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Friday, October 17, 2014

Sew Happy Friday–Another Twist On A “Jelly Roll Race” Quilt

 

Here is another option for making a jelly roll race quilt, as they are sometimes called.  This lady did hers using up scraps from her own stash.  It gives it a much more scrappy look but, as with this one, it also allows for using a group of fabrics in many shades of the same color.  This gives it a more unified look overall, I think. 

As was mentioned on a previous post here, some people recommend cutting your extra fabric scraps into uniform sizes that are commonly used in quilt project these days – 5” charms, 10” squares, 2 1/2” strips.  This makes it easier for you later.  Whether you get out your scraps and have a cutting session, or if you cut the scraps into these sizes at the time you make your original cuts (for a quilt or clothing project), it will save you time later and make projects like this much quicker.  [Note: I recommend only cutting scraps from clothing projects made from quilt appropriate cottons.]

The music is kind of neurotic.  I like the William Tell Overture for this better. :-)

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  1. Some day, some day I will do this! I hope :)

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    1. I want to make one of these too. I need to have a cutting party and cut a bunch of my scraps into 2 1/2" strips. But, first I should probably un-bury my sewing room. :-P I started that today. :-)

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  2. This is really nice and I do like the colours used.

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    1. It seems like it should be a quick, fun way to get a quilt top done quickly. I've been trying to cut "pre-cut" sized pieces from my scraps when I'm cutting something out, but I need to cut a lot of my existing scraps so that these projects would go together quicker. The purple is perfect for you. :-)

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