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July 16th, 2014, 10:50 AM
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Junior Member
Shiny Thimble
Looking for answers - Beachball quilt
I recently watched a video several times and have started the beachball quilt I fell in love with. It is a string quilt and I watched the video first within the last 6 weeks. My name is Pat and I am in Sacramento, CA. Several of my quilting group (Mission Oaks neighborhood group of the River City Quilt Guild) are great fans of Missouri Star Quilt Co. Faithful followers I guess you could call us. Anyway - I cannot find the tutorial again and really need some more info. How wide are the borders, and how many blocks do I have to make to complete a twin sized quilt? Is there only one border?
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July 16th, 2014, 12:02 PM
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Senior Member
Missouri Star
Re: Looking for answers - Beachball quilt
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July 16th, 2014, 12:34 PM
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Senior Member
Missouri Star
Re: Looking for answers - Beachball quilt
That one is in the most recent "Block". It is listed at 68 x 82" finished. She made 80 blocks, 6-1/2" sq unfinished, and 2 borders. First one cut 1-1/2" and outer cut 5-1/2'. Hope this helps.
Vernona
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July 16th, 2014, 01:07 PM
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Senior Member
Missouri Star
Re: Looking for answers - Beachball quilt
If you are using one jelly roll to make 80 blocks, please read my comments in user notes about how to do this. Here is the note!
I rewatched the Beach Ball tutorial to review the number of blocks Jenny uses in her quilt. She made 80 blocks, and theoretically, a 40 strip jelly roll will be enough to make 80 blocks. 13 strip sets from 39 strips will give you 78 blocks. But you need to incorporate that 40th strip into the strip set mix to get the 79th and 80th block for the quilt.
Here's how I would do it. Make 12 strip sets of 3 strips each. Cut them into 6-1/2" squares. This should give you 72 blocks. For your last 8 blocks, cut the strips into 6-1/2" pieces BEFORE you sew the strips together. By doing this, you can mix the prints so each block will have three different fabrics in it. Lay these out before you start sewing,so you can make sure each block will have a mix of fabrics. You have enough to make your 80 blocks, but the trick is to use every strip which can't be done by sewing just strip sets of three strips.
If this was the pattern you were thinking of doing, I hope this helps you to get your basic blocks out of a 40 strip jelly roll!
Last edited by Jean Sewing Machine; July 16th, 2014 at 01:09 PM.
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July 16th, 2014, 01:54 PM
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Senior Member
Missouri Star
Re: Looking for answers - Beachball quilt
Instead of using Jean's method you could also take the easy way out and hunt your stash for one or two additional fabrics that go with the overall theme of your jelly roll and mix them in...
You can always use the spare blocks for the backing as well.
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July 16th, 2014, 02:11 PM
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Senior Member
Missouri Star
Re: Looking for answers - Beachball quilt
Hey Pat from Sacramento!!! Welcome to the forum :-)
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July 16th, 2014, 03:16 PM
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Senior Member
Missouri Star
Re: Looking for answers - Beachball quilt

Originally Posted by
Cat77
Instead of using Jean's method you could also take the easy way out and hunt your stash for one or two additional fabrics that go with the overall theme of your jelly roll and mix them in...

You can always use the spare blocks for the backing as well.
That works also! And it is easier, as long as you have stash fabrics that work with your jelly roll! I'm sure most of us do! I just worked this out for someone who is counting on the jelly roll to provide enough fabric for all the blocks. In theory, there is enough fabric. But the BLOCK magazine says to make 14 strip sets, which you can't do with 40 strips.
I also think folks who are ordering online from other countries who may not fabrics common to their jelly roll should be aware of this, they may not have quick, cheap and/or easy access to fabrics that will work with American jelly roll collections. Just ran into this with my international visitors who shopped MSQC to shop for fabrics for this pattern. She will not be able to match it.