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December 31st, 2013, 03:15 PM
#1
Junior Member
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Jelly roll quilts
How many 40 strip jelly rolls does it take (approximately) to make a queen sized quilt? I understand there is so much that you can do with jelly rolls so let's just say I'm making a jelly roll race type quilt.
Thanks!!
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December 31st, 2013, 03:53 PM
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Senior Member
Missouri Star
Re: Jelly roll quilts
Okay, let's do some simple math. Jelly rolls are 2 1/2 inches wide and approximately 44 inches WOF (width of fabric). If all you did was stitch them together, you would wind up with a 44x80 inch piece (assuming 40 strips and 1/4 inch seams). A suggested queen quilt size is 90x94 inches. Given that, with no additional fabric, you would need a minimum of 3 jelly rolls. Oh, and look, enough left over for a table runner or trim on pillows.
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December 31st, 2013, 03:57 PM
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Re: Jelly roll quilts
Oh Sandy what would we do with out you and Jean the jelly roll Queen.
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December 31st, 2013, 03:57 PM
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Missouri Star
Re: Jelly roll quilts
Sandy, you make this math thing sound so easy! Thank goodness you always jump in to help us out!

Originally Posted by
Sandy Navas
Okay, let's do some simple math. Jelly rolls are 2 1/2 inches wide and approximately 44 inches WOF (width of fabric). If all you did was stitch them together, you would wind up with a 44x80 inch piece (assuming 40 strips and 1/4 inch seams). A suggested queen quilt size is 90x94 inches. Given that, with no additional fabric, you would need a minimum of 3 jelly rolls. Oh, and look, enough left over for a table runner or trim on pillows.
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December 31st, 2013, 05:24 PM
#5
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Missouri Star
Re: Jelly roll quilts
Look in my user notes for a new way to make queen size quilts with jelly rolls.
You make three wide short sections using the JRR technique and then sew them together across the width to make the quilt long enough.
Last edited by Jean Sewing Machine; December 31st, 2013 at 05:30 PM.
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January 1st, 2014, 05:48 PM
#6
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Re: Jelly roll quilts
Thanks so much Jean! And I agree with tamsterg7, you DO make the math look easy!
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January 1st, 2014, 06:27 PM
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Missouri Star
Re: Jelly roll quilts

Originally Posted by
crb17
Thanks so much Jean! And I agree with tamsterg7, you DO make the math look easy!
I think you would use 90-100 strips to make a queen, 90 x 96", you'll have some left over. You could cut coordinating solids to increase the number of strips beyond the 80 in 2 jelly rolls.
I made a wide JRR quilt with about 80 strips, added to the number with solid and coordinating strips to save from buying three Jelly Rolls.
I haven't actually done the JRR quilt done in three parts. I haven't had three matching jelly rolls or need for another Bedsizr JRR quilt. But I have confidence that the method will work.
Here's one that I combined a jelly roll with solid coordinates to give me the right number of strips to start with.

Batiks and solids added to basic jelly roll.
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January 5th, 2014, 02:43 AM
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Shiny Thimble
Re: Jelly roll quilts
With this in mind I am wondering about what quilting patterns you have used? I was thinking of doing opposite diagonal lines, from the direction the angles are sewn together? Any other ideas?
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January 6th, 2014, 12:59 AM
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Re: Jelly roll quilts
Where do we find your user notes? JCY
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January 6th, 2014, 01:05 AM
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Re: Jelly roll quilts

Originally Posted by
JCY
Where do we find your user notes? JCY
Click on my name, then my profile. User notes are in my profile.