The "Perfect" Jelly Roll
#61
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Well... what about the concept of "junior jelly rolls" with 20 strips, all different? Then if you needed 40, you could order two, and if you needed more, you could order 3 or 4. You could control whether you got duplicates or not, by ordering two of the same, or two different, "junior"s.
What do you think?
What do you think?
#62
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Oooh... yummy! You could use that to make one of those beautiful neutral colored quilts I keep seeing (& lusting after) here on the board. Yay!
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I like that concept , aren't some manufactures doing this? I thought I saw some smaller jelly rolls.
It would be nice if at least a few of the fabrics in the roll had a easy way to order yardage to go with the jelly roll. I am typically looking for yardage to go with in either the lightest or darkest color in the jelly roll. This is a particular issue with batiks. ...or at least list on the package what the manufactures numbers are so if I really want yardage of one I can have some starting point for the search.
It would be nice if at least a few of the fabrics in the roll had a easy way to order yardage to go with the jelly roll. I am typically looking for yardage to go with in either the lightest or darkest color in the jelly roll. This is a particular issue with batiks. ...or at least list on the package what the manufactures numbers are so if I really want yardage of one I can have some starting point for the search.
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I have mixed feelings about the pinked edges. Sometimes it makes it easier to line them up but other times they're a pain.
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A perfect jelly roll would be 40 strips with no doubles. All the fabrics would be bright cheerful 30's prints. And the fabric would feel wonderful. I do have a jelly roll with 30's prints, but she snuck some doubles in there and they are totally ugly !! I felt really cheated when I got home and opened them to check them out. Sure cost me a pretty penny for those ugly Men's underwear type fabrics (my Mother made me iron my stepfather's boxers in the 1960's).
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Oh, I'd KILL for a Civil War Jelly Roll! If you don't like them, send yours to me!!! LOL!
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