Disappointed in charm squares
 

Has anyone ordered from JellyRollFabrics.net? I wanted to make each of my granddaughters a Pixelated Heart quilt to show them how much they are loved. The oldest will be 8 and the youngest 4 this year. I ordered 4 charms packs, two in purples and two in blues, their favorite colors. I had assumed they would be quilt shop quality, but the fabric appears thin to me, and I hesitate to use it. If you have ordered their charm packs (not a name brand item) and everything turned out ok, would you let me know please. Package says 100% cotton, and www.Premium Precuts.com. Keeping my fingers crossed that these are ok to use.

When I order precuts I learned to buy the name brand fabrics I have used before since I can't feel them before buying. I have never heard of JellyRollFabrics.net. If you are unsure then don't use them for an important gift quilt.

I ordered several jelly rolls from them quite a few years ago. I'm not particularly sensitive to smells but they all had a very strong chemical odor and none of the strips had anything on any selvedge to indicate the brand. I assumed they'd been treated to make the fabric seem sturdier than it really was. I donated them to Good Will.

I have used their charm packs and they were fine, they didn't smell and I thought they felt ok also.The quilt I made with them turned out nice and I've washed it many times and it hasn't fallen apart. I have noticed a lot of fabrics feel thinner than it used to. Kaffe especially feels thin to me. The same goes for clothing, it all seems thinner than it used to be.

In the past I have found pre-cuts not to be cut correctly, thin, etc. So I've quit buying pre-cuts and just cut from my stash. True, it's a lot more work but I know they're cut correctly plus I like to starch all my fabrics before I cut into them so I'm able to do this too.

The only pre-cuts I found to be worthy of my business is from Jinny Beyer's site. You know her fabrics are a very good quality and I do have some of those yet to use up.

I would return them with a message that they did not meet your expectations for quality quilting fabric. The company needs to know their customers are not pleased.

I looked at their website (which appears to be a canned e-commerce design) and dug down to see where they are located.

Their mailing address is a box at a UPS store in Indiana, so they use a mail service and don't reveal their actual location.

Website ownership info is blocked on Whois/ICANN. The website name is registered through GoDaddy, which usually means it's an individual.

The only fabric I buy is a known brand. I don't like surprises. I've bought many precuts from Moda, etc and they were fine. Sorry this happened to you.

BTW- Jinny Beyer is retiring and all her fabric is 40 % off.

I cut my own and do not use pre-cuts with one exception only because I know the brand and it is Beatrix fabric lines. I will by layers cakes directly from the manufacture. I have enough fabric in my stash to make all my charm pieces.

All precuts are made from yardage. If you buy name brand precuts it's cut from the same fabric sold on the bolt.

Yes, this is true.

I've been disappointed with some of my precuts. Some have all different fabrics, others do not. I've found that when using precuts that I have to shop for more fabrics to "round out" the the color scheme. I Other precuts really do have all different fabics. Now I only shop on sites that actually show all the fabrics in the pack.

Most precuts are all the fabrics in one fabric line. Most have duplicates as fabric lines rarely have 44 different fabrics patterns. I buy precuts to get all the fabric pattern in that fabric line. Most quilt shops do not carry all the different fabric in one designer line. I can always add a solid to blend with the fabric.

I buy a lot of fat quarter bundles (my weakness) and they are from a line. Most are between 21 and 30 or so fabrics. I'm a real sucker for those coordinates :) I don't always use them exclusively in a quilt, may add or subtract some but it's a lot of fun for me.

What bugs me about pre-cuts are the ones with pinked edges.

Yes love the fat quarter bundles! Just looking at a tower of fatquarters fill me with motivation.

The only precuts I order now are from Jordan Fabrics and my LQS. The precuts don't have pinked edges and the fabric is high quality. My LQS will cut a quilt pattern in any size I want, and the cost is minimal. My daughter asked me to make her a quilt and I told her I would buy the fabric, but she wanted to buy it herself. She went to Joan's Fabric and the fabric she bought had a low thread count. The white felt like the thin fabric I use for interfacing. She cut out a lot of the fabric, but I struggled with that quilt, and I am not pleased with it, but it is finished. I made up my mind that if I am going to put hours of work into a quilt, then I will make sure the fabric is worth the time and effort.

sounds like a Chinese knock off seller! I buy precuts from Green Fairy Quilts all the time and there is never a nasty smell and the jelly rolls, charm packs etc are all the usual name brands.

I wouldn't shop from that place again!

I agree! Charm squares especially seem to be wonky and not always a true 5" square. I do like using mini-charms occasionally, though as they add nice variety of a quilt. I try to stick to Moda for them.

Lindaschipper, mkc and Austinite, the name of the online store is JellyRollFabric.net....not jellyrollfabrics.net.....there is no S in the website name. Type in the correct name and you'll see that it is an official business and not just and individual or chinese knock off seller. I have ordered many times from them and have always been pleased. It seems like all fabric today is thinner, even my LQS fabric is thinner. The manufactures of the fabric are cutting back just like everything else. I noticed how thin clothing from is also getting. It doesn't seem to matter if it's from Kohl's or Nordstroms.

I have only started discovered precuts recently in terms of buying them. I love the fact that I get a bit everything in the fabric line so have a huge variety that all intermatches. No more surprises when I get my fabric into other light and discover I really don’t like it together! I like everything I have ordered so far but know that it will a least match color wise which makes buying by mail easier for me.

The only complaint I have had is the lint jelly rolls etc have. Between keeping my machine clean and bothering my eyes I wasn’t happy the first time I used one of my collection. Someone (I can’t remember who) in the quilt blog world had a solve that works, you throw your jelly roll unbound in the dryer for a few minutes cleaning the lint catcher every couple of minutes at first. An eye popping amount of lint came off off the two hunny buns I did recently. They come out in a bit of a tangle but are still easy to regroup in a few minutes. The pinking edges fray a bit so my fabric looks sort of old but it’s easy to sew. No lint in my eyes. It’s a win! Lol

rjwilder .... Sorry for the spelling mistake in the company name. When people type too fast there is often mistakes, or this was my case. If someone is going to"google" the name, it will automatically come up with the correct spelling. I'm use to name brand charm squares (Moda, etc.) and thought these would be of the same quality. They weren't. But I do suspect they were hand cut from fabric yardage they had received, and it was thinner than 1st quality as in quilt shops. If you like the fabric from JellyRollFabric.net, keep ordering from them. I'm sure they appreciate your business. Thank you for your input.

It was nice to be able to go on her site too, and get the free patterns and blocks that I liked while I still could find them.

I was never one to use pre-cuts. But, now I have discovered that I have been getting into the jelly rolls. I've been getting mine mostly at Jordan Fabrics and at Hancock-Paducah.

I really like the videos, and the Cozy Quilt Patterns at Jordan Fabrics, and their fabric.

A lot of the fabric sold by Jellyrollfabric is from Marshall's Dry Goods $4.99 fabric. This fabric is thinner than the name brand manufacturers, though I can not attest to it's durability. Other name brand pieces offered are from older discontinued lines, which have previously been offered for sale from other online sellers like Hanchocks etc. for $5.99 to $6.99 a yard. The latter is good quality fabric, but priced higher than other retailers sold it for by the yard last year. Still if the fabric is what you are looking for, the quality is good.