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

[sewmuchjan]

Hello all my quilty buddies I have another question for you all hope you all can help. I want to make a Jelly Roll Race Quilt for one of my friends and it needs to be a queen size.....I have made a reg size JRRQ and it is 54x63 approx. Here is my question...if I use 60 42" Jelly Roll Strips will that make it almost queen size and use a small boarder or do I need more strips and still have a small boarder?? I have made a reg size JRRQ and it is approx 54x64 I am just squaring it up right now to add binding. sooo...can you all help? All info is greatly needed as on one of web my sites where I have a small charge account has free shipping for one day only and I can get the rest of the Jelly rolls and batting etc then!!!

Here is the pictures of what fabric I have so far: (hope it works the pics that is) Jelly's are batics and the boarders are the Kona Blue and the backing is the red check...
Thanks for all your help and advice and sending hugs and prayers to all of you needed or just wanted!!!
Love Ya all
Jan G

[Jean Sewing Machine]

I made up a formula for making jelly roll race quilts any width. You take the width you want it to be, multiply by 41 (inches long a jelly roll strip ends up after you piece it), then divide by 32 (number of rows in a jelly roll quilt) and you come up with the number of strips you will need. Remember, Jelly roll quilts end up with 32 rows. To add extra length, just sew extra strips together and sew them on the end one at a time to get it to the right length.

Here's one I did--started out with 55 strips, and added 8 rows to make it 40 rows long. That ended up being a little too long by the time I added the borders to make it fall low enough on the sides for a queen bed.

This is an UFO, I don't have time to quilt it right now.

Hope this helps! By the way, I love your choice of fabrics, and I think 60 will make a good size queen quilt, you may need to put on a border to make it long enough on the sides. As you can see from mine, I love batiks also!

[sewmuchjan]

I will post pictures of the 1st Jelly Roll Race quilt later.... it came out OK and I like it and it is going to be mine cuz I ain't giving or selling this one!!!! It has a lot of designer learning curves. So I will keep it!!! It will be the 1st one I have kept.

Thank you all and know I still care about all of you even if I am not here everyday..but I have to get all these quilts done and stop just hanging on the puter...know that I still think and pray for you all and I do check on some of the new things being made and they are all just fab!!!! I just need to concentrate on my jobs so I get as good as all of you!!!

Love you all
me Jan G

[kelliedi]

LOVE LOVE LOVE YOUR CHOICE OF FABRIC AND COLORS....

[mimi9411]

Love the colors, very pretty.

[sewmuchjan]

Thank you "Mother Jean Sewing Machine" for you wonderful input..Is that an out fit you made for a play or should you be smacking me on my hands?? Reverend Mother?? LOL

God Bless
Me Jan G

[Jean Sewing Machine]

No Jan, no ruler for smacking! Just a costume! I costumed 4 nuns shows in 3 years, this was one of them for Nunsense, The Musical. Lots of fun!

[sewmuchjan]

Oh good cuz you looked like one of my Nun's...but she was the sweet one....thank goodness..thought my past was here..not a bud past but...did not like that ruler....LOL...love musicals..Old Movie Buff Here!!!! Going My Way....Bells Of Saint Mary's....etc etc....Oh Father O'Brien

God Bless
Me Jan G

[Jean Sewing Machine]

Wait a minute! My calculations were wrong! A colleague and I just figured out the right way.

take the width of the quilt top x 32 (number of rows) divided by 41, to get the amount of strips.

I'm sorry, I transposed a number, I haven't done it an a while and my math skills are the greatest! I needed a calculator and didn't have one when I gave you the directions! Sorry!

[Jean Sewing Machine]

I made up a formula for making jelly roll race quilts any width. You take the width you want it to be, multiply by 41 (inches long a jelly roll strip ends up after you piece it), then divide by 32 (number of rows in a jelly roll quilt) and you come up with the number of strips you will need. Remember, Jelly roll quilts end up with 32 rows. To add extra length, just sew extra strips together and sew them on the end one at a time to get it to the right length.

Here's one I did--started out with 55 strips, and added 8 rows to make it 40 rows long. That ended up being a little too long by the time I added the borders to make it fall low enough on the sides for a queen bed.

This is an UFO, I don't have time to quilt it right now.

Hope this helps! By the way, I love your choice of fabrics, and I think 60 will make a good size queen quilt, you may need to put on a border to make it long enough on the sides. As you can see from mine, I love batiks also!

STOP! DON'T DO IT THIS WAY! SEE DIRECTIONS BELOW FOR THE RIGHT WAY TO FIGURE IT OUT!