What a fun pattern, and flexible to whatever jelly roll you might want to use. This is a free pattern released by Moda Fabrics last year for National Jelly Roll Day. Great pattern for a Jelly Roll. By the way, some of our members cut their own Jelly Rolls (2.5 inch strips x width of fabric) from their fabric stash. Use the link below to save, view, or print the free pattern.
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"National Sew a Jelly Roll Day" is an annual celebration, started by Moda Fabrics. It is held on the 3rd Saturday of September and many stretch it out to the entire month of September. If you don't know it, in quilting a Jelly Roll is a collection of precut 2.5" fabric strips, usually 40 to 42 strips cut and ready to sew. Often they are curated to include all the fabric in a designer collection. They are so tempting because the fabrics look so pretty together, and we love having the fabric to work with. Moda trademarked the name "jelly roll" in 2009 so you will see other companies calling them strippies, Roly Poly, Strip Roll, Spirals, and Pinwheels, etc. Are you confused yet? Right here on our website, we have quite a few free patterns to try out, and many designers and pattern makers sell them as well. SCROLL DOWN PAST THE VIDEO FOR THE 4 FREE PATTERNS FROM MODA (3 quilts & a Tote) HERE ARE THE 4 FREE JELLY ROLL PATTERNS FROM MODA. CLICK TO OPEN & SAVE:
Another easy and quick quilt pattern using a Jelly Roll (2.5 inch strips). Make an easy block and lay them out to the size that you want. Great for beginner quilters, to make donation quilts, or for a gift quilt in a hurry. Thank you to Missouri Star Quilt Company for the tutorial. Also see the written instructions below the video. Materials
1 roll of 2 1/2″ strips 1 3/4 yards of background fabric 5 1/4 yards of backing ......................... Instructions Step 1: Get the 1 3/4 yards of background fabric and cut it into 5″ strips, then sub-cut into 5″ squares. Step 2: Match your 2 1/2″ strips into two. Lay them right sides together and sew a quarter of an inch seam allowance on the side. Do this for the whole pack. You’re going to have 21 sets of them. Iron them open. Step 3: Get one of the units, cut the selvage off, and cut a 5″ square. Take one of the 5″ background squares and place it on the 5″ square unit. Place them right sides together and sew on one side. Press it open. It should be 9 inches. This will be block A. Step 4: Get another of the units, cut the selvage, and cut a 9-inch rectangle. This will be block B. Step 5: Take the block B and lay it on the side of block A. Sew them together with a quarter of an inch seam allowance. Once done, press it open, and square it up if needed. It should end up with a 9-inch block. Now, you have your finished block. ... You need seven blocks across and eight blocks down. When you assemble this, each block should be alternating. Sew them in rows first, then press them flat. Once done, sew the rows together with a quarter of an inch seam allowance. Put a 2 1/2″ inner border, then a 6″ outside border and you are done. We had a drawing at our September 9th 2:00 Zoom meeting, nd the lucky winner is Sue S. from Simi Valley, CA! Congrats Sue! Sue let us know that she plans to use the blocks to make a quilted item for her Guilds quilts that are donated to her community. PS - click on any photo to see a larger image.
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