Originally Posted by
ILoveToQuilt
Has anyone made these rugs? Do they take 20 j roll strips or 40? I have a 20 strip roll that I love and need to know if I will have to add to it or not.
Also, what did you use for batting? I've seen "regular" batting strips and "Bosal" foam??? strips. I have seen some beautiful rugs here on QB, so I know some of you have made them.
Thanks in advance!
I made two rugs. I cut my own strips, using fabric that I have but will NEVER use in a quilt. (Can’t say why I liked it at the time). I did not want to use up a “nice” jelly roll for a rug.......When I finished cutting my strips, I had about 60. I cut my own batting. I used up all of my batting scraps that I have saved from squaring up my quilts. Nice to see that pile gone!! I cut my batting about 1/8” narrower than the strips. I did this because I thought when I folded it over 3x’s it would be pushing out of the edges. This worked great for me.
From the amount of strips I cut, I have one large oval and one small oval rug. The nice thing about this project is, you can STOP when you get to the size you want your rug to be. I did not buy the pattern, but I did watch a couple youtube tutorials. I like the way Donna Jordan sewed her folded over strips (in the middle) better than the other tutorial that I watched (along the open edge).
Here is the key: And as Martha Pullen says......”Press (steam), press (steam), press (steam), press (steam)” going around the corners!!!!! And my rugs look great using the fabrics that I never would have used in a quilt..... :-)