Jelly Roll Quilts: The Classic Collection. Pam Lintott
cannot stress enough the importance of maintaining an accurate scant 1⁄4in seam allowance throughout. Please take the time to check your seam allowance with the test in General Techniques.
QUILT SIZE
In this book we show what can be achieved with just one jelly roll. We have added background fabric and borders but the basis of each quilt is just one jelly roll. The size of our quilts is therefore restricted to this fact but there is nothing to stop you using more fabric and increasing the size of your quilt. The Vital Statistics in each chapter gives you the information you need to enable you to do some simple calculations to make a larger quilt.
DIAGRAMS
Diagrams have been provided to assist you in making the quilts and these are normally beneath or beside the relevant stepped instruction. The direction in which fabric should be pressed is usually indicated by arrows on the diagrams. The reverse side of the fabric is shown in a lighter colour than the right side. Read all instructions through before starting work on a quilt.
WASHING NOTES
It is important that pre-cut fabric is not washed before use. Save the washing until your quilt is complete and then make use of a colour catcher in the wash or possibly dry-clean.
SPECIALIST TOOLS USED
We use the Multi-Size 45⁄90 ruler from Creative Grids to make half-square triangle units, which has markings that refer to the finished size. If you are using a different ruler when cutting half-square and quarter-square triangles please make sure you are using the correct markings before cutting. We also used the Creative Grids 30° ruler, for making Dresden Plate blocks.
CLASSIC
Quilts
Dawn
CHORUS
We always love Log Cabin designs but this one we really love because with straight lines you can create the illusion of circles. This is done by cutting the background strips narrower than the jelly roll strips. We chose to have lots of different background fabrics but it would look equally good using just one background fabric. We used a gorgeous blue range designed by Edyta Sitar.
Vital Statistics
Quilt size: 60in x 60in (152.5cm x 152.5cm)
Block size: 12in square (finished)
Number of blocks: 25
Setting: 5 x 5 blocks
Requirements
One jelly roll OR forty 21⁄2in strips cut across the width of the fabric
21⁄4yds (2m) of background fabric (or nine long quarters for a scrappier background)
1⁄2yd (50cm) of binding fabric (or use six spare jelly roll strips to make a scrappy binding)
SORTING THE FABRICS
Choose thirty-four jelly roll strips for the quilt. These need to be darker than the background fabric. The remaining six strips can be used for a scrappy binding if desired (see Step 13).
CUTTING INSTRUCTIONS
Jelly roll strips
Cut each of the thirty-four jelly roll strips into the following (and keep the pieces together).
Three 21⁄2in squares.
Three 21⁄2in x 31⁄2in rectangles.
Three 21⁄2in x 51⁄2in rectangles.
Background fabric
Cut fifty 11⁄2in strips across the width of the fabric (or, if using nine long quarters, cut each long quarter into six 11⁄2in strips). You need fifty 11⁄2in strips in total. Subcut each of the fifty strips as follows.
Two 11⁄2in x 61⁄2in.
Two 11⁄2in x 51⁄2in.
Two 11⁄2in x 31⁄2in.
Two 11⁄2in x 21⁄2in.
Binding fabric
If you are not using the spare jelly roll strips to make a scrappy binding, cut seven 21⁄2in wide strips across the width of the binding fabric.
MAKING THE QUILT
1 Working with squares and rectangles cut from the same jelly roll strip, sew a 11⁄2in x 21⁄2in background rectangle to a 21⁄2in jelly roll square. Press in the direction shown in the diagram.
TIP
If you are using different background fabrics, you can choose how scrappy an effect you want to create. We chose our background rectangles randomly and tried not to have the same fabrics next to each other.
2 Sew a 11⁄2in x 31⁄2in background rectangle to the right-hand side of the unit. Press as shown.
3 Sew a 21⁄2in x 31⁄2in jelly roll rectangle to the unit as shown and press.
4 Sew a 21⁄2in x 51⁄2in jelly roll rectangle to the unit as shown and press.
5 Sew a 11⁄2in x 51⁄2in background rectangle to the unit as shown and press.
6 Sew a 11⁄2in x 61⁄2in background rectangle to the unit as shown and press.
7 Repeat with all remaining squares and rectangles from the same jelly roll to make three quarter-blocks from one jelly roll strip.
8 Repeat with all thirty-four jelly roll strips to make a total of 100 quarter-blocks.
9 Choose four quarter-blocks and sew together as shown to create one block, pinning at the seam intersections to ensure a perfect match. Press the work. Repeat to make twenty-five blocks.
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