For a queen sized quilt you probably want it to be more like 90-100″ long. in your case, I would probably alternate how often I added a white strip… sometimes after 2 reds, sometimes after 3 reds, and sometimes after 4 reds. So 40 strips x 40″ = a 1600″ mega strip. 8 rows = 10 inches tall I just finished a queen size quilt for a man I work with and I think I used close to 4 jelly rolls not counting the borders. But, maybe I would have learned math if they had applied the principles to quilting….. LOL – I always feel like I use the most math ever in my life while standing in the middle of Joann’s or Home Depot. You will need 20 strips all together. What a lovely quilt. Thank you kim. What size backing will i need? Thank you, your explanation has been the most helpful. If you scroll past… I love the idea of the jelly roll race, but I don’t really want large quilts. But then I’ll be making one in my colors for my twin bed. Thank you for replying to my question! Add up how many squares you plan to use. So you need 3 fabric jelly rolls (with 40 fabric strips in each jelly roll) to make this quilt. Jelly rolls take the guesswork out of quilting; at their most basic, they're long, narrow strips of fabric used as binding or sashing on quilts. Take a picture for reference! So I will calculate with 16in over hang on either side which gives us a quilt 108in x 96in (without a border). I just attempted my first jelly roll quilt top using your directions for the queen size. Any idea how much would need to be cut if I used 17 strips? Carla Sidwell or do you have any suggestions. Finish Sewing the Quilt Block. Also, you can scale it down to make a super fast baby quilt with vertical strips. How many jell rolls do you need to a king size quilt. Say, for instance, a six inch strip by width of fabric? Good luck with your project. Thank you for your time. If I were to sew it back up…I’d have a seam running straight up the middle of the quilt. this would be my first one. 2 rows = 4″ tall Therefore after opening your jelly roll pack, you may want to Your quilt is beautiful!! By continuing to use the website, you agree to the use of cookies. I found a pattern for dresses for the dolls...self-made, thank you very much! I just did it all at the end. That’s kinda what I figured. Your second strip needs to be 1440 long. I messed up sewing one row too many and trimmed the bottom. Jelly Rolls. Do the same with the next strip sewing each one to the other until I get it the length I want. 40×32/40… so 32 strips. Just remember that you are making this quilt in two sections. Sewing it back up the middle is the only thing I can think of since it was already trimmed. There is no real way to control how the strips line up in stacked form. I’m a bit (ok, a lot) thrown off by the math. These would all be sewn horizontally. for a jelly roll race quilt for a queen size bed should work for a king size bed also. 2 rows = 8 tall This article shows you what size quilt you can make with what amount of Jelly Roll fabric you have. I prefer to do wall hangings. Section one: 108in x 32 rows / 40 = 87 strips, Section two: 108in x 16 rows / 40 = 44 strips. Rustling Leaves Jelly Roll by Benartex. Every time you fold your strip you double the number of rows of your Jelly Roll Race Quilt top. How is everyone else doing the backside of their Jelly Roll quilt (finishing it up) ? Welcome to Wee Folk Art where we combine our love of Wee Folk with our love of Folk Art, creating designs that are uniquely ours! 10 Tips for Using Jelly Roll Strips. I have enjoyed making these jelly roll quilts. The Jelly roll race is one of my favorites to do. Be sure to follow the links for the other two posts to see all the pictures. 32 rows = 64″. SCROLL DOWN & FIND the WORDS “Next Page” Highlighted in Color TO WATCH “Pineapple Jelly Quilt Top” Jelly Rolls or 2.5″ wide strips are used to make this Pineapple Block. Be sure to read part 1, Jelly Roll Race Quilt :: Make a Quilt in an Hour?! 530/2 = 265 (8 rows) In order to learn how to make a rail fence quilt pattern using jelly rolls you first need to know what a jelly roll is. Hi Michelle, Hi Timothy, I just posted above question about King Jelly Roll, could you notify me with michelle.blanton@sbcglobal.net on comment updates? it came out to narrow. Solid and Essentials Jelly Rolls. 16 rows = 32″ tall Round that number down to determine how many strips to eliminate from the jelly roll. Here is the problem… if we just fold it again and do another row like all the other rows we end up with Jelly Roll Race Quilt top that is 64 rows tall, approximately 128″ tall, which is of course, way too big and would take a ton of fabric. Adjust the requirements to make a king sized quilt. 