Immerse yourself in the sumptuous world of Jelly Rolls with 17 exciting quilting projects. Learn how to turn the pre-cut, 2 ½-inch strips into fabulous quilts, each of which can be made from just one 40-fabric roll.
Jelly Roll Quilts features unique advice on making the most of this fresh approach to fabric, as well as tips on adapting the quilts to your existing stashes.
Step-by-step instructions and easy-to-follow diagrams ensure that untying your beautifully rolled fabric will be the first step to quilting heaven!
Includes photos
Immerse yourself in the sumptuous world of Jelly Rolls with 17 exciting quilting projects. Learn how to turn the pre-cut, 2 ½-inch strips into fabulous quilts, each of which can be made from just one 40-fabric roll.
Jelly Roll Quilts features unique advice on making the most of this fresh approach to fabric, as well as tips on adapting the quilts to your existing stashes.
Step-by-step instructions and easy-to-follow diagrams ensure that untying your beautifully rolled fabric will be the first step to quilting heaven!
Includes photos
Jelly Roll Quilts: The Perfect Guide to Making the Most of the Latest Strip Rolls
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Overview
Immerse yourself in the sumptuous world of Jelly Rolls with 17 exciting quilting projects. Learn how to turn the pre-cut, 2 ½-inch strips into fabulous quilts, each of which can be made from just one 40-fabric roll.
Jelly Roll Quilts features unique advice on making the most of this fresh approach to fabric, as well as tips on adapting the quilts to your existing stashes.
Step-by-step instructions and easy-to-follow diagrams ensure that untying your beautifully rolled fabric will be the first step to quilting heaven!
Includes photos
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780715333624 |
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| Publisher: | David & Charles |
| Publication date: | 01/07/2020 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| Pages: | 128 |
| File size: | 34 MB |
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About the Author
Pam Lintott owns and runs The Quilt Room, one of Europe's largest specialist quilt shops. She was the compiling author of The Quilt Room: Patchwork and Quilting Workshops.
Nicky Lintott is Pam's daughter and an excellent quilter in her own right.Read an Excerpt
CHAPTER 1
Bars of Gold
Sometimes you can just let the fabric talk for itself. The beautiful and distinctive fabrics designed by Kaffe Fassett come into that category. This quilt design is extremely quick and easy to complete but just look how the fabric works. If you have been worried about using fabrics with large designs and bright colours, perhaps it will encourage you to have a go.
This quilt has a number of names including Stacked Coins or Chinese Coins. However, using these rich and vibrant fabrics, we felt Bars of Gold was far more appropriate. We chose a deep mauve for the sashing and borders to set off the fabric.
VITAL STATISTICS
Quilt size: 69 × 66in.
Block size: 8 × 10in.
Number of blocks: 40 plus 3in wide sashing and border strips.
WHAT YOU NEED
• One jelly roll or 40 2½in strips cut the width of the fabric.
• 1.8m (71in) of sashing and border fabric.
• 60cm (23½in) of fabric for binding.
Cutting instructions
Border and sashing: Cut nine 3½in wide strips the length of the border fabric.
Binding: Cut eight 2½in wide strips across the width of the binding fabric.
Use a scant ¼in seam allowance throughout.
Sewing your strips
1. Sew five assorted strips together along their length. Repeat another seven times until all 40 strips are used (see diagram a).
2. Press the strip units and trim the selvedge. Cut the strip units into five 8in segments (see diagram b). You will have a total of 40 segments.
3. Now you can have fun deciding how to place your segments. Rotate some to make sure you don't have the same fabrics too near each other.
4. Lay out your quilt into six rows of six segments each (see diagram c). You will have four spare segments.
Sewing your quilt
Once you have decided where to place your segments, you are ready to sew your quilt. First sew the segments into vertical rows. Then measure them all. They should of course be all the same but you never know!
The length of the shortest one should be the length you cut your sashing strips and side borders. Your quilt will never be square if they are cut different lengths.
When attaching sashing and side borders to a vertical row, first pin the centre and ends of both the sashing and the vertical row together. You can then pin the rest, easing the strips if necessary. Sew all the sashing strips and side borders (see diagram c).
TIP: To prevent bowing in your strip units, it is best to sew two strips together and press before adding the third. Press before adding the fourth and press again before adding the fifth. Press all the seams in the same direction. Chain sew the strips whenever you can for speed.
