Remember when jellyrolls were first invented? Quilters were making zippy strippy quilts, some even participated in races to see who finished their quilt first.
I started sewing these strips together but do the final doubling. I had a longer pieced strip which I cut in half to make the center. Sorry, I didn't take a picture.
I added borders to my centers and quilted them with simple straight line vertical quilting. The peach colored quilt was quilted in the ditch with lines 2" apart. The turquoise border quilt was quilted 1/2" from the seam line in the center then in the border. Both quilts were stitched in the ditch around the center sashing. Very simple but it works!
They both measure 45.5" X 63.5".
This is the end of my machine quilting binge and I'm glad to be finished. Eight quilts have been quilted, five of them will be donated. The other three will be gifted eventually.
In the meantime, since I pieced these quilts, Michelle has published a jellyroll book, Not-Your-Typical Jelly Roll Quilts. Several bloggers made quilts and posted about the book. I won a free e-book from Quilting Jet Girl just by leaving a comment on her post. The next time I make a jellyroll quilt, I'll use one of the patterns Michelle designed, they really don't look like typical jellyroll quilts.
Linking to To Do Tuesday, Wednesday Wait Loss, Free Motion Mavericks, Put Your Foot Down, TGIFF!, Finished or Not Friday, Off the Wall Friday, Beauty Pageant, Patchwork & Quilts
17 comments:
The jelly roll race quilt style never appealed to me but yours look great. I may have to re-think my styles.
Those are really lovely quilts, glad you won't be guilted anymore by the jelly rolls. ;) I added a border to the sides of the wedding quilt I'm working on. I've never done just 2 side borders before, but oh well, it was just too narrow! I think it looks OK though.
I like the vertical orientation of both your quilts. Our guild had a jelly roll race sew-in many years ago. I cut strips from yardage. Mine did not turn out well--too clumpy. I bought the the new jelly roll book and hope to try at least one of her great designs.
Love the colors in your two jelly roll quilts. So pretty! Thanks for sharing on my weekly show and tell, Wednesday Wait Loss.
https://www.inquiringquilter.com/questions/2025/06/18/wednesday-wait-loss-437
pretty quilts enhanced by the quilting for sure...
Two lovely quilts - I particularly like the paler one. Never have made a jelly roll quilt - probably never will now. xx
It just an easy way to use a jellyroll without a pattern. I'm sure you have plenty of quilts to create without making a jellyroll quilt. Happy stitching!
Congrats on the finishes. These are both so pretty and look quite different due to the borders.I have never heard of the Zippy Strippy Quilts but have made many Jelly Roll Race quilts. Someone will love these. ~Jeanne
Great use of your jelly roll, Gretchen! Cute colors! Did you make 2 quilts out of one jelly roll?
Yes, two quilts from 1 jelly roll, I was very pleased with that. The coordinating fabrics were used for borders and backing. Not many scraps were left.
Cute idea for a jelly roll ,the border around the center makes them unique from plain ole jelly roll strips,also a great way to use up fabrics that's been in my possession longer than I care to remember 🤣 I'm going to try this on fabrics I don't know what to do with
They came out to a great size. I had an older jelly roll and used it for a donation quilt and recently got it out to quilt. I'll be glad to have that in the rear view mirror as it wasn't the best quality.
Two great finishes and the straight line quilting adds just the right amount of texture! I too like the addition of the border to brighten the jelly roll fabrics and make it larger! Well done!
I like the pink quilt the best.
What fun and happy quilts these are! We did the jelly roll races but made them thin and long - then added star blocks to make them wider - all those say - I get what you mean. I like how you did yours!!
Beautiful Jelly Roll race Quilts Gretchen. Thank you for sharing on ToDo Tuesday. Looking forward to seeing what you’ve been doing this week! 😁
Hi Gretchen, congrats on finishing your final two quilts. It's been great having you link up! Best of luck on your future projects.
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