36+5 = 41 strips, The other option would be to do a horizontal alignment but add a border. Enjoy! Woo Hoo! If I cut 5 inches off a strip (so I can have 2 1/2″ charms for other projects), it’ll make the strips 35″ long, (50″ x 16 rows) / 40″ long strips = 20 strips needed OR (50″ x 16 rows) / 20″ long strips = 40 strips. There are so many cool ways to make Half Square Triangles and half square triangles from a jelly roll are super easy and really neat. On the one pictured, I did seam rip one row and flip a section around when it was complete. Now if you know what size quilt you want, figure its square inches and divide that by 3200 to get how many jelly rolls you need. It doesn’t matter if you use a poly cotton mix or if you even use 100% polyester. This act will keep the quilt from forming a curve tendency from sewing all 50 of the rows. Why? In my first post I did mention that I didn’t like the pooling that occurring in one section so I did seam rip and then flip over one of the sections to spread out some of the green. Sew the two sections together to make the quilt top. A single jelly roll will easily make a smaller project like a table runner, Christmas stockings, or a baby-sized quilt. I want to make a wall hanging around 30×32. 265/2 = 132.5 (16 rows) To add to your length you will have to make two separate pieces and combine them. Hope Sam stops back to read your advice. So your standard Jelly Roll Race Quilt makes a finished top that is approximately 50 x 60 inches. Thank you for all the info in this post. So, ( 88 x 16 ) / 40 = 35.2 rounded up to 36 strips plus you have to add-on a bit of length… 2 more rows should give you 99″ long, ( 88 x 2 ) / 40 = 4.4 rounded up to 5…. How much too narrow? But I would only want to make it longer not wider. If you scroll through the comments you will find a reply that I have already posted about making a king sized quilt. Tell me if I’m wrong but it looks like your calculations . Video to Watch: Make a Hexagon Quilt Using the Half-Hex Ruler using Jelly Rolls or Cut your own strips. Can’t thank you enough for sharing! So let’s try 68 wide by 88 long. How can I fix this. It is just a jelly roll strip quilt. Looking at the chart above, we can see that adding 16 rows will give us an additional 32″ of length. It depends on how large you would like your finished quilt. I have 6 patterns and cutting them 2 inches wide by 22 long. Or you could easily modify the pattern to make a bigger quilt using more of the Jelly Roll … I then sewn these into a mega strip that was more than 4000” long. Pre-cut jelly rolls you buy are made of 100% quilting cotton. I was thinking 40x 60. A formula to just figure out how many strips you need for your Jelly Roll Race Quilt is: (inches wide x number of rows) / 40″ strip = number of strips needed *Number of rows is your quilt height divided by the height of your jelly roll – ex: a 2.5″ jelly roll strip will be a 2″ height strip with the seam allowance taken out. They measure 18 by 21 each. This is to offset where the strip seams meet once you start sewing the rows together. This begins the first strip. Also, thanks for the help. I thought I would quickly make a jelly-roll race quilt to demonstrate the steps involved and give you some quilting inspiration. (inches wide x number of rows) / 20 strip = number of strips needed, Based on the basic 50×60″ quilt… yes, you would need 80 strips. 1 row = 4 tall 2 3/4 yards fabric -Note: "Jelly Roll" is a trade marked name registered specifically to Moda - Easy strip quilt pattern I’m wondering if to fix the length issue (I’ll be doing mine vertically) if I just add several more strips on my super-long beginner strip to account for the additional I want. Thanks for this tutorial. You might want to use 18 strips just to be sure you get enough length. Jelly Roll/Bali Pops/Strip Pack/Rolie Polie/Design Roll/Pixie Strips/Roll-Ups/Double Scoop/Pinwheels/Karats: -2 1/2 inches by 44 inches -Cut into long strips -Usually 40 fabrics per roll -Equivalent to approx. Look at the row height chart listed in the post. Do you have to press the seams in between sewing together or all at the end? If you used the strips as whole pieces (as in the jelly roll race quilt), each strip would provide about 3200 square inches (40 strips *40" long *2" wide after seam allowances). I have BA degree from college with s minor in math. Heather shows an example of one size of jelly roll and explains that they are pre cut strips of fabric packaged into rolls. Well, you have probably noticed the length pattern by now. All the pictures I have are in the three posts I have done regarding the Jelly roll race quilt. So round up to 13 strips. Maybe someone else here can post an idea? Jelly rolls have differing I would use 15 strips and then trim the finished size. It worked perfectly! If you cut the strips up, you will have more fabric in the seams and will therefore need more jelly rolls at some point. Borders are always an easy option to change the size or you could make a second one to match and sew them together to double the width. Again measure 82” for the second row keeping the end of row one as the beginning of row two. Check there first and then let me know if you have anymore questions. Thanks!! In the original pattern, using 40 strips, 18″ are cut. Thank you. One Jelly Roll, two quilts?