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I just got my very first sewing machine during the joanns discount sale and my grandma gave a jellyroll that she wont get to. Its from moda fabrics. I picked out a pattern i want to try but the jelly roll width is 4.5 in and not 2.5 in with only 20ish strips, not 40 like most patterns call for, and i cant find anything online on why this might be. Do i need to cut all the strips in half? that still wont give me the 2.5 in i need for 40 strips. Should i just buy more fabric or find a different pattern for 4.5 in strips. Tyia

is it a free pattern, available online? if so, please post the link. maybe one of us can figure out how to adapt it to your supply of strips.

in the meantime, please post

• the exact number of strips,
• plus how wide the are from selvage to selvage (end to end, the long way.)
• and a photo of the strips laid out next to each other

that will help us offer more suggestions to use what you have.

Okay, so i must have miscounted earlier because there are
32 strips of fabric
they are 44in long and eactly 4.5 in wide

My grandmother had a couple of patters with it when she gave them to me, including a moda fabrics, log cabin-courthouse steps pattern

Edit: I’m having trouble uploading the image so here is a link to it.

https://ibb.co/GQyVjrcW

It seems to me the strips of fabric were cut by someone, other than a brand precut roll, from fabric they had in their stash. If the pattern calls for that width it will be fine. If you need 2 1/2" width you will need to cut them.

They look like a fat 1/8s roll. You could cut them in half lengthwise and make a log cabin or scrappy crazy quilt. Can you give a link to the pattern you have?

I think I would look at something like a simple bricks pattern. Cut each 4.5 inch strip into 2.5 inch pieces so that you get rectangles measuring 4.5x2.5. A bricks pattern is very good for beginners because there are no seams to match. Here is a link to a YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/live/6nObtmwa0Kw

Here is the Patternhttps://ibb.co/album/KDjJnf I’m wanting to try. Is it possible?

Thank you! Ill check this out!

you could use them for a log cabin but i think the suggested "bricks quilt" would be a better place to start since you are new to quilting. log cabin blocks are not as easy as they appear to be. the process to make them is simple. keeping the seams perfectly straight and all the pieces the perfect size can make a person crazy.

(look for 10 comments to follow that say they are a snap. lol)

Rule of thumb: The more seams in a block, the more places it can go wrong. Simple patterns will give you the experience and confidence to tackle more intricate projects. Good luck!

I believe at one time they had 4 1/2 inch strips rolled up like jelly rolls, not sure what they were called, but they weren't very popular, so they quit making them.

They did. I remember seeing some Christmas ones like this from Moda Bake Shop. A bit annoying when I went to Moda’s free pattern site there is not way to sort or filter by precut type/size. I feel like they probably had a pattern or two for this specific size set they used to sell, but I couldn’t find any easily.