grma33

didn`t want spend money on clips the pins are working fine i sure love my cloth guide on janome 11000
set it for 1/8 and away igosewing through all the batting
Gale

SusieQOH

I didn't find it hard to make but it's very heavy. Good for putting down on the floor though with all that weight. Mine was the rectangular one.

Ellen 1

I did not think this was a difficult project. As mentioned above, the key to it laying flat is pressing. pressing, pressing, steam, steam, steam, press, press, press (anyone else a Martha Pullen fan)? Let the machine do the work of pulling the fabric through the feed dogs, don't help. :-)

Forgot to say: I used batting scraps. I cut them about 1/8" smaller than the strips. This worked well because of the folding over of the strips. (Also used fabric I will never use in another project-remember how you liked it when you first got it, then 10-15 years later, not so much............

I cut/finished these at the same time. The larger one I use at my back door and the smaller one, is for my feet in the morning. :-) (bedside).

grma33

Thanks for posting they are beautiful!
Gale

Plee1053

It will be! That flannel is beautiful! Prepping is the longest part of making the quilt! I didn’t pin mine! Came out ok!

Joanne9of12

I've made quite a few of these rugs and taught a number of classes too. I did use clips for the first one I made, but haven't used them since then - except for the very beginning of the "rope" making. I've never used pins because I know that I'd stick myself. :-) If I'm cutting my own batting strips, I generally cut them 2 1/4" rather than the 2 1/2" because it makes folding and sewing the "rope" a little easier. I don't mind the 2 1/2" batting though, so don't be afraid to use the pre-cuts batting or any batting you've already cut. :-) The pattern says that you "may need to press to help keep the rug from curling." I say that there is no "may" about it. You WILL need to press, and I do it frequently. Here are a few pictures of rugs that I've made and they all lay flat, even after washing. I did have to press a couple after washing them, but they lay flat again and I'm still using them. By the way, I put a few little squares of squishy shelf liner under the rugs so they don't slide around the floor.

Darcyshannon

Ellen1 and Joanne, thank you for the pictures. I want to make rugs for my bedroom and this shows me they can be done in such pretty colors. I can’t buy what I want.

I do have a question. You mentioned the 2.5” bat strips and I didn’t undertand that part. I do understand the narrower fabric for going around the cord.

Darcyshannon

Joan, you mentioned that you use 2.25” fabric and then larger bat 2.5” so after watching video, I am curious about how it works with the bat being a little bigger?

Or if someone else has done this with narrower strips of fabric and bat, please share. Thanks,

Painiacs

All the rugs are gorgeous, lots of work!!

Lena1952

Like Joann, I have made several and taught classes on jellyroll rugs. I agree with everything she said. Darcyshannon: I think you misread Joann's post. She was saying she cut the batting 2 1/4" instead of 2 1/2". The fabric strips remain 2 1/2". This is what I do when using scraps of Warm and Natural batting. Cutting the batting slightly smaller than the fabric allows you to fold the fabric and still see the edges of the fabric. Having made them with leftover batting and the precut rug batting, I prefer the precut as it is a bit thinner batting. The rugs are not hard, but very time consuming. Just forget to press often during the process!