Sewing the top and bottom borders
Determine the horizontal measurement from side to side across the centre of the quilt top, as shown in diagram d. Cut a top and bottom border to this measurement and sew to the quilt. Your quilt top is now complete. Quilt as desired and bind to finish.
TIP: When it is necessary to ease fabric to fit, place the fabric that is longer on the bottom as the feed dogs will help with easing.
CHAPTER 2Blue Lagoon
This was the first quilt we introduced at our "Strip Club" meetings at The Quilt Room and has been one of the most popular. We used one jelly roll combined with a white-on-white fabric for a gorgeous, fresh-looking quilt. We chose some light and dark strips for contrast in the four patch blocks but, apart from that, it required very little sorting of strips.
Blue Lagoon is an ideal quilt to make with a jelly roll as the quilt will look great whatever strips you put together. The variation shows just how stunning it looks made in fabrics inspired by the 1930s.
VITAL STATISTICS
Quilt size: 68 × 74in.
Block size: 4in.
Number of blocks: 110.
Setting: 10 × 11 blocks with 2in wide sashing and 3in wide border.
WHAT YOU NEED
• One jelly roll or 40 2½in strips cut the width of the fabric, to include 14 each of light and dark (or contrasting) fabrics and nine assorted (you will have three spare).
• 2.5m (98½in) of background fabric for rectangles and borders.
• 60cm (23½in) of fabric for binding.
Cutting instructions
Nine assorted strips: Sub-cut these strips into 2½in squares. You should get 16 from each strip. You need 132.
Background fabric: From the background fabric, cut 27 2½in strips across the width of the fabric. Sub-cut these into 2½ × 4½in rectangles. You should get nine from each width of fabric. You need 241.
Borders: From the background fabric, cut eight 3½in wide strips across the width of the fabric.
Binding: Cut eight 2½in strips across the width of fabric.
Use a scant ¼in seam allowance throughout.
Sewing the four patch blocks
1. Take one light strip and one dark strip from the jelly roll and lay right sides together. Sew down the long side. Open and press the seam to dark side (see diagram a).
TIP: After step 1 check your seam allowance. Remember that it should be an accurate, scant ¼in. If the joined strips do not measure 4½in across then you must adjust your seam allowance.
2. Once you are confident the seam allowance is correct, join the remaining 13 light and 13 dark strips, chain piecing for speed (see the General Techniques section). Open them out and press seams to the dark side as shown. You will now have 14 strip units. From each strip unit sub-cut 16 2½in wide segments (see diagram b).
3. Chain piece the 2½in wide segments together to form the four patch blocks. Cut threads and press the four patch blocks open (see diagram c). The centre seams will nest together nicely as they are all pressed to the dark side, but if necessary use a pin to ensure a perfect match. You need 110 four patch blocks.
Sewing the blocks together
1. Create the first row by sewing a 2½in square, cut from the nine assorted strips, to the left-hand side of 10 rectangles, cut from the background fabric, and a 2½in square to the right-hand side of the last rectangle (see diagram d). Make 12 of these rows.
2. Create the second row by sewing a 2½in × 4½in rectangle to the left-hand side of 10 four patch blocks and a rectangle to the right-hand side of the last block (see diagram e). Make 11 of these rows.
TIP: When cutting the 2½in segments to form your four patch blocks, you can layer one strip unit right sides together with another, reversing light and dark. The seams will nest together nicely. When you sub-cut your 2½in wide segments, they will then be ready to sew together to make your four patch blocks.
Sewing the rows
Referring to diagram f, sew the rows together, alternating the strips. Pin at every seam intersection before sewing to ensure the perfect match. Note: The finished quilt (see last picture below) is smaller as only 30 strips were used.
Finishing the quilt
Join your eight 3½in wide border strips into one continuous length and, referring to the instructions in General Techniques, add borders to the quilt. Your quilt top is now complete. Quilt as desired and bind to finish.
CHAPTER 3Sparkling Gemstones
Like the first quilt, Bars of Gold, this also uses Kaffe Fassett's vivid fabrics and, again, is quick and easy to put together. In this instance we have used a light stone-coloured background to make our "gems" stand out and sparkle even more.
