--- title: "Jelly Roll Quilts – Block Ideas for 2-1/2″ Strips" date: 2022-03-16 author: "Phoebe Moon" featured_image: "https://scrapdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/jelly-roll.jpg" --- # Jelly Roll Quilts – Block Ideas for 2-1/2″ Strips 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. Be sure to see The Gallery of Quilts at the bottom of the page. If you would like me to brag about YOUR quilt, send a picture to moc.liamgobfsctd-72e394@sngisednoomebeohp. Thank you! ## Single Blocks ![Block idea for 2-1/2" Strips](https://scrapdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/block-ideas-joann.jpg) This is a 4 1/2″ square with 2 1/2″ strips pieced around it, making an 8-1/2″ square. --- ![Puss in the Corner Quilt Block](https://scrapdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/block-puss-in-the-corner.jpg) Here’s a four patch with an alternate setting square the same size as the four patches. ![Puss in the Corner Quilt](https://scrapdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/block-ideas-puss-in-the-corner-800x800.jpg)This is an EQ representation of a full quilt made using this block. Note that the block is placed in sashing with a colored cornerstone. --- ![X's and O's block](https://scrapdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/block-ideas-x-and-os.jpg) 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**](https://amzn.to/2eFwpJ3), cut the tube into triangles. When opened, they will be squares. Arrange the squares as shown. Watch those bias edges! ![X's and O's quilt](https://scrapdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/block-ideas-x-and-o-800x800.jpg) There is a video of me cutting a 45-degree block **[here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ix9xrAjdX4)** 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. --- ![Rail Fence Block](https://scrapdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/block-ideas-rail-fence.jpg) 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. ![Rail Fence Quilt (On Point)](https://scrapdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/block-ideas-striped-fence-800x795.jpg) 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 ![Nine Patch Quilt Block](https://scrapdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/block-ideas-nine-patch.jpg) What happens when you add a nine patch to a rail fence? ![Lemon Twist Quilt](https://scrapdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/block-ideas-alternate-rail-800x797.jpg) An EQ Representation --- ![Bricks on Point Block](https://scrapdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/block-ideas-pink-bricks.jpg) 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. ![Bricks on Point Quilt](https://scrapdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/block-ideas-pink-bricks-full-800x800.jpg) An EQ Representation – notice the effortless QSTs! --- ![Four Patch Quilt Block](https://scrapdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/block-ideas-four-patches.jpg) Here is a perfectly ordinary four-patch quilt block. But what happens if you combine it with the block above? ![Churning Dash Quilt](https://scrapdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/block-ideas-churning-dash-800x797.jpg) An EQ Representation --- ![Four Patch on Point](https://scrapdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/block-ideas-four-patch.jpg) 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? ![Four Patch on Point](https://scrapdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/block-ideas-four-patch-flowers-800x800.jpg) An EQ Representation. [**Click here** ](https://scrapdash.com/tutorials/on-point.htm)for an article on how to set a quilt or block on point. ## Quilt Gallery – Quilts using 2-1/2″ strips ![Quilt On Point](https://scrapdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/quilts-025-568x800.jpg) ![Hexagon quilt made by TM](https://scrapdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/challenge-TM-625x800.jpg) ![Pennies from Heaven Quilt](https://scrapdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/pennies1.jpg) ![Coin Quilt made from jelly roll scraps](https://scrapdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/quilts-011-626x800.jpg) ![Julie's challenge quilt](https://scrapdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/challenge-julie-800x719.jpg) ![CeCe and Lynns Challenge Quilt](https://scrapdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/CeCesSackQuilt-Lynn-800x600.jpg) ![Rail Fence made with a jelly roll](https://scrapdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/quilts-010-542x800.jpg) ![JB's Challenge quilt](https://scrapdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/challenge-JB-603x800.jpg) ![Woodland Winter uses an entire jelly roll](https://scrapdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Shoeboxes-797x1024.jpg) ![Nine Patch Quilt made with a jelly roll](https://scrapdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/challenge-VC-757x800.jpg) ![Birdies Challenge Quilt](https://scrapdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/challenge-birdie-604x800.jpg) ![Jelly Roll Race made by Donna](https://scrapdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/donna-1600-quilt.jpg) Don’t forget to [sign up for the newsletter](https://view.flodesk.com/pages/5f8adbd81bb8f6fac9fad95f)! 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