… Yep! Am planning to make a jellyroll throw quilt for my sin and found your site to figure out how many jellyrolls to buy. Ahhhhh yes….. Toddler mattress/ bed size is 27x 52. So actually it is more like 72 main section + 36 for the add-on section. Craft along with us or join in our homeschooling adventures! Now each time you fold the strip in half and sew up the side seam you loose half the width. The main piece that has 16 rows and a second pieces that is only 4 rows. We will assume some loss due to the selvedge edge and account for a 1/4″ seam allowance on each side, so we will round each strip width to approximately 40″. Wanting to make it bigger that would double the same fabric each time. trying to figure out with what I read is confusing. With a small quilt like this, it is easy enough to trim the final top down to the extract size you want… so I would tend to err to a tiny bit big if I had enough fabric. However, how would I do the measuring if I were to cut my own strips wider than the conventional jelly roll 2 1/2 inches? I have tried to do this myself but my math is failing me. Cookies help to deliver content on this website. Thank you. I hope your quilt worked out well. Now, most jelly rolls have 40 strips of approx. I am wanting a baby blanket. So, depends on how many fabrics are in the jelly roll bundles. So 5.5 x 16 rows = 88 inches long… which if you rotate it, is a good width for a queen sized quilt. you are looking at a quilt around 66 x 64 inches before you add a border. Which is awesome because I always end up wanting to make some kind of quilt out jelly rolls that doesn't seem like it would work. I wanted mine to cover equally side to side 82”, top over and under pillows and down to over the footboard, 100”. So set aside 6. By logging into your account, you agree to our. This page is absolutely wonderful. (inches wide x number of rows) / 40 strip = number of strips needed, 108in x 48 / 40in strip = 131 strips (rounded up a bit) I’m making a King sized quilt that’s 120×120 how many strips do I need? I am thinking to just make the jelly roll race normally but add borders. ( 68 x 16 ) / 40 = 27.2 rounded up to 28 strips… then add a 5-7 inch border around the outside to get a finished quilt with stripes that run horizontally. How many jelly roll strips do I need to make a queen size quilt? That should give you a quilt that is approximately 90×96. Knight and Squire Tutorial – Part 3 – Squire. Hi. When you join them together you should have an 80″ long quilt. 64 rows x 60 inches wide = 3840 inch mega strip. I want to use batiks and not have the split in each row, just want eac row with the sone strip so if I do not cut the 18 inches off will I gave solid rows? I think I messed up the math. You can also combine jelly rolls with fabric yardage for bigger projects like bed quilts. And most of the table runners on these pages have simple designs and should therefore be pretty easy for a beginner to sew. Well you will have to make it just a bit longer to work out right. 672/40″ = 17 strips. You get the number of rolls by multiplying these numbers, then divide it by 3200. Apologies for this silly question but I don’t want to waste the rolls. I want to make a small throw jelly roll quilt. The long arm quilter lady charges 3 cents per square inch of quilt, I keep her well fed! It was so frustrating!! But if you want more control… that’s the way to go. I hate to throw the quilt out. Using jelly rolls. So now, let’s say you wanted it to be 100″ long (that gives you an 88×100 inch quilt with a vertical alignment)…, (inches wide x number of rows) / 40″ strip = number of strips needed, If you want it to have a horizontal alignment you will have to do the Add-On portion at the bottom. Yes I realise I can do random but on one video I saw it just picked them up in the order they unrolled. I have a craftmatic bed, which is two twin extra long”s to make a king still trying to figure if it is a eastern or northern. For a binding, you will need to set aside enough to equal the perimeter of your quilt. First of all, in order to change the size of the Jelly Roll Race Quilt, you have to understand how the quilt comes together. For example, to make a queen quilt that is 90x100, you need 3 jelly rolls (90x100/3200=2.8). So