Jelly Rolls
09-25-2013, 05:31 AM
#31
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I sympathize with the original poster! bought a jelly roll at Joanne's of prints I thought would blend into my scrappy quilt. Opened up, it was not good, and some of them were that "10 threads to the inch" cheesy stuff they put into the really junky fat quarters. Oh DUH, Sue!
I agree with whomever said watch out for miscut fabrics in pre-cuts! I bought a tonga 'treat' charm pack for a table runner in a pattern designed for 5" charm packs. Some of the squares were 4 1/2 - 4 3/4" and unusable.
Buyer Beware!
But all said, they can give you the option to get a bit of fabric without buying a yard. You can play with it and buy by the yard if you decide to include it in your design, so from that point they are a good deal.
How many LQS will cut you a sample bigger than 1"x2"???
I agree with whomever said watch out for miscut fabrics in pre-cuts! I bought a tonga 'treat' charm pack for a table runner in a pattern designed for 5" charm packs. Some of the squares were 4 1/2 - 4 3/4" and unusable.
Buyer Beware!
But all said, they can give you the option to get a bit of fabric without buying a yard. You can play with it and buy by the yard if you decide to include it in your design, so from that point they are a good deal.
How many LQS will cut you a sample bigger than 1"x2"???
09-25-2013, 05:51 AM
#32
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Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Jacksonville, FL
Posts: 374
I use a lot of pre-cuts. I do it because they give me the confidence of my choice. I only buy those in which I can see each piece so QI do keep some involvement.
I have never seen a post from anyone who has my problem - I cannot choose colors. I am never satisfied with what i choose and that makes me freeze and the project does not get finished. The painter chose the colors in and outside my house. The ladies at the fabric shop choose the colors for my clothes. Ladies at the quilt fabric store help with the agony of choosing fabric for quilts. As a kid I would get crayons or paint sets as gifts. They sat, unused. I have every style of white blouse ever made. When I was working, I had a wonderful, professional artist doing design, color, etc. for my projects.
I do like color very much but my choices never look right to me. Other people's choices always look right and "work." This problem is a long seated one and I have worked to get over it because it gets in the way. Gritting my teeth and "doing it" hasn't helped. Picking a fabric I like and using colors from it is a bit better. Copy-catting from something I have seen in a book is sometimes better. I put all bits of a usable size for a project out of my stash, put them into a bag or box, mix well, close my eyes and pick. Etc., etc., etc.
Anyway. Enough alas, poor me. Pre-cuts settle the problem. My blessings upon the head of whomever dreamed up pre-cuts. Y'think they would like to pick the paint for our son's old room?
Pat
I have never seen a post from anyone who has my problem - I cannot choose colors. I am never satisfied with what i choose and that makes me freeze and the project does not get finished. The painter chose the colors in and outside my house. The ladies at the fabric shop choose the colors for my clothes. Ladies at the quilt fabric store help with the agony of choosing fabric for quilts. As a kid I would get crayons or paint sets as gifts. They sat, unused. I have every style of white blouse ever made. When I was working, I had a wonderful, professional artist doing design, color, etc. for my projects.
I do like color very much but my choices never look right to me. Other people's choices always look right and "work." This problem is a long seated one and I have worked to get over it because it gets in the way. Gritting my teeth and "doing it" hasn't helped. Picking a fabric I like and using colors from it is a bit better. Copy-catting from something I have seen in a book is sometimes better. I put all bits of a usable size for a project out of my stash, put them into a bag or box, mix well, close my eyes and pick. Etc., etc., etc.
Anyway. Enough alas, poor me. Pre-cuts settle the problem. My blessings upon the head of whomever dreamed up pre-cuts. Y'think they would like to pick the paint for our son's old room?
Pat
09-25-2013, 06:15 AM
#35
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Location: Massachusetts
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I agree with you about the pain in the fingers, hand, shoulders re: pre cuts. Helps so much. This is a great looking quilt. I love the colors and the design.
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Precuts are a big help if you are doing "controlled" scrappy projects. There are many of us who just don't do scrappy. This quilt was made from two JRs; the pieced border was a layer cake. Using the JRs, I didn't have to cut the 60 2-1/2" strips, just subcut into rectangles and squares. There were over 150 flying geese in this top. Precuts are also a big help if you have any kind of hand / wrist / elbow / arm / shoulder problems and cutting is painful. I like being able to buy JRs and layer cakes of Kona cotton solids to go with the printed fabrics.
