Going for the simplest answer, if your finished strips end up being 1" (start w/a 1.5" strip and sew with 1/4" seams), then you would end up with 8 strips. If they are 8" long, then 8 x 8 = 64, which is what the total length of your strips sewn together would be. To make it interesting, don't cut your strips all the same length before joining them/
Originally Posted by
Prissnboot
Can anyone give me an idea how to make a pot holder in a jelly roll race style? I can figure it out, cut the strips 1.5" wide x perhaps 6" long, but how long total would the first strip need to be to make an 8"x8" potholder?
Another idea is to make a big standard size jelly roll quilt and just cut the sizes out that would be needed. Gee, that almost makes too much sense! Just do it once and bam, it's done.
Any suggestions?