you need 3 fabric jelly rolls (with 40 fabric strips in each jelly roll) to make this quilt. Follow the same Jelly Roll Race Quilt directions for this add on section. Michelle, I’m having a hard time understanding the formula. You will still need to cut off about half of the first strip (it can be a bit less than half). Hi Michelle,  I appreciate your posts on the jelly roll race pattern. And I love the name!! 64 rows = 80 inches tall, If you want it 60 inches wide… Size of cut: 2.5" x 42" strips. Inches wide x # of rows / 40 = # strips needed. You will now have to stop, measure each strip, cut it, and then sew it. Coined by Moda, the term “jelly roll” refers to a number of strips of quilting fabric, 2.5-inches wide by the width of the bolt (usually 40-45 inches). But if you want to make a Jelly Roll Race Quilt for a twin, queen, or king sized bed, you need to do some math. hello, I want to Mae a baby quilt for toddler bed but for strips to be horizontal not verticAl… Help! These are precious … More importantly, making an easy quilt using pre-cut fabric is a great way to learn new quilting and sewing … I’m looking forward to trying this. I use “real life” math every time I quilt, sew, create a pattern, bake, cook or do home repair stuff. So we now need a second mega strip that is 1280″ long / 40 strips = 32 jelly roll strips. Some rolls have multiple strips of the same fabric right after each other, some have them more spread out. 35/2 = 17.5 – if you use 1/4″ seams than you can base your calculations on 17″ strips, also remember you need a bit of extra to cut off at the beginning. Created by using strips of fabric, often jelly rolls, to make a design that is both colorful and eye-catching, bargello quilt patterns are surprisingly easy. Here’s what I got 39 x 32 / 40 = 31.2 or 32. I hope that helps you figure out how to size your Jelly Roll Race Quilt to fit any size bed. No, I don’t think it will still come out perfectly even unless you have fabric strips that are exactly as long as your finished quilt width. and part 2, Jelly Roll Race Quilt :: Directions & Notes. 42″ x 32″ (I like to keep my baby quilts sized to fit using 1 yard of fabric for the backing). **32 rows = 128 tall** This is way too long! (30 x 16)/35 = 13.71 or 14 strips. You can use jelly rolls for a variety of projects. Also would this be vertical or horizontal, because I want it to be horizontal. I’m not great at math, please help. One jelly roll is 40 strips, approximately 40"x2.5". I have many 1.75″ WOF strips…how do I figure for a jelly roll quilt….probably 60 x 80…Thanks, If your strips are only 1.75 inches tall and you loose a ¼ inch on either side for seam allowance, your strip rows sewn together would look like this…, 1 row = 1.25 inches tall It is the length that gets a bit tricky. You can now easily figure out how many strips you will need for any size Jelly Roll Race Quilt. (30×16) / 34 strip = number of strips needed… which is a little over 14 so round up to 15. So basically decide how wide you want the quilt to be (that’s the strip width), and how long you want it to be, (that’s how many strips you’ll need to make the rows). So you will have 1600 inches by 2.5" (before you include the seams). I tried cutting some strips off but I don’t like how that looks either. Yes, the squares will add more length and therefore you will need fewer strips. ~Kimara~. If you cut the strips up, you will have more fabric in the seams and will therefore need more jelly rolls at some point. You have inspired me to try this. Using the American quilt sizing, a twin-size quilt is 63 X 87 inches (160 cm. anyway have a question regarding horizontal to vertical stripes ? You may have to make it in two sections and join them. This means you are only going to do 4 seams along your mega-strip (not 5). I have 40, 2.5 x 54 strips. Is there a way to fix this? The width of the Jelly Roll Race Quilt is completely determined by the length of your initial mega strip. But the same fabric touching in places is inevitable. 132.5/2 = 66.5 (32 rows), 32 rows x 2 inches (rounded down for seams) = 64 inches. So you will be making one mega long strip and setting aside the extra strips for a shorter mega strip. How many 40 – 2 1/2″ strip jelly rolls will I need for each quilt and I’m not exact ally understanding how I add the extra 32 to add my extra length. I made a queen sized in purple themed fabrics that was 82” wide by 102” long. If you are still wondering though here are a couple thoughts to keep in mind. If not, how many do I need for a king size jelly roll race quilt? Your queen sized Jelly Roll Race Quilt, with horizontal strips, and no border, will take 64 strips for the initial quilt + 32 strips for the add-on section = 96 strips need for the whole