Question about Jelly Roll 2

[institches]

I would like to make the Jelly Roll 2 quilt......but am thinking of using less strips....like 30 instead of the 42. How would this change the size of the quilt? Any ideas? Thanks much for any help.

[Jean Sewing Machine]

It will change the width, but not the length. It will end up being about 37-1/2" wide by 64" long.

One way to make a JRR quilt with fewer strips is to make it in two sections and to sew each section to fewer rows than the 32 rows. I made one that ended up about 40" wide by 48" long. I made the first section using 17 strips and sewed til it was 16 rows long (32"), then took 9 strips, sewed to 8 rows long(16"). They end up very similar in width, I just trimmed them so they were the same width, then sewed the sections together to make the 48" length, it was a litle wider than 42" wide.

Here's how you figure out the formula for calculating the number of strips and how they relate to width:

# of strips x 40"( approximate WOF after seaming) divided by the number of rows you are sewing to ( remember in a JRR quilt your choices are 2,4, 8, 16 or 32) = how wide it will end up. The length is determined by multiplying the number of rows by 2.

To figure out how to make a certain size, reverse the formula. # of inches wide you want your quilt X number of rows, divide by WOF 40" = how many strips you need.

I have lots of calculations and ways to make all sizes of JRR quilts, look in my user notes under my profile. I have made two video series of tutorials on JRR quilts also-- links are in my user notes. Or check out Jean JellyRollQueen on YouTube.

[institches]

Wow....thanks, Jean for all the info. I will check out what you wrote about and also your videos. I really appreciate what you shared.

[NYGrammy13477]

Im not for sure but yur strips are 21/2x 42 approx.? So it should b 1/2 the size, being theres only 20 strips to start n if u only use 10 its gonna b 1/2 its size. Hope this helps...