Jelly Roll Race quilt question
04-02-2016, 12:07 PM
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If you're going to get a different fabric for the squares it will be. I did a baby sized wall quilt from the Kona Cotton New Brights Palette Jelly Roll and almost have enough left for a 2nd quilt, but not quite. I just sewed long sides together, though, not a jelly roll race where you trim down the edges so maybe that would make a difference. I know my jelly roll came will all different lengths of fabrics -- some 2-3" longer than the shortest ones. I trimmed all mine flush since I was sewing on the WOF. Sewing end to end would give you more length & more options about exactly where to cut for your finished size. I'd probably pick up either a mini charm pack or another 1/2 yd of fabric to do your 2" squares out of [or pull from your stash].
04-03-2016, 03:18 AM
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04-03-2016, 05:04 AM
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If you started a jelly roll race with 20 strips, you would start out with 800 inches, plus spacers, but I'll disregard the spacers because they won't have that much of an effect.
As you sew, you will have a piece measuring 400x4, 200x8, 100x16, 50x32. That size might be appropriate for a baby quilt, but it will actually be a little longer than 50 because of the spacers.
I would rather come up with a quilt that's a little more square, say 40x40. That's the problem with the jelly roll race - you're constricted by the width being a power of 2 (i.e. 2,4,8,32,64...) and the length being a function of dividing the original length by 2 a number of times equal to the power of 2 used for the width.
You also won't get quite the same look if you're trying for two baby quilts, since with a 50 " wide quilt there won't be as many changes in fabric as with the wider quilt you get from using the whole jelly roll.
As you sew, you will have a piece measuring 400x4, 200x8, 100x16, 50x32. That size might be appropriate for a baby quilt, but it will actually be a little longer than 50 because of the spacers.
I would rather come up with a quilt that's a little more square, say 40x40. That's the problem with the jelly roll race - you're constricted by the width being a power of 2 (i.e. 2,4,8,32,64...) and the length being a function of dividing the original length by 2 a number of times equal to the power of 2 used for the width.
You also won't get quite the same look if you're trying for two baby quilts, since with a 50 " wide quilt there won't be as many changes in fabric as with the wider quilt you get from using the whole jelly roll.
I just love the way you 'splain things! This is really helpful.
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