A layer cake, jelly roll, or charm squares?

(For new quilters: a layer cake is a collection of 10" x 10" squares, jelly rolls are 2.5" x 44" strips, and charms are 5" x 5" squares.)

Mostly these come with about 40 pieces in each set. Is that a good number? Or would you like the option of being able to buy groups of 20 pieces too? (In case 40 is not enough, or too much.)

I've only used a jelly roll one time; it was okay but I wouldn't purchase one. I felt too limited by the color choice--some I would have liked more of, some I didn't use. I've never bought squares or or charms for this same reason.
I rarely buy less than a yard of fabric at a time. This is just me though, because precuts seem to be very popular. (I also fear cutting wrong and not having enough fabric.) I like coordinating my own colors (even if they're not great) rather than using someone else's choices.

I love charms, I think because I LOVE scrap quilts with LOTS of varity, and never have LOTS of money, lol. They are usually affordable!

I think a jelly roll is probably the most versatile, so I'm more likely to buy those than the other pre-cuts.

Sometimes I buy a jelly roll with a layer cake or some charm packs. With this combination, a lot of the cutting is done and you can go right to work, putting together the quilt.

For me - charm squares.

if i'm working on a charm quilt or a nickle quilt then 5" charms squares are the way to go...if i'm working on a strip quilt or bargello...strips are the answer; if i'm working on a big-block or scrappy then 10" squares may be do-able.
personally i seldom buy pre-cuts...i do not like to be limited by what i can do with my fabrics. i have received a few as gifts.
the outer blocks around the crazy center of this quilt bali jelly rolls were used.

I use charm squares, but I do want to start using Jelly Rolls. They are just more expensive.

If I don't have a project in mind I would buy a layer cake. I have a few projects "on the list" that use jelly rolls but otherwise I doubt I would purhase one.

I love jelly rolls and charm packs. Have a good supply-buy them on sale. Never used a layer cake but I did purchase sesveral when Connecting Threads had their sale before Christmas. Seems that they would be very useful since they are larger.

I have used all 3. Sometimes I don't want to have to think about putting colors together or have to cut it myself and the precuts are so handy. I'm not sure I would use packages of 20 though.

I have bought charm packs, i like them for fast quick tops, not bought any jelly rolls or layer cakes yet tho. Smaller packs of 20 would be good.

I have only used a jelly roll once , never the others. I guess I do not like being limited. I bought the jelly roll, actually a bali pop for a specific pattern, so do not just buy for stash like I do yardage.

Are you all sitting down for this?... I have never used any of them....
I cringe when I see the prices then go and get fabric by the bolt. One of these days I might splurge....

I used Jelly Rolls for a king size log cabin quilt, which was my first quilt. I have also used charm packs for a quick controlled scrappy quilt.

At present I have a layer cake and some yardage of Moda Harmony that I do not know what to do with it.
JulieM

Another one here has never used any. I've seen some very pretty ones I would like to have bought but just couldn' bring myself to pay the price. I would like to try the jelly rolls so when I see one on sale I like, I will buy it.

I do not typically buy pre- cuts. I do wish there was a 3 inch roll since alot of what I do is 1.5 strips. When I am out in the shops its the jelly rolls that make me stop and look.

I prefer to cut my own fabrics so have never bought any. I have such a huge stash that I figure I can find enough strips, squares etc. to make anything I can think of that is scrappy looking.

I've never used any of them. I think it depends on what you want to make with it! I want to do a stacked coins quilt, I'm looking at jelly rolls for that.

I always cut my own....buy 1/4 extra in case I have a cutting mistake....I guess I am concerned about the pre-cuts - are they accurately cut? And if not, where would I get the cuts to replace them? Would like to try them, but would be upset if there were a cutting mistake at the prices charged.

I've never used any of them either. The price is ridiculous, I hate having someone else pick out what fabrics I 'should' use, I love to cut things for myself, I don't make scrappy quilts...should I go on? :lol: I don't even buy fat quarters unless the LQS has none of that particular fabric left on the bolt and I have to have it for a project. Sorry, I guess I'm no help to you. :(

I've never bought charms or layer cakes. I do have three batik jelly rolls that I'm going to use one of these day....

I guess I just prefer to cut my own stuff. And I also like to pick out my own fabric. So many times in charm packs and layer cakes there's fabrics in them that I just don't like.

I just bought my first jelly roll on sale. It was still a little high to me but I like dirt cheap. I just wantedto do that real fast stripe quilt to see how it goes!

The smallest fabric I have ever purchased is a FQ, and I've just about quit buying them. I prefer to cut and match my own yardage.

I usually get jelly rolls when I find a good sale. Last summer found several at half price, so added them to my stash, have used one so far.

Well....I like FQ bundles the best...go figure!

Actually, I've bought 1 jelly roll and used it, the charm paks, etc.- I buy to use a gifts only. I don't care for them- too small.

I have never bought any of them. I buy by the yard and cut what I want.

I dont use them rather buy the bolt fabric,cheaper.

I am another who has never used them. I refuse to pay the ridiculous prices. Fabric has traditionally been sold by the yard. I refuse to pay 3-5 times the price to have someone cut squares or strips that may not be the size I want to use. I don't even like paying for fat quarters, but at least they are usually a little closer to yardage prices and more versatile in what I can do with them.

I don't like jelly rolls, charm packs or layer cakes. I like to choose my own fabric. It is limiting to buy precut fabric. When I buy something I don't alway know what I want to do with it. I have much more freedom if I buy yardage.

ditto me

I always plant to purchase one, but when I see the price, I back out. I can purchase fat quarters for $1 and can pick and choose what I want/like. Purchasing precuts is sorta like buying a "pig-in-a-poke" to me. What if I just don't like most of them?

However, I might take a chance on 20.

I hate cutting and/or matchine fabric. I buy mostly FQs and I would buy 10" squares if they were on sale. Sometimes you can get them really reasonable.

None. I've never used precuts.

I LOVE jelly rolls. I like them in 40 sets, but have found larger sets and prefer the larger sets, such as 50 strips.

Layer Cakes are great for D9P but typically they are pretty pricey.

Charm paks I have an abundance of because I cut 5" squares from my larger scraps.

Me too !!! What might be nice is to be able to select individual strips in quanities of 20 that belong to a line.....too often there are colors/patterns in a jelly roll, charm pk or layer cake that I know I will never use just because I dont like them so they are not something I will buy.

I really don't use many precuts, but when I do it is mostly charms, a few Fat Eighths, and Fat Quarters. I really prefer yardage.

I just got my first ever pre-cuts in about 20 years of quilting. I don't usually buy anything pre-cut but wanted a kit for a Moda pattern and pre-cuts was how it was packaged. I have not used it yet, so don't know how I will like it. In the end I almost always purchase yardage rather than pre-cuts because I tend to not like scrappy quilts and I feel yardage gives me more options on how to use the fabric.

I haven't used any of these either - I buy by the yard

It really is dependent on what you want to make! Some like strip friendly blocks, some like more creativity to their blocks....I am not a fan of any pre-cuts!

I made a really pretty colorfalls with jelly rolls, and a couple of quilts for the gk's with charm packs. Found out I like FQ's or yardage best.