Jelly Roll Race Quilt, what did I do wrong?
07-11-2011, 06:10 AM
#44
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I think it was just the way the strips were lined up. When I made my jelly roll quilt I tried to mix up the colors more but one section ended up having an overabundance of one color. I used Lily and Will blue by Moda for this baby quilt. Think I'm going to applique a dark brown bear on it to balance out my colors. It is an easy project once the strips are sewn together.
07-11-2011, 06:14 AM
#45
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I think I have the same jelly roll. I also found the colors tended to be lumped together. Don't think it was anything you did...I think it's a function of lack of variety within the jelly roll. I think mine only had 6 different fabrics. I decided to do something different halfway thru because I didn't like the pattern. I'd probably do it again but will definitely look for more variety within the jelly roll itself.
07-11-2011, 06:14 AM
#46
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Originally Posted by BellaBoo
The jelly roll didn't have a lot of variety but I never though the strips would match up making two sections. The only thing I can think of is my first sewn together strip got twisted. Would that have made the strips not varied? I still like it but just wondering why the dark blue and pinks are on one side and the greens and prints are on the other side.
Could it be that's how the strips in the jellyroll just happened to be stacked?
07-11-2011, 06:28 AM
#48
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Originally Posted by BellaBoo
This sure is a fast quilt to make. I had the top completed in about an hour. It's going to be a child's play quilt. It's much bigger then I expected so I don't need borders.
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