Cheap Jelly Rolls?
01-19-2012, 04:11 PM
#32
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I love www.connectingthreads.com for pre-cuts. Of course you have to like their fabric designs. Actually the pricing you quoted works out to $29.84 for 40 strips which is still an OK price for a regular sized jelly roll.
One of the thing to keep in mind is that part of the cost for pre-cuts is their cost of labor to cut and bundle the items. What is so great about Connecting Threads, and one of their selling points, is that their prices DO NOT include their cost to cut!! If you work out the square inches in what you purchase from them it is exactly the same price as their per yard price. Pretty good. If you do the same with other jelly rolls/charm packs/layer cakes, etc. you'll find you are paying a much higher per yard price.
One of the thing to keep in mind is that part of the cost for pre-cuts is their cost of labor to cut and bundle the items. What is so great about Connecting Threads, and one of their selling points, is that their prices DO NOT include their cost to cut!! If you work out the square inches in what you purchase from them it is exactly the same price as their per yard price. Pretty good. If you do the same with other jelly rolls/charm packs/layer cakes, etc. you'll find you are paying a much higher per yard price.
01-19-2012, 04:42 PM
#33
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Originally Posted by deemail
go pick out 20 fabrics that you like and have a quarter yard cut... you will be paying for 5 yards, and you will have 3 jelly roles a leftover strip that goes into your scrap quilt bag... meanwhile, you will have 3 rolls ...ALL with fabrics that you love... get a June Tailor strip cutter ruler while you're there, it will be free if you count what you're saving on the jelly rolls...
01-19-2012, 10:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Valerie Ann
I googled cheap jelly rolls and found a site called Jelly Roll Fabric (www.jellyrollfabrics.net) and found decent prices--not great, but decent. A roll of white was $14.97 for 20 strips with free shipping over $50. Anyone know the company and quality of material? If not, anyone found any site cheaper?
Thanks in advance!
Thanks in advance!
01-19-2012, 10:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Holice
$14.95 for 20 strips is not necessarily a good price. That makes them $11.50 per yd. if my calculations are correct.
02-07-2012, 09:26 AM
#38
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Originally Posted by deemail
go pick out 20 fabrics that you like and have a quarter yard cut... you will be paying for 5 yards, and you will have 3 jelly roles a leftover strip that goes into your scrap quilt bag... meanwhile, you will have 3 rolls ...ALL with fabrics that you love... get a June Tailor strip cutter ruler while you're there, it will be free if you count what you're saving on the jelly rolls...
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