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    crb17's Avatar crb17 is offline Junior Member
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    Question 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.

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    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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    Oh Sandy what would we do with out you and Jean the jelly roll Queen.

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    Sandy, you make this math thing sound so easy! Thank goodness you always jump in to help us out!
    Quote Originally Posted by Sandy Navas View Post
    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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    Default 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.
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    Default Re: Jelly roll quilts

    Thanks so much Jean! And I agree with tamsterg7, you DO make the math look easy!

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    Quote Originally Posted by crb17 View Post
    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.

    Jelly roll quilts-image.jpg

    Batiks and solids added to basic jelly roll.
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    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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    Where do we find your user notes? JCY

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

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