Do you ever buy a jelly roll and just don’t know what to do with it? Do these fabrics call out to you and you NEED to pet them and enjoy them, but what to make with the jelly roll? Here are some ideas for using 2-1/2″ strips in a block and quilt.
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Single Blocks
This is a 4 1/2″ square with 2 1/2″ strips pieced around it, making an
8-1/2″ square.
Here’s a four patch with an alternate setting square the same size as the four patches.
X’s and O’s. The easiest way to make this block is by making a tube. One side of the tube will be the two strips sewn together and the other side would be a strip of white matching that width. Using a 45-degree ruler, cut the tube into triangles. When opened, they will be squares. Arrange the squares as shown. Watch those bias edges!
There is a video of me cutting a 45-degree block here but it is NOT the block above.
In the gallery below, the quilt made by Celia was made using 45-degree triangles cut from two strips sewn together, as was the quilt by Birdie. The quilt made by TM was made using 60-degree triangles cut from two strips sewn together.
The rail fence is probably the easiest of all strippy quilts to make. You can set this as straight blocks, alternating the direction of the strips, or set it on point.
Here is an EQ representation of the block on point. Note that the blocks are arranged to make a stripe on the quilt.
Combining two jelly roll blocks to make the design
What happens when you add a nine patch to a rail fence?
An EQ Representation
Here’s a block inspired by an antique quilt! To make a quilt, you need to make two blocks, one with a dark center and one with a light center.
An EQ Representation – notice the effortless QSTs!
Here is a perfectly ordinary four-patch quilt block. But what happens if you combine it with the block above?
An EQ Representation
Here is an easy block – a four-patch set on point. What would it look like if you set it in a quilt with sashings and cornerstones?
An EQ Representation. Click here for an article on how to set a quilt or block on point.
Quilt Gallery – Quilts using 2-1/2″ strips
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