I forgot to mention, the paper pieced version I made had 11 pieces in the arc, so a jelly roll would probably have worked although I didn't check the width of the arcs; they are 3 1/4 inches wide, but if you used the jelly roll length wise, the jelly rolls would work. I didn't use white in mine either and it was made all with batiks; with the bride and grooms favorite colors; not the traditional colors but was gorgeous even for my first attempt. But I will say by the time I got all those arcs done I swore I'd NEVER made another one - but probably would now.