How to Make a Twirl Quilt Using One Jelly Roll
Image credit: Fat Quarter Shop via YouTube
Find out what beautiful quilt you can make using only one jelly roll with this video tutorial by Fat Quarter Shop on YouTube. You don’t have to worry if you’re a beginner in quilting because you can make this as long as you follow the simple step-by-step instructions written down below while you’re at it, check out the pattern for more details linked on the materials list. Hope you enjoy this project as much as I did!
Materials:
- 1 jelly roll or 33 strips of fabric @ 2½” wide
- 5/8 yard of background fabric
- 5/8 yard of binding fabric
- 3¼ yards of backing fabric
- Needle and thread
- Marking pen, pencil, or chalk
- Ruler
- Scissors or rotary cutter and a cutting mat
- Iron, for pressing
- Sewing machine
- Pattern (Click here to download the pattern for free)
Directions:
Step 1
Cut the fabric pieces according to the pattern requirements, then piece together 3 jelly roll strips using a ¼ inch seam allowance, and trim off the edges nice and straight. Cut three jelly strip sets into six 6½-inch squares, then cut eight jelly strip sets into two 6½-inch squares and two 6½ x 12½-inch rectangles each. Draw a diagonal line from corner to corner on the wrong side of fabric B or background fabric squares, then lay it on the top right corner of a jelly square unit with their right sides facing, and sew along the drawn line.
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Step 2
Once done sewing, trim off ¼-inch away from the stitching line, then repeat the same process on the bottom right corner of a jelly rectangle unit, and press them open. Assemble the squares and a rectangle to form a single block as shown in the video, then sew them together, and press nicely. Continue to make the rest of the blocks using the remaining jelly roll units, then sew the blocks together, and then quilt and bind as desired.
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