Purchasing Jelly Rolls
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Purchasing Jelly Rolls
I am fairly new to quilting and most of my quilts are no larger than baby size as I use my domestic machine to quilt them. I am looking for a good place/site to purchase jelly rolls for a very good price. I like bright colors and child prints. Funds are tight as they are for so many right now so I am looking for the best source that I can find. Thank you for the help.
Mindy
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Note that a jelly roll means a bunch of 2.5" strips. It can be anywhere from 12 to 40+ strips so you really have to read the fine print to see how many strips are included & do the math to see where the best price per strip is. One place that has nice fabrics is Jelly Roll Fabric:
http://www.jellyrollfabric.net/?gcli...FcGPMgodbi4Aaw
Note that their jelly rolls are about 20 strips.
Missouri Star Quilt Company has many of the 'name brand' jelly rolls, usually in the 40+ range:
https://www.missouriquiltco.com/shop/browse/13
And Connecting threads doesn't charge extra for their pre cuts. They figure out the exact yardage and that's what you pay:
http://www.connectingthreads.com/Sam...__L602204.html
I've ordered from all 3 places and had good results.
http://www.jellyrollfabric.net/?gcli...FcGPMgodbi4Aaw
Note that their jelly rolls are about 20 strips.
Missouri Star Quilt Company has many of the 'name brand' jelly rolls, usually in the 40+ range:
https://www.missouriquiltco.com/shop/browse/13
And Connecting threads doesn't charge extra for their pre cuts. They figure out the exact yardage and that's what you pay:
http://www.connectingthreads.com/Sam...__L602204.html
I've ordered from all 3 places and had good results.
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I don't buy pre cuts like jelly rolls so can't be much help. I don't know of any one place that has the lowest prices consistently. I find that I do a lot of online shopping and price comparisons, and that includes eBay and Etsy. You might consider buying yardage and cutting your own strips as I think it is cheaper, but harder to get a large variety of fabrics if that is your goal.
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I second the suggestion above re: Connecting Threads. Since they don't charge extra for pre-cutting your fabric, it can be a good value. They are currently running a sale on all fabric...20% - 60% off, including Free Spirit and Riley Blake, etc. Some are only $2.96/yard.
http://www.connectingthreads.com/cff...=1--FabricSale
http://www.connectingthreads.com/cff...=1--FabricSale
#5
I have bought many jelly rolls. It is nice to get more prints in a collection than you can purchase one the bolt. Then again, I cut my own 2 1/2" strips for many quilts. It just depends on what I am making. I sign up for online fabric stores and watch for sales when I'm looking for jelly rolls.
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If funds are tight, I would go for yardage or even fat quarters instead of jelly rolls. The last jelly roll I opened was cut badly (it was Moda) and had a big crooked area at the fold of almost every strip.
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I agree with Gale you can pay and get badly cut stripes. From the outside of the roll you can't tell. If you are thinking they are cheaper think again I find some stripes I just can't use because I don't like the colour or pattern.
For a newbie cutting your own could be expensive as you have limited stash so I would suggest you keep buying for one pattern at a time but buy an extra half or yard of the fabric to build a stash.
For a newbie cutting your own could be expensive as you have limited stash so I would suggest you keep buying for one pattern at a time but buy an extra half or yard of the fabric to build a stash.
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I usually end up cutting my Jelly rolls but then I have been quilting for over 25 years so I have a large enough of a stash. I enjoy shopping at stores like JAF or Hobby Lobby that will cut 1/8 of a yard. Normally, they cut 5" so that is two jelly roll strips.
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