Quick Jelly Roll Tutorial Part 2

This is the second part to the Quick Jelly Roll Tutorial from last week. You can read the first part HERE.

Last week I ended with having sewn the sections together. Now I am pressing the seams flat. It is so nice to have all the seams completely flat, when you are sewing them together it makes your life so much better.

Once they are all pressed flat, then I am cutting them into the 6 inch sections to create the pattern for the quilt.

First, I trimmed the edges on one side completely straight using a ruler and rotary cutter. Then I started cutting 6 inch sections. 

Then I used a rotary tool and mat to cut the fabric into 2.5 inch strips. The set I have is actually on sale HERE. It goes really fast to cut them out this way.

At this point, I laid them all out just to check out the pattern and what it would look like. I liked the way it looked and so then you sew those sections together to make the quilt the length you want it.

Once I liked the way that it was going to look, I needed to find something for the borders. I had some hot pink left over and decided to use that. I cut 2.5 inch strips and added them all around the sides and in between each of the 6 inch sections.

Again, I laid it all out to make sure it was the right size and that I liked the way it was going to look. So far so good, so I started then putting the hot pink strips face to face with the sections and sewing them together. I also ironed the seams flat on each one.

At this point I am into the quilt about 4 hours. Just so you have an idea of how much time it is going to take you.

Once I had all the trim sewn on strips and all ironed flat basically I was done with the top of the quilt. I was going to use a crib size 100% cotton batting for the inside and cotton fabric for the back, but my little one has a thing for minky and really wanted the back minky.

This changed my plans a little and I had to run up to the store and get some minky… I HATE sewing on Minky 🙂 It slides everywhere and you have to pin it all like crazy!

The good part is that with minky I really didn’t have to add any batting as it is thick enough with just the 2 layers. I took the top of the quilt and laid is face down on top of the minky layer. The I took safety pins and pinned the top to the minky about every 5 inches. Otherwise it will slide around all over the place when you sew it and you will end up with big “bubbles” all over your quilt and the sides won’t matchup.

Then I sewed the 2 sides together like you would a pillow case basically. Don’t skip the pinning part or you will have a mess on your hands! I sewed all the sides together except for a small 6 inch section where I could turn the entire quilt through the hole and right side out.

This is the hole I left to pull the quilt through. ^^^^^

Then I turned the edges of the hole inside and pinned them together. I ironed the entire quilt flat, all around the edges. Using the same color thread I top stitched all around the outside of the quilt about 1/2 inch in from the edge. This closed the hole and helped make the quilt to lay flat. I also sewed from each corner of the quilt directly into the center of the quilt about 18 inches to help hold the top quilt to the minky. You could also “tie” this quilt or have it quilted to get the same effect, but this was a fast and easy way to do it.

The entire quilt took about 6 hours start to finish, probably not quite that long but when you get interrupted as much as I tend to do it is hard to sit in one place for so long! 🙂

This was Andie’s birthday present, and I would say she loved it! The total cost of the fabric and quilt was under $30.