Fleece as batting, backing, and binding, you say?

​No one has mentioned this. It's something I figured out quite by accident.

TM wanted the purple fleece I'd purchased to make her pants for the back of her jelly roll quilt. I shrugged and said ok without thinking about it. Then, when I laid the jelly roll quilt top out, I realized that the fleece was thick enough to justify NOT using batting.

Next I figured I could simply turn the edge of the fleece over the raw quilt edge and seam it down. Since that would eliminate the need for binding, I was all for it. I cut the fleece 1/2" wider than the quilt top (after I'd stitched the top to the fleece). I folded the fleece edge over the edge of the quilt top and zigzagged it into place.
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I've heard that jelly roll quilts ONLY take an hour. Not true. I know I spent at least 4 hours total getting this one done and I took A LOT of shortcuts by using the fleece. TM loves it though, so worth all the effort.

Of course EG wants one too.
TM wants a bigger one for her bedroom.
And the list of requests continues to grow.

My kids love pancakes, especially brightly colored versions of the recipe their babysitter found. The original recipe is on AllRecipes.com but I'm posting it below for you.

Pancake Ingredients:

• 1.5 c flour
• 3.5 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 TBSP sugar
• 1.25 c milk
• 1 egg
• 3 TBSP melted butter

Directions:

1. Combine dry ingredients and mix well.
2. Add in milk, egg, and butter. Mix well.
3. Add in food coloring (We use AmeriColor available on Amazon)
4. Cook in a greased skillet

The kids love making these in a variety of colors, but pink and purple seem to be the winners. I'm planning to buy big bottles of the pink and purple food coloring because we go through it faster than the other colors.