Hello, friends, and happy Monday! Saturday, September 19th is National Sew a Jelly Roll Day, and so today I’m sharing Jelly Roll Quilt Patterns + Tips for using Jelly Roll Strips and more. I filmed a fun video trunk show of some of my favorites and have a PDF download available for using my favorite free tutorial to make Jelly Roll Quilts in all sizes. So get ready for some Jelly Roll Sewing this weekend!
Jelly Roll Quilt Patterns + Tips
When I started gathering my favorite Jelly Roll quilts to film the video for today’s post I actually ended up with enough quilts to share for two videos. So watch for part II in this series later this month. I have links for the patterns included below for all of the quilts shown in the video and in today’s post.
Jelly Roll Quilt Patterns Video
Watch my Jelly Roll Quilt Patterns Trunk Show Video above, or go here to watch it on YouTube. Then come back here for links to patterns, Jelly Roll tips, and the PDF download.
Tips for Sewing Jelly Roll Quilts
Jelly Rolls are one of my favorite pre-cuts because they save so much time. Moda Jelly Rolls have 40 strips 2 ½″ x WOF combined in one delightful roll. When you combine not having to cut strips with the ability to strip-piece, you have a real time-saving combination that helps when you want to make a quilt quickly. Over the past few years I’ve written several posts with tips and tricks for sewing Jelly Roll quilts. Here are my favorites:
- Best Tips for Using Jelly Rolls–lots of ideas and links
- Tips for Pressing Strip Sets
- Tips for Sewing with Strip Sets
Jelly Roll Pattern Links
Here are links for the quilts/patterns I shared in the video:
- Sunday Best Quilts
- Moda All-Stars On a Roll Jelly Roll Quilt Book
- Dreamin’
- Patchwork Garden 2
- Pathways
- Beach Day
- Scrappy Trip Around the World (free tutorial from Bonnie Hunter)
- And if you need Jelly Rolls to add to your stash, find a terrific selection here.
Scrappy Trip Around the World Jelly Roll Quilts
The final two quilts I shared in the video were my Scrappy Trip Around the World quilts. One is pieced with lots of my favorite bright scraps, and the other one is made with Christmas scraps. I taught a class on this tutorial a few years ago and made a PDF for my students with information on how many strips are needed for a variety of sizes of this quilt using Bonnie Hunter’s tutorial. Click here or click the button below for the free PDF.
Happy quilting, and thanks so much for stopping by!
Joyce K Wetherbee says
Thank you I am going to make quilts and donate to the fire victims here in California.
Jackie Lohrey says
I am in LOVE with the Christmas Jelly Roll quilt! I never really thought I was a jelly roll person but the Christmas quilt and the rug are speaking to me. I am refinishing a chair to put my Tree of Life pillow on and wouldn’t a jelly roll rug look too cute to go with it? Also, my daughter recently moved with her family to Okinawa for a three year assignment and probably won’t go back to work until they get back. She mentioned she might like to try her hand at quilting to fil her time and wouldn’t a Jelly Roll quilt be a great way for her to get started? 🙂 I’m thinking one of the books and few jelly rolls and charm packs would make a great Christmas gift. Thanks Sherri, I never fail to get majorly inspired when reading one of your posts and watching a video!