This is a great quilt for using large-scale prints and you could easily choose some novelty fabrics for a bright, fun "first bed" quilt.
VITAL STATISTICS
Quilt size: 58 × 76in.
Block size: 6in.
Number of blocks: 108
Setting: 9 × 12 blocks plus 2in wide border.
WHAT YOU NEED
• One jelly roll or 40 assorted 2½in strips, cut the width of the fabric.
• 1.6m (63in) of background fabric.
• 50cm (20in) of fabric for the border.
• 50cm (20in) of fabric for the binding.
Cutting instructions
Background: Cut 40 1½in wide strips across the width of fabric.
Border: Cut seven 2½in strips across the width of fabric.
Binding: Cut seven 2½in strips across the width of fabric.
Use a scant ¼in seam allowance throughout.
Sewing the blocks
1. Take one 2½in strip from the jelly roll and one 1½in background strip and, with right sides together, sew together down the long side. Press the seam open towards the background strip (see arrow in diagram a).
2. Take another strip from the jelly roll and one background strip and sew together, as before, down the long side. Press the seam open towards the jelly roll strip (see arrow in diagram b).
3. Take these two strip units and sew, with right sides together, down the length of the jelly roll strips (see diagram c).
4. Press open, making sure that the centre seam is pressed in the same direction as the two other seams (see arrows in diagram d).
5. Cut 3½in segments from the strip unit, as indicated in diagram e. You will get 11 segments. Keep in one pile. Repeat with the other jelly roll strips and background strips. You will have 20 separate piles of 11 segments each, making a total of 220 segments. Four of these are spare.
6. Choose two different segments and sew them right sides together, making sure that you rotate one segment so that the seams are going in the opposite direction (see diagram f). They will then nest together to ensure there is a perfect match.
7. Make 108 blocks, aiming for four different fabrics in each block (see diagram g).
Assembling your blocks
Referring to diagram h, lay out the blocks into rows, rotating every other block 90 degrees. Make 12 rows of nine blocks. When you are happy with the layout, sew blocks into rows and then sew rows together.
TIP: Keep your patchwork neat and tidy by always snipping threads as you go. It will make a big difference to your work and is a very good habit to get into.
Finishing the quilt
Join your seven 2½in border strips into one continuous length and, referring to the instructions in General Techniques, add the borders to your quilt. Your quilt top is now complete. Quilt as desired and bind to finish.
CHAPTER 4Garden Trellis
For this garden-inspired quilt we used a pretty country range from Blackbird Designs. Their assortment of colours is always pleasing to the eye and this range contains a mixture of reds, creams, greens and blues. This quilt goes together very quickly and, although you have to handle the bias edges with a little respect, it is a quick and easy choice if you need a speedy present for a special friend.
Our variation entitled It's Not a Gold Watch! is a much larger version made in aqua and cream — a sophisticated combination that worked very well.
VITAL STATISTICS
Quilt size: 56 × 67in.
Block size: 11in.
Number of blocks: 20.
Setting: 4 × 5 blocks plus 6in wide border.
WHAT YOU NEED
• One jelly roll or 40 2½in wide strips cut the width of the fabric (half light and half dark).
• 1.1m (43in) fabric for borders.
• 50cm (20in) fabric for binding.
Cutting instructions
Border: Cut six 6½in wide strips across the width of the fabric.
Binding: Cut seven 2½in wide strips across the width of the fabric.
Use a scant ¼in seam allowance throughout.
TIP: The Omnigrid 98L (see Tools in General Techniques) makes cutting this quilt very easy but if you don't have one of these triangles a rotary cutting square may be used instead.
Sewing the strips
1. Take one light and one dark strip and sew together to form a strip unit as shown in diagram a. Press the seam towards the dark side as indicated. Repeat until all strips are used.
2. Take two strip units and place right sides together, reversing the lights and the darks. Make sure the centre seams nest up against each other all the way along the strip unit. Pin in place to stop any movement. Sew a scant ¼in seam along both sides of the strip unit to form a tube (see diagram b). You will have 10 tubes.
Cutting the strip units
1. You are now going to cut the tubes into triangles using the Omnigrid 98L. Lay the triangle on the tube. Line up the 3½in line along the centre seam and the 7½in line along the bottom seam. The marked top of the triangle will touch the top seam. Always make sure to line up your centre seam to make sure you are not going askew.
