Thanks again for sharing another quilt! I am always looking for quick ans somewhat easy patterns to make for Charity Quilts and this is perfect!! I love all your videos!!
A great pattern. And thank you Amanda for the tip on not sewing all the strips together in one direction. I did that and my strip set had a definite curve. Lots of unpicking, ugh! My Tip: I like to cut my jelly roll strips in half before sewing them into strip sets in order to create more varied strip set blocks.
Hi Amanda! Thanks for sharing your knowledge and talent! I like the quilt on the right and the Jelly Roll that you used. Cute t-shirt and the wall hanging!
This looks like a great beginner quilt, thank you! You include backing material in your list but don't cover in your ritual how to finish. Will that be a different video?
Hi Karen, I haven’t covered piecing a backing and finishing a quilt yet in my videos, but that’s a great idea! In the meantime, if you need help, I bet you could google finishing a quilt and probably find some great info.
I just finished sewing my strips together, and they look great. When I went to cut the 10.5" blocks out, I ended up with a 9.5" last block. What should I do, and what did I do wrong?
I think that might work if you sew a strip onto each side of your strip sets, especially since you are rotating the direction of the blocks within the rows. Great idea!
Just a quick comment on sewing the strips in opposite directions… If you sew three or four strips together and they curl up in one direction that is usually because your tension is too tight on either your top thread or your bobbin thread. If your tension is correct then your strips will not curl up in one direction and they should lay straight. Consider checking your tension if that happens because, depending on the pattern or fabric, sometimes you can’t always decide to sew in the opposite direction.
Yes, you could piece together coordinating jelly roll strips for the sashing and border - I would just caution that if it is a print jelly roll (not solid or solid like fabric) it wouldn't give the same feeling and a spot for your eyes to "rest". Hope that makes sense!
