Super Fast Jelly-roll quilt
04-30-2010, 10:00 AM
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Originally Posted by betlinsmom
I dont have a jelly roll to my name but, I do have lots of fabric: How wide a strip is a jelly roll, please?
I am working with my thirty three strips, and this is not looking good at all! .... Turns out, there were eleven different fabrics, three strips of each fabric ... Bummer!
Lesson learned ... rather than separate the strips into stacks of three and then going through and taking one of each until I was through the whole thing, I should have figured out which color to do first, and put all three strips together in one long strip.
I am intrigued enough in trying to make this work that I am thinking seriously of duplicating the strip set up and do it a different way ... JUST to see <g> <wave>
04-30-2010, 10:46 AM
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ANOTHER IDEA FOR JELLY ROLL STRIPS:I used a part of a batik jelly roll to make a small QAYG wall hanging with the strips on the diagonal to hang on the family room side of our bedroom door; it's revrsible and we like it. I think I'm going to use the balance of the jelly roll for this quilt project. Only I will cut the strips shorter so that it looks more scrappy. Jinnie
04-30-2010, 10:51 AM
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I finished it ... and as near as I can figure, with 33 strips, I ended up with a quilt center that is 42 x 64 inches ... not too shabby! (In my humble opinion.)
Now to create the tutorial. When I get it all in place in the Tutorials section, I will come back and put the link to it in this thread, so those of us who like pictures can find it all quite easily <wave>
In the meantime, I will put a picture of the original jelly roll and the finished quilt ...
Now to create the tutorial. When I get it all in place in the Tutorials section, I will come back and put the link to it in this thread, so those of us who like pictures can find it all quite easily <wave>
In the meantime, I will put a picture of the original jelly roll and the finished quilt ...
the jelly roll I started with
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the quilt I ended up with
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04-30-2010, 10:55 AM
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Imagine that! I already AM in the tutorial section ... so, here goes:
cutting the little bit of selvedge off the end of each piece ... always trim selvedges
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a better look at how the strips appear when they are chain stitched together
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and, when you cut them apart
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cut the last strip added in half
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and, again ...
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opened the roll up and this is when I discovered that I hadn't read the small print!
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I separated the strips into like stacks and tried to arrange them so the colors "flowed"
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my container of 2 inch squares, waiting to be the leaders and enders (courtesy blocks)
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put the ends of two strips, right sides together and stitch through the machine
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Two squares ready to be sewn together ... I keep matching pairs at the beginning and ending of my chain piecing
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start chain piecing the strips together through your machine. It helps to have a container on the backside of the machine to catch your work off the floor
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have completed the first joining of all strips ... note: another set of 2 inch blocks .. leave the courtesy block in there .. saves thread and time. Just cut the strips loose and bring to front of machine
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cut the strips apart ... good idea to have another container to let the strips fall into as you work them from the back of the machine to the front
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right sides together --start sewing the first strip end to the last strip end, down the long side
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this is NOT what you want the "loop" to look like when you get ready to cut the strips in half, after having sewn the complete length. I hadn't made sure that I had the ends, right sides together
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but, it worked out okay ... it could have been better, however
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You now have a long strip of two ... you need to go back and find the other end of your long strip and fold it in half, bringing the starting part up to the ending part ... stitch down the long side
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make sure you cut the long strips in half BEFORE you get to the end ... having sewn two strips to two strips, you will now have
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04-30-2010, 11:18 AM
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a couple more pictures ran out of time .. poor Administrator ... I hope I didn't give his computer a headache :roll: anyway!
By now, you can see that i figured out - - using something to drape the strips on would help me find the ends better and keep the fabric straight.
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and after I got it all done ...
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04-30-2010, 11:20 AM
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I just wanted to let remind y'all that I only had thirty three strips ... so, when you are using 40 strips, you will be doing the joining the top to the bottom a few more times.
The reason to cut off selvedges is: The fabric is more tightly woven in that area, and for some reason, it continues to shrink no matter how many times it is washed .... it really can and will affect the finished project.
I will come back when I have better quilts to show off .... I am going to experiment <g> <wave>
The reason to cut off selvedges is: The fabric is more tightly woven in that area, and for some reason, it continues to shrink no matter how many times it is washed .... it really can and will affect the finished project.
I will come back when I have better quilts to show off .... I am going to experiment <g> <wave>
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