Jelly Roll "race" quilt - Horrible
#21
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I've made one and actually found the process enjoyable. I love sewing. I get kind of tired and bored if there's too much prep work (tracing, pressing, folding, etc.). I want to get to the good part and see what it looks like! I didn't care much for how the top itself turned out, so I cut the strips again in the opposite direction and made a postage stamp quilt. It looks MUCH better, lol.
#24
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I've made one (not racing, though) and I really enjoyed the process. My poor quilt is still hanging in the closet, awaiting backing, quilting and binding...gotta get that back out again! And Peckish, I love your idea about recutting the strips...
#25
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Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Indiana
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I have made a couple and though that first seam is a bear, I didn't mind them. BUT, I do them when I am working nights. There is no turning anything the wrong way or cutting it wrong and that is best when I sleep deprived. I just sew until I want to stop and leave it. I go right back to the same spot when I restart.
I am sorry you didn't enjoy it. It is good that we are all different, isn't it? Right now I should be in my sewing room finishing up stuff for my BOM meeting in 4 hours. But, I feel like if I even see another HST right now I will toss a sewing machine through the upstairs window. What was I thinking signing up for this????
I am sorry you didn't enjoy it. It is good that we are all different, isn't it? Right now I should be in my sewing room finishing up stuff for my BOM meeting in 4 hours. But, I feel like if I even see another HST right now I will toss a sewing machine through the upstairs window. What was I thinking signing up for this????
#26
I took a class for one, then did another one. It can be tedious, but then again it can be kind of mindless. I just turned the TV on a good show and went to work. After the first round it goes together pretty fast and I like the randomness of it. In the class I did batiks in blues and it turned out great.
#28
I make the jelly roll race quilts when I go to a sew day as it's mindless sewing and I can talk and socialize without concentrating on a quilt pattern. I can do up to three in one sew day. I make a lot of them in baby colors to keep on hand for baby gifts and to give to the church nursery where our guild meeting is held. I keep a supply of jelly rolls in my sew day bag and nothing to take but machine, scissors, and jelly rolls. I press all the seams to one side after the top is done. I don't press each seam separate.
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