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Step #2 Choose your Fabrics - you will need 33 selvedge-to-selvedge strips that are 2 1/2in wide (or equivalent)

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You will need 17 dark strips and 16 light strips. The piano key design relies on contrast so watch out for those sneaky medium values.

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The piano key design looks great in batiks. Heather made adjustments and added a border to make a bed-sized version.

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Suzanne Laird, Blue Mountains, Australia 

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Suzanne Laird, Blue Mountains, Australia 

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Suzanne used batiks in purple and ivory hues.

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I wanted some simple machining to get me back sewing properly after carpal tunnel surgery. This design by @brendagaelsmith was perfect, made from lots of jelly roll strips. Now I must tackle some harder stuff….
#serendipitymelody #imintheguild #qgbiweekendwip #qgbiregion3

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Joan made her Melody from scraps and leftovers and opted for using single horizontal strips. The pops of complementary green along with charcoal help move the eye around this design.

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Just finished quilting and binding my new lap quilt, "Time in a Bottle".

Here's a question: is it legit to put your name in the quilt top? Or can it only be done if you're really famous or on kid's quilts?
Well, as @angelafmq Walters always says, "I'm the expert of my opinion" and as @tulapink suggests; "...making something personal is essential". Sooo, my expert opinion is that my personal lap quilt can essentially have its label (author and year) directly onto the quilt top! 🤭 Anyway, its going to end up on my couch!

This lovely pattern, called #Melody33, is by @brendagaelsmith, so kindly offered for free download on her #Serendipity website.
Besides using the light tone/dark tone color values as suggested by Brenda, I also did a secondary rainbow 🌈 color scheme.
Various flower fabrics of different weights from my stash were used for the "piano keys", whereas stripes, dots and checks together with darker almost-solids were chosen for the horizontal dividing lines.

Last but not least, since this is a Melody 🎵🎶🎼🎵 quilt, I free motioned the meaningful words of one of my favorite songs ever, "Time in a bottle" by the late Jim Croce.
Aurifil thread colors beautifully highlight some special words. All free motion quilting was done entirely by yours truly with Aurifil 28 weight.

This quilt was 100% feline approved 😻

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Deborah used strips of reproduction fabrics and added more blocks to make a larger quilt.

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Candy channeled some her stash from the last century!

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Candy appliqued birds onto her melody quilt