Precuts are a big help if you are doing "controlled" scrappy projects. There are many of us who just don't do scrappy. This quilt was made from two JRs; the pieced border was a layer cake. Using the JRs, I didn't have to cut the 60 2-1/2" strips, just subcut into rectangles and squares. There were over 150 flying geese in this top. Precuts are also a big help if you have any kind of hand / wrist / elbow / arm / shoulder problems and cutting is painful. I like being able to buy JRs and layer cakes of Kona cotton solids to go with the printed fabrics.
09-25-2013, 06:54 AM
#36
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Location: New Milford, CT
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I think the problem was that the layer cakes were form different fabric companies. Oh well-back to the drawing board!!
09-25-2013, 06:58 AM
#37
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Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: New Milford, CT
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I use a lot of pre-cuts. I do it because they give me the confidence of my choice. I only buy those in which I can see each piece so QI do keep some involvement.
I have never seen a post from anyone who has my problem - I cannot choose colors. I am never satisfied with what i choose and that makes me freeze and the project does not get finished. The painter chose the colors in and outside my house. The ladies at the fabric shop choose the colors for my clothes. Ladies at the quilt fabric store help with the agony of choosing fabric for quilts. As a kid I would get crayons or paint sets as gifts. They sat, unused. I have every style of white blouse ever made. When I was working, I had a wonderful, professional artist doing design, color, etc. for my projects.
I do like color very much but my choices never look right to me. Other people's choices always look right and "work." This problem is a long seated one and I have worked to get over it because it gets in the way. Gritting my teeth and "doing it" hasn't helped. Picking a fabric I like and using colors from it is a bit better. Copy-catting from something I have seen in a book is sometimes better. I put all bits of a usable size for a project out of my stash, put them into a bag or box, mix well, close my eyes and pick. Etc., etc., etc.
Anyway. Enough alas, poor me. Pre-cuts settle the problem. My blessings upon the head of whomever dreamed up pre-cuts. Y'think they would like to pick the paint for our son's old room?
Pat
I have never seen a post from anyone who has my problem - I cannot choose colors. I am never satisfied with what i choose and that makes me freeze and the project does not get finished. The painter chose the colors in and outside my house. The ladies at the fabric shop choose the colors for my clothes. Ladies at the quilt fabric store help with the agony of choosing fabric for quilts. As a kid I would get crayons or paint sets as gifts. They sat, unused. I have every style of white blouse ever made. When I was working, I had a wonderful, professional artist doing design, color, etc. for my projects.
I do like color very much but my choices never look right to me. Other people's choices always look right and "work." This problem is a long seated one and I have worked to get over it because it gets in the way. Gritting my teeth and "doing it" hasn't helped. Picking a fabric I like and using colors from it is a bit better. Copy-catting from something I have seen in a book is sometimes better. I put all bits of a usable size for a project out of my stash, put them into a bag or box, mix well, close my eyes and pick. Etc., etc., etc.
Anyway. Enough alas, poor me. Pre-cuts settle the problem. My blessings upon the head of whomever dreamed up pre-cuts. Y'think they would like to pick the paint for our son's old room?
Pat
09-25-2013, 07:55 AM
#39
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Central PA
Posts: 1,920
I just went to eBay and looked at their jelly rolls. Many of them post all of the fabrics in one roll. Check them against the site/store who is offering one you may be interested in. Some of the eBay ones are listed w/manufacturer and design collection.
09-25-2013, 08:03 AM
#40
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Join Date: May 2009
Location: No. California
Posts: 2,130
I have found that buying jelly rolls from a manufactuer truer than buying those cut by a shop and I always use my vacuum to get rid of some of the bits and pieces that come off the pinked edges. But they are messy.....the vacuum does help that some, but not completely. That being said, sometimes jelly rolls are convenient for some patterns. I don't usually have the variety of strips that are in a jelly roll. And I always buy on sale only......most sites will show the number of patterns in each set of strips.....if they don't, I don't buy. I also always check the number of strips in each set as some are as few as 20 while most are 40-42......
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