Thread: I humbly request suggestions for jellyroll quilt pattern

Thanks again to all of you for responding! Most of the patterns suggested fall into the same (beautiful) category: sew strip sets, cut to square, line up and sew around the edges, cut into diagonal quarters, re-sew, spend hours arranging and finding new secondary patterns. Hidden Wells, Summer in the Park, and the Three Dudes are like this. They look fascinating, and endlessly amusing (I feel your pain Laura! Hard to settle on just one arrangement!)

Also, there seems to be consensus that I will not face a disasterous outcome if I mix my (prewashed) stash fabric with the (unwashed) pre-cuts. I have been following the wash-or-not-to-wash discussions on other threads on the board since I joined a couple of months ago, and it seems as though everyone has very good reasons for doing it the way they do it! My reasons are mostly selfish - I like the extra fabric handling I get to do when I wash, line dry, iron and fold my new fabrics away. I did have one occasion where the fabric disintegrated along invisible flaw lines after washing, so at least in that case pre-washing saved me some grief! (But mostly I do it for the tactile pleasure.)

Since we are just talking, and no one is going to hold me to any of this (right?) I am sort of thinking of trying a bargello, but putting a little convergence applique on it, or maybe three...Just talking...*takes deep breath to calm racing heart*...not saying I'm actually going to do this...just a thought...

I just finished my first jelly roll quilt. It is called Lighthouse from Sweetwater quilts. It was so easy and fun. I love it when I see quick results for my work! Here's a website: http://www.crazyquiltgirlfabricshop....pattern/Detail

Hand wash the jelly roll strips an put them in a nylon net bag in the dryer. You won't have too much thread unraveling that way.

you can preshrink your jelly roll fabric by dunking it in hot water and the drying it if you are concerned about it.

Originally Posted by riutzelj

you can preshrink your jelly roll fabric by dunking it in hot water and the drying it if you are concerned about it.

This can be done fairly easily - and you can just lay the strips out on towels and air dry if you are worried about fraying/raveling.

It really is NOT that big of a deal to wash strips. I've had to, when one of my cats 'anointed' some things I had left out a few years ago. I was not thrilled about it, but it can be done.

I have mixed fabrics washed and not washed and never had an issue or could tell which was washed or not. Hope this helps.

Originally Posted by 1screech

Hope this helps.

It does! Thanks!
And thank you for jellyroll shrinkage tip, riutzelj. I may have to do that, just because I now know I can. (Old habits die hard...)

Moda University pattern - State of Grace ...... it is beautiful!!!