2. Cut either side of the triangle, then position the triangle along the tube. When you cut the second triangle you create another two triangles. You will get eight triangles from the tube (see diagram c).
3. Gently pick up each triangle and unpick the few threads that are along the tip of the triangle (see diagram d). You are dealing with bias edges now so great care must be taken not to pull the fabric too much.
4. Gently press open, pressing seams towards the darker side. This is a quarter block (see diagram e). Repeat with all your tubes. You need 80 quarter blocks.
TIP: If you don't have an Omnigrid 98L and are using a rotary cutting square, position it with the 0 at the top and place a piece of tape from the left 6½in marking to the right 6½in marking. This is your guide to place along the bottom edge of your tube.
Assembling your blocks
1. Lay all your quarter blocks out, making sure a dark triangle is top left on one block and a light triangle is top right on the other (see diagram f). This will ensure darks and lights are reversed. When you are happy with the overall effect, sew two quarter blocks together to form half blocks, matching seams. Repeat with all your quarter blocks. Press to the dark centre triangle as shown by the arrow.
2. Sew two half blocks together as shown in diagram g, making sure you have lights next to darks and matching seams. Press seams gently. You will have 20 blocks.
Sewing your blocks together
Referring to diagram h, sew the blocks together to form rows and then sew the rows together.
Finishing the quilt
Join your six 6½in border strips into one continuous length and, referring to the instructions in General Techniques, add the borders to your quilt. Your quilt top is now complete. Quilt as desired and bind to finish.
CHAPTER 5Nine Patch Wonder
If there were a poll for the favourite and most versatile block of all time, our guess is that the nine patch would be up around the top. There is so much you can do with it — the possibilities are endless.
Now the interesting fact is that you can make 60 nine patch blocks from one jelly roll. With that in mind, you could start sewing nine patches and make different quilts for every day of the week.
You could piece them together with sashing strips, you could alternate them with plain blocks or you could choose to set them on point for a totally different look.
We have chosen just two options to show you in the next two quilts. In the first, we have alternated the nine patch block with an hourglass block and used the subtle colours from Lecien's Antique range. Look out for the second option in the Civil War Scrappy quilt.
VITAL STATISTICS
Quilt size: 64 × 76in.
Block size: 6in.
Number of blocks: 120.
Setting: 10 × 12 blocks plus 2in wide border.
WHAT YOU NEED
• One jelly roll or 40 2½in wide strips cut the width of the fabric from an antique reproduction range.
• 1.2m (47in) first fabric (A) for hourglass blocks.
• 1.2m (47in) second fabric (B) for hourglass blocks.
• 50cms (20in) border fabric.
• 60cms (24in) binding fabric.
Cutting instructions
Hourglass blocks: With fabric A, cut six strips 7¼in wide across the width of the fabric. Sub-cut into five 7¼in squares.
With fabric B, cut six strips 7¼in wide across the width of the fabric. Sub-cut into five 7¼in squares.
Border: Cut seven 2½in wide strips across the width of the fabric.
Binding: Cut eight 2½in wide strips across the width of the fabric.
Use a scant ¼in seam allowance throughout.
Sewing the nine patch blocks
1. Pair up the 40 antique reproduction print strips. Take one pair of strips and cut each into three lengths of 14in (see diagram a).
2. From your six lengths, assemble two strip segments. Press seams to the darker side (see diagram b).
3. Cut each into five 2½in wide segments. (see diagram c).
4. Make three nine patch blocks (see diagram d). You will have one segment spare. Repeat with the other pairs of strips. You need 60 nine patch blocks altogether, which will use the whole of the jelly roll.
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Table of Contents
Introduction,
Getting Started,
Important Information,
Bars of Gold,
Blue Lagoon,
Sparkling Gemstones,
Garden Trellis,
Nine Patch Wonder,
Civil War Scrappy,
Pandora's Box,
Log Cabin Hidden Stars,
Spiral Strips,
Daisy Chain,
Floral Bouquet,
Friendship Braid,
Pineapple Surprise,
Twin Stars,
Starlight Express,
Both Sides of the Pond,
Quilt Carry Bag,
General Techniques,
Useful Contacts,
Acknowledgements,
About the Authors,