derby that you always hear, so we played that to start them off and by the end of that they were all laughing so hard they could hardly sew. My Iphone timer was going and away they went sewing strips together. And at 43 minutes Wanda was done! We have a winner! A couple minutes later Julie was done! It's amazing but you can actually get this sewn together in an amazing amount of time! Wanda had come to learn this technique to show her group that meets to sew charity quilts, she decided she'd quilt her own so she gave her winning prize ( which was getting her top machine quilted) to Julie. How nice was that!
And bringing up the rear at about 1 1 /2 hours is Isabelle! she finished and isn't it pretty! I think a quilt top in 1 1/2 hours is an amazing feet even if she didn't get first place. Actually she got a great prize of another jelly roll, now she can practice up and make another. What a fun class it was, 14 charming quilt tops left the building and everyone had a smile knowing they'd had a great time and had success!