Moira in N.E. England

I’m busy making a lap quilt from a jelly roll. The roll is made up of 20 pieces with an aboriginal/Australian theme - each piece has a different pattern. I trimmed each strip to 36” long with the intention of making a scrappy binding from the off cuts.

I decided to use a quilt-as-you go/stitch and flip (?) method and have spent the last couple of days ‘stitching and flipping’. In my calculations the 20 strips SHOULD have given me a total length of 40” but when I’ve measured it it is only 36” long.

I’ve googled lap quilt sizes and there doesn’t seem to be any hard and fast rules so I wondered what you think.

My husband says I should just make the lap quilt square instead of rectangular ...

RJLinkletter

I don’t think there are any rules - do what size you like! But if you are worried you could make a top and bottom plain border in a co-ordinating colour.

Tartan

You could add a piano key border all around with your cut offs and then use a different binding or just piano keys at the top and bottom if you want it longer.

Moira in N.E. England

That’s a good idea - I’ll have to think about that!

Thank you.

Moira in N.E. England

Yes - that would work!

Thank you.