A formula to just figure out how many strips you need for your jelly roll race quilt is.
Jelly roll race quilt size chart.
Cut them into separate pieces.
I ll go through standard size quilt with the work around and then get to custom sizes.
Here a pdf file from liz katsuro that provides some great guidance on changing the size of your jelly roll race quilt.
Quilt in an hour.
And part 3 changing the size and determining the number of strips.
Be sure to read part 1 jelly roll race quilt.
Pin to the top.
If you look around on the web for jelly roll race quilts you will see many a lot of.
On scrap paper make two sets of labels a b and c.
A 2 5 jelly roll strip will be a 2 height strip with the seam allowance taken out.
Let s say you want an 80 wide queen sized jelly roll race quilt and figure 80 double it 5x 160 320 640 1280 2560 so you need an initial mega strip that is 2560 long.
So to make a quilt that looks like the jelly roll race but that is wider than 64 5 and thinner than 128 5 we have to do something else.
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 standard jelly roll race quilt produces a quilt top that is approximately 50 x 64.
Lay your top on the floor with the strips horizontal.
This is part 2 of our 3 part jelly roll race quilt series.
The top should be longer than it is wide.
She even includes a chart for 30 different custom sizes and how many strips are needed for each.
To convert your jelly roll race quilt top from horizontal stripes to diagonal strips.