A question that comes up from time to time is “what can you make with a jelly roll?”.  ”A quilt” is the obvious answer, but have you thought about making a skirt?  Well take a look at this free sewing pattern for a child’s pleated skirt from Moda’s Bakeshop website.

This fun strip-pieced child’s skirt features a drop waist and box pleats and is created using strips from a single Moda jelly roll.

Melly and Me soft toy patterns are really popular and I’m delighted to discover that Melly has kindly published this free pattern to make Oopsie the Octopus on the Moda Bakeshop website.

You could make a whole family of octopus from just a single Moda jelly roll.

When the DHL man called yesterday, I was somewhat surprised.  I’m wasn’t expecting a delivery from him.  So I was delighted when I opened it and discovered that the parcel contained three Heather Bailey Nicey Jane design rolls (jelly rolls).  I had ordered these back in February I think, but when the Kaffe Fassett jelly rolls and Amy Butler design rolls arrived a few weeks ago, I was told that the Nicey Jane ones had all sold out and that I wouldn’t be getting any.

They must have proved popular enough for Rowan/Westminster Fibres to cut some more!

The Heather Bailey design roll contains 40 strips from her Nicey Jane collection, a really pretty collection that offers a mix of nostalgic florals and modern geometrics presented with Heather’s signature flair for colour.  It’s fresh and summery and I’m sure will inspire all sorts of lovely projects.

I just have to show you the beautiful quilt that my Mum finished this weekend.

Jelly Roll Taupe Quilt

She made it for one of her sisters and I’m sure my Aunty will love it.  It didn’t take her too long to actually sew.  I think the hardest part was deciding what colours to put together first in the squares and then finding a suitable fabric for the outside border to pull the whole thing together.  The red outside edge was a last minute addition which finishes the whole thing off nicely.

The pattern came from this book: Jelly Roll Quilts: The Perfect Guide to Making the Most of the Latest Strip Rolls
by Pam and Nicky Lintott

Another jelly roll arrived last week!  This one uses fabrics from Jenean Morrison’s California Dreamin’ fabric collection.

California Dreamin' by Jenean Morrison Jelly Roll

This jelly roll contains just 16 strips, so you’d need two or three to make a quilt.  However there are other uses for a jelly roll, such as wall hangings, purses, bags, book covers…

Jenean Morrison’s own blog has some lovely pictures of items people have made from her fabric.

In addition to the Amy Butler design roll, we’ve also got some new Kaffe Fassett design rolls too.

Kaffe Fassett Jelly Roll

This design roll (jelly roll) contains a selection of Kaffe Fassett fabrics cut in to 2.5″ strips.  They contrast very well with some of the other Kaffe Fassett fabrics we have in stock.

A “Design Roll” or “Jelly Roll” is collection of fabrics each precut into 2.5″ strips by the width of fabric, and rolled up into a neat little package.  They are useful for so many projects, not least making “Jelly Roll” quilt.

This brand new design roll contains 26 strips of Amy Butler fabric from her “Love” collection, cut in to 2.5″ strips and 44″ long.  It’s available from our shop for £21.

Amy Butler Design Roll from her Love Collection

If you’ve not made a quilt before but fancy trying it, then using a jelly roll would be a great way to start. Here are a couple of examples from a book called Jelly Roll Quilts: The Perfect Guide to Making the Most of the Latest Strip Rolls by Pam and Nicky Lintott.

Bars of Gold from Pam and Nicky Lintott’s Jelly Roll book

Sparkling Gem Stones