Jelly Roll Race Quilt top. It sound like a lot of fun!! Baby quilts, but still! Hi! So your width looks something like this…. Plus, it totally puts those jelly rolls to good use. We initially rounded our 42 inch strips to 40 inches. We can assume each row is 2″ tall since the initial jelly roll strips are 2.5″ inches tall with a 1/4 seam allowance on each side. Here it goes, 63 X 87 is 5,481 ÷ 3200 and you get 1.7 jelly rolls. I’m horrible at math. and a basting polester/cotton,,,Do I have to do the ditch stitch through out the quilt ? And just remember that because jelly roll strips have a pinked edge, they can produce a lot of lint. Strip quilts are the easiest things to do on a machine like this! When you leave a comment you can click on the box “Notify me of follow-up comments by email” just below the post comment button. Can you tell me what the easiest way would be to make this? Math is not my strength! if there are 40 strips per roll you would need 7.2 (you will have pieces left over to use so probably only need 7) if there are more than 40 strips divide 288 by the number in the roll and that tells you how many rolls you need 1060/2 = 530 (4 rows) For the first section you double the 90″ five times. Excellent instructions…which I will use for future jelly roll quilts. Great idea! I actually haven’t started it yet, as I had a couple other things to do first. Many thanks! After you complete this section, just add it to your original piece. No matter what you do you may get some obvious pooling of the white. If I want more variation, I can cut those 14 strips in half, right? 4 rows = 5 inches tall would one make the bed look either smaller or bigger?? Michelle, I’m afraid I do not understand the formula. Once I had all fifty rows of 82” wide strips sewn, I laid them on the floor so I could inspect the pattern, make adjustments in mixing, sewing and moving them. I’m going to be making a Twin 39 x 75 jelly roll race quilt for my Mom with 4.5 wide strips. I have some excess fleece I want to use as backing that is 48×60. Thank you so very much for taking the time to put all of this in print. Standard quilt measurements are generally too short/narrow for me. 64 rows = 128″ tall. Do I still need to cut off a portion of the original long strip before sewing the sides together? Just remember, the length will be determined by the number of rows and that is a set number. So that will take 36 jelly roll strips. I have 6 jelly rolls, and there are 2 red themed rolls, 2 teal themed rolls and 2 navy. I love when math has real world applications. Fort Worth, TX, Happy to help. What would you like the final size to be? No – you do not press the seams as you go. The strips are 40 inches. It’s a rare 1905 Singer 66 “lotus” made in Scotland, and had been languishing in a storage shed for more than 30 years! If my end desired size is 90 x 96, would that be 72 strips for Section 1 and 16 strips for Section 2? Click here for supplies:http://missouriquiltco.com "A Quilt Top in Less Than An Hour!" Any suggestions and guidance you can offer would be incredibly appreciated! A standard Jelly Roll Race Quilt produces a quilt top that is approximately 50″ x 64″. It’s way too long and too narrow. So this would be 42″ wide x 16 rows = 672. If you want to make a baby jelly roll race quilt and you want to know how many strips (or inches) to use -If your length is 32", select a proportional width (around 28"). X 221 cm.). Strip = 42" × 2.5" = 105" sq. Thank you! Thanks. I’m not sure how wide or long you would like your finished quilt but you just need to swap out the 40″ for 20″ in the formula. You’ve already figured out the equation for me! full size bed quilt. thank you! I would also make it a big wider than the exact mattress top. I like to use some of the strips for the binding. Community Answer Queen = 60" × 80" = 4800" sq. Thanks for sharing. Perhaps the top could be cut into 3 equal pieces from top to bottom and sashing added between the rows. Lets try it… 80″ wide x 48 rows = 3840 take that and divide by strip length 3840/40 = 96 strips… TADA! I can still do algebra and some calculus but quilting throws me for a loop. If there becomes an issue of intersections of joint seams, just add that piece first removed of row one back or cut off a random length as needed. Thank you so much for this information. 8 rows = 16″ tall Use your jelly roll stash with this collection of over fifty free sewing projects for jelly roll strips gathered from all over the web! Using the formula 32" = 16 strips of 2" each; 28" wide X 16 strips = 448" (11 strips) Lastly- don't be afraid to turn the quilt vertical! You could always cut your initial strips is half to give more variation on a little quilt. 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