Can you help me?
 

My son wants me to make him a Jelly Roll Race quilt but he wants it bigger than the size one roll makes. He wants it to be double bed size. I thought of using both rolls but that would be way too big and maybe oddly shaped. If I used large boarders that would take a lot of yardage. Maybe he will have to two, one with the rolls and one different one for the bed. Hope someone can help me. Cheers!

How about making 2 smaller ones from the same jelly roll print and then put them together.

There are a few good sites on this subject:
https://www.google.com/search?q=jell...+finished+size

If my math is correct, if you use 2 Jelly rolls it would be 100 in x 64 in. Not a great measurement. Rather than using a jelly roll, what if you found a few fabrics at 1&1/2 yards and cut 2.5 in strips lengthwise, so they are 54 in lengths, instead of the 40 - 42 in. Then if you use 40 strips your quilt would be 68 x 64, and if 708 use 50 strips it would end up 84 x64. It seems no matter what the length of the strip I was coming up with the 64. But if you went with a 3 inch wide strip you could go with 50 strips, 54 inch long at 3 in. wide = 84 in wide and 96 in. long.

Okay my numbers are off a bit because I failed to account for the quarter inch seams allowance. I am not at home so can't re calculate right now. I just know the length is about 4 in short.

Instead of doing the quilt like a jelly roll race, think of it as just a quilt made up of 2" finished strips. Let's say you want the width to be 90". Start out by sewing all your strips end to end (like in the jelly roll race) but off 90" of both ends, sew these together, then continue chopping off 90" from both ends and adding to the quilt. It will have the look of a race quilt, but you won't be confined to the dimensions of a race quilt. Of course you will first have to figure out how many strips you need, but the beauty of it is that if you didn't figure on enough you can always cut more and start adding them to the quilt. Your son will never know the difference between this and a race quilt, and neither will anyone else unless they are aware of the dimensions that develop as you make a race quilt.

OK I looked and read all the info and I am totally confused. But I'm thinking, from one of the articles, I could sew together the weigh I want it to be and cut each row at that measurement or just add and cut at the end then sew that piece to the last piece. Clear as mud right? Just keep adding row until it is the size I want. Like someone said He will never know the difference. Think this will work? Thank all of you for your suggestions.

I put this tutorial on the forum which uses the 2 1/2" strips and you would be able to adjust the size of your quilt. It might be an idea for you. http://www.quiltingboard.com/tutoria...s-t266619.html

This sound like it will work to me.

Dina

Go to jellyrollfabrics.com and subscribe to her newsletter and she has a down load that will give you the information you need.

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*** Why not just cut the 1st strip the length you want + seam allowance.
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Okay, I give up. What is a "race quilt?"

I went and looked at all of the suggested sites, and this one makes it very clear and easy to make a JRR quilt any size I want. IMHO

http://jellyrollsfabric.com/wp-conte...ng-JR-Race.pdf

It was even a free download!

A friend of mine wanted to make a jelly roll race that was 60x80. I figured it out for her using 3" strips.
If you use 3.25" strips. Cut 56 of them. The quilt should come out 70x88. If you use 3.5" strips it will be 70x96.
Good luck! Ann

I saved this to mu PC, great information

Thanks for posting this question! And thanks, Madamekelly, for your response. I did one that was not the normal size and this ebook would have been so easy.

Melanie, love your tutorial. Can't say I've been a huge fan of the JRR quilts but yours is great!

Borders! Make the first jelly roll race, then add borders of any of the included fabrics you both like best.

I just made a jelly roll race using two jelly rolls. It's 58 x 84, so twin size, no borders.

I 'raced' the quilt length-wise, and made it 84" long because lots of my family members are tall!

You could 'race' the quilt across the bed or down the length of the bed in sections with sashing between each section and on the borders. That ought to get you the full size quilt you're thinking of.

Good luck!