Geri B

How about cutting the full strips in half(21-22") would that give more variety to the limited amount of fabric strips?

gale

You bought 7 yards of fabric for about $35?? Wow, what a deal. Nice quilts!!

misseva

go to http://www.quiltingboard.com/picture...p-t225463.html and see if you could make something sorta, kinda like that. Looks like the same principal as a jelly roll quilt.

Pat M.

What I did was cut all my fabric 2 1/2" by width of fabric. When I had a sack full of stripe [big sack] I started sewing the strips together with a 45 degree angle. When the pile was about 2 1/2 feet high I thought it was going to big enough. I dragged the beginning of the sewn strips across the room [it was a BIG room] & then found the end of the strips and started to sew the long length together. Fold and sew Fold and sew Fold and sew, keep going.
I ended up with a queen/king top. It was fun because some of the strips were short and some extra long.

ThreadsofTimeFab

Just out of curiosity, is there a reason you don't want to get a pre-made jelly roll?

DonnaC

You can see my jelly roll quilt on this thread:

http://www.quiltingboard.com/main-f1...t128274-9.html

Mine is the second picture down on Page 9 - the green quilt top. This was made from a Wal-Mart jelly roll that had only 6 different fabrics in it. Maybe looking at mine will give you some idea of what a limited color palette would make, since you only have a few fabrics also. Most of the more expensive (Moda, etc.) jelly rolls have more variety in the strips so people get really different-looking results.

owlvamp

On a tight budget and was wanting to use what I have.
Thank you all for the advice.

gale

I would also look at the quiltville site. They have a lot of patterns that use 2.5" strips that you could try.

judy5cents

[ATTACH=CONFIG]423477[/ATTACH] I think you can do a jelly roll style quilt with a small number of fabrics, you may just need to do a smaller quilt to fit the number of strips. I made this wall hanging from a fat quarter pack of 5 fabrics that I bought in Alaska. I cut the strips and sewed them like a jelly roll quilt. When I was done I decided to unpick the centre seam and turn one half around so to get a different effect as I wanted to balance out the purple fabric instead of having it all on one side. Have fun and do try the jelly roll style of quilting, I have also made tote bags this way as it makes it so fast to sew .

Mornigstar

I like the pattern called "TAKE FIVE ' since you have 5 fabrics then next time do strips or jelly roll.