Thread: Jelly Roll Race 1600 experts? I need your help!

I use three jelly rolls and get a nice large quilt, about 65ish x85ish without the borders. I use whatever the strips I have.

Originally Posted by willferg

I have to confess, the one thing that's bothered me about this pattern is same strips showing up next to each other. I know I should let it go, but it bugs me. The only way around it I can see is to have no duplicates.

You will *always* have the same strips next to each other in the 1600 jelly roll quilts. You fold a strip in half and sew it to itself. No way around that.

I think these quilts are the perfect canvas for applique!! I saw one done with a watery looking batik jelly roll with lily pads and a frog

I added giant orange poppies to mine. I just looked and I don't have a good pic of it finished.

Your Poppy quilt is beautiful. I have been watching for jelly rolls that I love to make a JRR quilt, but your applique shows w hole new range of possibilities.

I have done a couple of these jellyroll quilts. The first one I left the 40 strips whole except for cutting off 18 inches on the first strip. On that one I wasn't real happy with the "stacking". On the second one, I cut 20 of the strips in half, and the other 20 strips I cut into approximate one third length strips (13"). I then put them all in the dryer on air only to mix them up. This made for a better look that was much scrappier. I posted pictures of both on the thread I started which is called jellyroll 1600 if you would like to take a look.
Here is a link to those pictures. Jelly Roll 1600 Quilts

http://exuberantcolor.blogspot.com/2...ank-quilt.html

She gives ideas for making it longer and etc. or even different widths.

I did a 'planned' faux 1600 scrap quilt (aka 1600 jelly roll quilt). I layed out my scraps in a sort of rainbow effect. The quilt was a challenge for 2011 for a longarm guild where I'm a member. (hope photo posting works)