Queen Size Jelly Roll Race Question???? Please Help!!!

[Pixquilt]

Saved a lot of money on Strips with the revised formula LOL! Question, Mother JSM:
Once you do your calculations, there is a fraction/decimal. Do you just round out to the next strip, or cut the fraction?

[Jean Sewing Machine]

Yes round up, you can always trim, and whose to say it will end up exactly the width you want it to the inch. When in doubt, add a couple more strips if you have them, and you can trim it. I had a problem with one of them, when I sewed the 16 strips to the other 16 strips, my strips were twisted, and I didn't or couldn't cut the strips apart at the looped end evenly. I suppose I should have ripped that row out, but didn't and it ended up cut crooked. So I had to trim off over an inch of width to make the quilt square up. Learn by my mistakes, and try to make sure there are no twists in the long strips, especially as you do the wider ones. It doesn't make much difference for the first couple of rows you sew together. It is much easier to untwist when you are dealing with 100" of fabric than when you are dealing with 1600" or more of fabric. Hope I made this clear, maybe clear as mud!

Also if you have some extra jelly roll strips you can do several things--sew them together end to end to add one row at a time to make the quilt longer, or make a narrow plain border around it, then a border of jelly roll strips. I added yet another border to the one I have pictured, so it is plenty wide and plenty long! Good luck, can't wait to see it finished, because I LOVE BATIKS!

[courtnie]

Jean Sewing Machine, Thank you for the equation!!! I work in numbers so this makes perfect sense to me!

[Bubby]

Hi Jan...I really like your fabrics and Jean gave you her magic formula. Now all you have to do is the math and you will be ready to go! Be sure to post pictures when you are done!

[Jean Sewing Machine]

I love making these! They are each so unique. As I might have said before the one in the picture was made using 57 strips. The strip part hung over the sides of the bed, and this is pictured on a queen size bed. I made it longer by using borders. Let us see how yours turns out. Mine is still a flimsie top, hope to quilt it soon!

[csarina]

I pick up a lovely jelly roll the other week, its one of the Moda ones, want to make a quilt for a twin, I thnk you call it, bed. It needs to go quite a way down the sides as there is a double duvet on the bed, hate having a cold rear when I roll over in the night, I was planning to do the jelly roll and then add borders to make it wide and long enough. My brain will not allow me to work out the math to do it any other way.

[CrazyMtnLady]

Love your fabric choices. That is going to be very beautiful.