What to do with 2 1/2" strips
 

If you were given 31 WOF 2 1/2" strips, all the same, what would you make with them? The fabric is a lavender paisley, with a grey, not quite pink, and not quite burgundy background.

Maybe combine with some solids/complimentary fabrics and make a jelly roll quilt?

I like the Chevron pattern.

Do you have any fabric in your stash that coordinates with it? With 64 strips, you can make a nice sized Rail fence quilt (around 56 by 63 without borders). This is using 4 8.5" strips per rail. Our guild puts a 5 inch border on them for charity quilts, They come out about 65 by 72 inches. Have fun with them!!!!

Linda in Missouri

Make a log cabin block with a neutral - white, beige or black for the other half.

rail fence is a nice one, I also just finished a "Surprise Inside" kind of like a square in square. It is all spread out on my dining room table and resting on my throat space as I try to get up the courage to FMQ it on my DM...

For the past two years I have been buying a jelly roll for a big quilt I want to make for the bedroom - possibly wider and longer than a kingsize. I buy them only when I am on vacation with my sister and her family, and I have gotten them as gifts. So, I bought them and received them in the color of my bedroom - teal blue and pink, so I am fussy there. But I have three quilts to finish, one more to make from scratch and then I can start on my Strip Quilt. Really looking forward to it. I will be able to look at it and tell exactly where I got them and from whom.

Another reason I do not like acronyms - what is a DM? Edie

I would go to MSQC website and click on videos. There are just so many patterns now a days to make use out of jelly roll strips

Edie...domestic machine.

I use the term home sewing machine instead of domestic, because the opposite of domestic is not from this country.

The last jelly roll I worked with I made a granny square blocks. It came out pretty nice.

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And domestic also means "in my house", as in: not an industrial machine. Yes, some of us have industrial machines in our houses, but I think it means just regular machines most of us use.

inspiration.. http://www.bing.com/images/search?
q=images+jelly+roll+quilts&qpvt=images+jelly+roll+ quilts&qpvt=images+jelly+roll+quilts&FORM=IGRE

Wow, lots of inspiration there. Nice search.

Boxed Squares takes 2 1/2 squares and 2 1/2 x 6 1/2 strips. It's my favorite pattern and I have made it twelve times.

Without a picture of the fabric I can't be sure what would work well.
I would definitely find complimentary fabrics to go with it.
In a similar situation I found fabrics that read as solid in the colors of my print and let the print be the center log of a three strip rail fence.
Another possibility is using the strips and your chosen complimentary fabrics to create the woven look design. Don't remember the name to look it up.

I have made some strip (or jelly roll) quilts and they turn out nice.

http://www.modabakeshop.com/2012/10/...ven-quilt.html

I love this "Simply Woven" quilt from Moda Bake Shop. It looks a lot harder than it actually is. You just have to be careful with cutting measurements when sub-cutting your blocks. (Yes, I've got one that is 1/4 inch off. But I put in on the outside edge, so it doesn't join anything and you can't tell.)

I made that pattern too with several jelly rolls....all seams are pressed open and lots of sew, cut, sew, cut, sew cut....but it does turn out very pretty.

I am new to QAG so I have collected 4 different, but similar colors, jelly rolls and some larger pieces for borders, to make a sort of rail fence design, one quilted block at a time. I found an easy for me way to put them together and l the first one (as I was learning) only took a couple weeks from beginning to gifted. Can't beat that. When I do start the next one I am going to post a tutorial on this board if anyone wants to try the easy method I developed for me.

DM stands for domestic machine not a long arm

I was just writing to a quilting friend that I have to cut some 2-1/2" strips today -- I ran out of binding for a quilt. That's another idea. I think a multi-colored binding on a quilt with a solid border would be lovely. Unfortunately for me I have multi-colored 5x5 charm packs for my border and needed a solid binding. But I think your color combination would be perfect for binding. Also, if I have extra fabric, I will make binding, tie it down with a ribbon and put it in the drawer marked "Binding" (so I don't lose it)!!!!!!! And save it so I don't have to go out and buy fabric for binding. My mother made binding out of leftover fabric she made in a quilt for me. It is a Sampler and the colors match so beautifully. It was a fantastic lesson for me to learn - that being that leftover pieces of the quilt can be used in binding. Smart Cookie that mother of mine. The minister of her church told us that Mom was the gatekeeper at the Pearly Gates. And I am sure she's binding something sitting there greeting her friends. Edie

OK is WOF width off fabric? I can't find list of acronyms for this so...I'm guessing!

[QUOTE=IrishgalfromNJ;7088554]The last jelly roll I worked with I made a granny square blocks. It came out pretty nice.

Irishgal... I love your granny square quilt and the collection of colors in it.

Great Ideas
You could also sew 4 strips together then cut triangles and put 4 triangles back together into a block.

WOF is width of fabric

I had a pkg. of jelly roll strips that I was not "in love" with. I saw a tutorial on MSQC & followed her instructions. I can't for the life of me remember what the name of the tute was called but it was pretty straight forward. I took 4 strips & joined together - I then cut them into squares (obviously by the width of the joined strips) - laid 1 square on top of the other but with strips going in the opposite direction - sewed 1/4" around the outside edge - cut them diagonally from corner to corner (basically cutting a big X ) & you end up with 4 smaller squares. Square them up & then you can join them to make your block in whatever configuration that you prefer. Looks scrappy but somewhat controlled scrappy. Hope this helps. I have to say that I quite like the finished quilt top & I did not like the jelly roll strips when I received them. You never know how things will look until you're done. What a surprise I got from strips that I did not like at the start.

I don't know this pattern but am interested. I googled it and got too many different ones. Do you have a pic you can share? If you've made it that many times it must be wonderful!

Yes please, it sounds quick and fun :)

Yes it is.

I think in this case it means home, kind of like a domestic dispute or domestic chores. The word domestic has several meanings.

I would love to see your tutorial on QAYG. I am really hoping to make one this way, and am thankful for any help and inspiration I can get! I will be on the lookout for it! BTW, if you could put QAYG in the thread title, that would make it very easy to find, I think. Looking forward to it! :)

THANKS for all the great ideas!! My mind was stuck on the jelly roll race quilt, and I just can't find enough coordinating fabrics to make that work!!

Do you think the Boxed Square Quilt would look good in just two fabrics? One fabric would be the paisley strips, and the other would be white or gray.

I'm making crib size quilts, so I think I have enough strips for two quilts. I think the other one will be a rail fence. I have the paisley, another print, a gray and a white, so I was thinking 4 rails.

Thanks again!

Just learning what I can make with jelly rolls and I am finding so many ways to use them. I am just a beginner, but I have plenty of ideas.

The quilt you are looking for is: Amazing Jelly Roll Quilt by Three Dudes. These three guys have a quilt shop I think in Arizona. The pattern is so easy and so amazing.

You would need something to separate the two fabrics. Making them every other one would look nice. Switch inside fabric and outside fabric. Or put sashing between.

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