Jelly Roll "race" quilt - Horrible
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How do you lay them out before hand to figure out where they will lay/end up on the top?
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You don't really plan which piece goes next. The trick is to cut 20" off the first strip. That way the seams will be staggered. I also saw someone make one with a 2 1/2" square between each strip. The squares were all made out of the same fabric. It made a nice variation.
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You don't really plan which piece goes next. The trick is to cut 20" off the first strip. That way the seams will be staggered. I also saw someone make one with a 2 1/2" square between each strip. The squares were all made out of the same fabric. It made a nice variation.
I ended up cutting mine apart due to the focus be drawn to one area. I decided I didn't want to rip out many many seams and since it would be like redoing most of the quilt I first cut about 6 1/2' off each side, then ripped out the center left, folded them in 1/2 and did a 60 degree cut. Then layed it out in a diamond pattern, placing the colors from the ones I cut off to the other end. Sew it together, place a 2 1/2" border, placed a 2nd border of the 6 1/2" strips which now I cut each to 3" so it would go around the whole border. and I put on a 3rd border of 4 1/2". Instead of re-sewing lots of seams and ripping I ended up sewing only 5 not counting the borders which would of been needed anyway to finsh the Jelly Roll quilt. Many of the other in our group (most) on Monday night meeting when we showed them to the group that didn't make it to the race said they ended up taking them apart and rearanged them.
As fun as it was to get together for the Jelly Roll race I myself don't think I would make another one.
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