Originally Posted by QuiltingCrazie
(Post 5297180)
I'm with you I had to do strip sets for my daughters quilt and I to get bored. More power to you guys I love precuts but I haven't seen one of the race quilts that I personally liked its a personal thing I'm to matchy. Good luck hope you finish
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Originally Posted by SandScraps
(Post 5297878)
I tried the race the first time I used the technique. Subsequently, I get up after each row of sewing and iron the seam and then, at the end, the whole thing is done. It takes longer but I find the prospect of ironing all the seams in one go daunting and it feels like ironing laundry and not a quilt top. It remains a wonderfully interesting and fast way to prepare a top in a short time. I now cut a strip off each new fabric, cut it in half and save them for the next non-race jelly roll quilt. It is also a nice way of getting something done when inspiration runs low.
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Originally Posted by Lilrain
(Post 5298785)
sure wish I could see a picture of the finished top
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Originally Posted by BellaBoo
(Post 5298655)
I make the jelly roll race quilts when I go to a sew day as it's mindless sewing and I can talk and socialize without concentrating on a quilt pattern. I can do up to three in one sew day. I make a lot of them in baby colors to keep on hand for baby gifts and to give to the church nursery where our guild meeting is held. I keep a supply of jelly rolls in my sew day bag and nothing to take but machine, scissors, and jelly rolls. I press all the seams to one side after the top is done. I don't press each seam separate.
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Originally Posted by MarlaMars
(Post 5300015)
I did one and I did not enjoy it either. I used batiks and I did not like the way the colors fell next to each other and you know that batiks are beautiful. Very hard to ruin a batik quilt but this jelly roll thing did it. I won't do it again and I am trying to figure out what to do with this now. I guess it will go in the UFO pile until I decide where it should go.
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Originally Posted by mom-6
(Post 5301871)
I've made two in the past couple of weeks. The main criticism I have is that the jelly rolls I used for the second one had too many repetitions of the same fabrics, thus creating too many places where the same fabric was side by side.
I also discovered that I prefer the look of the diagonal joining, even though it is a bit more work. And I also think if I do another one I will cut the strips in half as well. That may help with getting more variety in the piecing. |
Originally Posted by burchquilts
(Post 5304856)
OK... I'll admit that I'm not the sharpest knife in the drawer but aren't you supposed to iron each row as you finish it? That's how I've done it on both of my Jelly Roll Races. I would think waiting till the end would really be tricky.
I saved mine until the end, and since I press to the side it was quick to do the whole.top. |
Originally Posted by Skittl1321
(Post 5309208)
If you are truly racing, ironing slows you down.
I saved mine until the end, and since I press to the side it was quick to do the whole.top. |
Originally Posted by tngal22
(Post 5302605)
I just bought a Jelly Roll yesterday as a Daily Deal for $17! Can't wait to get it.
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i did the jelly roll quilt. No racing. made a few tops that were interesting just in time for my machine to caputttt
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