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Posted by Polly Esther on November 26, 2007, 9:56 pm
This truly is not a good question to ask just now. I imagine that many
of us are stuffed to the gills with Thanksgiving good stuff and another
sweet may not be tempting.
My quilting buddy (you remember - the one who entered her first quilt
show and came home with a blue ribbon and an enhanced ego) is wanting to
know about buying jelly rolls. There are lots of them calling to her on
ebay. I'm wondering if they are cut straight enough to be acceptable, if
the quality is decent and what about their usefulness.
Are they the greatest thing since sliced bread or just something to toss
in the scrap bin? Please share your journey if you have ventured into
this unknown (to me) territory. Also. The joke is coming soon. Polly
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Posted by Ms P on November 26, 2007, 10:02 pm
I've done one top with a jelly roll and a jillion charms. As far as I could
tell the jelly rolls are cut pretty straight. They're not pre-washed of
course. I don't know that I'd buy them cut by anyone other than the fabric
manufacturer though.
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Ms P, Queen of Scissors
http://community.webshots.com/user/MsB_Peacock
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> This truly is not a good question to ask just now. I imagine that many
> of us are stuffed to the gills with Thanksgiving good stuff and another
> sweet may not be tempting.
> My quilting buddy (you remember - the one who entered her first quilt
> show and came home with a blue ribbon and an enhanced ego) is wanting to
> know about buying jelly rolls. There are lots of them calling to her on
> ebay. I'm wondering if they are cut straight enough to be acceptable, if
> the quality is decent and what about their usefulness.
> Are they the greatest thing since sliced bread or just something to
> toss in the scrap bin? Please share your journey if you have ventured
> into this unknown (to me) territory. Also. The joke is coming soon.
> Polly
>
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Posted by Karen on November 26, 2007, 10:53 pm
I haven't bought any jelly rolls, but I have invested in
several charm packs. I always wash my fabrics and so wasn't
sure about charm packs.
I washed a yard of fabric that is the binding and back for
one of the charm packs, and it shifted by 2 inches after
washing. So then I washed all the charm squares, 8 per
lingerie bag. Most came out square, but several are now
diamond shape rather than true squares. It will be OK as
long as I cut them less than 5 inches I guess. But I
probably will not buy any more charm packs.
Your mileage may vary.
Karen in WI
Polly Esther wrote:
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> This truly is not a good question to ask just now. I imagine that many
> of us are stuffed to the gills with Thanksgiving good stuff and another
> sweet may not be tempting.
> My quilting buddy (you remember - the one who entered her first quilt
> show and came home with a blue ribbon and an enhanced ego) is wanting to
> know about buying jelly rolls. There are lots of them calling to her on
> ebay. I'm wondering if they are cut straight enough to be acceptable, if
> the quality is decent and what about their usefulness.
> Are they the greatest thing since sliced bread or just something to toss
> in the scrap bin? Please share your journey if you have ventured into
> this unknown (to me) territory. Also. The joke is coming soon. Polly
>
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Posted by Polly Esther on November 26, 2007, 11:18 pm
Hmmmmm. Well, yes, that was my concern. I'm wondering if they would turn
into 'S' curves. Nobody would die but it would be a wasteful nuisance. I'm
mighty reluctant to encourage such a buy without knowing it would be good.
Polly
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>I haven't bought any jelly rolls, but I have invested in several charm
>packs. I always wash my fabrics and so wasn't sure about charm packs.
> I washed a yard of fabric that is the binding and back for one of the
> charm packs, and it shifted by 2 inches after washing. So then I washed
> all the charm squares, 8 per lingerie bag. Most came out square, but
> several are now diamond shape rather than true squares. It will be OK as
> long as I cut them less than 5 inches I guess. But I probably will not buy
> any more charm packs.
> Your mileage may vary.
> Karen in WI
> Polly Esther wrote:
>> This truly is not a good question to ask just now. I imagine that
>> many of us are stuffed to the gills with Thanksgiving good stuff and
>> another sweet may not be tempting.
>> My quilting buddy (you remember - the one who entered her first quilt
>> show and came home with a blue ribbon and an enhanced ego) is wanting to
>> know about buying jelly rolls. There are lots of them calling to her on
>> ebay. I'm wondering if they are cut straight enough to be acceptable, if
>> the quality is decent and what about their usefulness.
>> Are they the greatest thing since sliced bread or just something to
>> toss in the scrap bin? Please share your journey if you have ventured
>> into this unknown (to me) territory. Also. The joke is coming soon.
>> Polly
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Posted by Roberta Zollner on November 27, 2007, 8:37 am
The answer would be to use them only with other unwashed fabric. Cross
fingers and make appropriate sacrifices before washing the finished quilt.
Not an option for people sensitive to all the gunk on new fabric though!
Roberta in D
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> Hmmmmm. Well, yes, that was my concern. I'm wondering if they would turn
> into 'S' curves. Nobody would die but it would be a wasteful nuisance.
> I'm mighty reluctant to encourage such a buy without knowing it would be
> good. Polly
>>I haven't bought any jelly rolls, but I have invested in several charm
>>packs. I always wash my fabrics and so wasn't sure about charm packs.
>> I washed a yard of fabric that is the binding and back for one of the
>> charm packs, and it shifted by 2 inches after washing. So then I washed
>> all the charm squares, 8 per lingerie bag. Most came out square, but
>> several are now diamond shape rather than true squares. It will be OK
>> as long as I cut them less than 5 inches I guess. But I probably will not
>> buy any more charm packs.
>> Your mileage may vary.
>> Karen in WI
>> Polly Esther wrote:
>>> This truly is not a good question to ask just now. I imagine that
>>> many of us are stuffed to the gills with Thanksgiving good stuff and
>>> another sweet may not be tempting.
>>> My quilting buddy (you remember - the one who entered her first
>>> quilt show and came home with a blue ribbon and an enhanced ego) is
>>> wanting to know about buying jelly rolls. There are lots of them
>>> calling to her on ebay. I'm wondering if they are cut straight enough
>>> to be acceptable, if the quality is decent and what about their
>>> usefulness.
>>> Are they the greatest thing since sliced bread or just something to
>>> toss in the scrap bin? Please share your journey if you have ventured
>>> into this unknown (to me) territory. Also. The joke is coming soon.
>>> Polly
>
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> of us are stuffed to the gills with Thanksgiving good stuff and another
> sweet may not be tempting.
> My quilting buddy (you remember - the one who entered her first quilt
> show and came home with a blue ribbon and an enhanced ego) is wanting to
> know about buying jelly rolls. There are lots of them calling to her on
> ebay. I'm wondering if they are cut straight enough to be acceptable, if
> the quality is decent and what about their usefulness.
> Are they the greatest thing since sliced bread or just something to
> toss in the scrap bin? Please share your journey if you have ventured
> into this unknown (to me) territory. Also. The joke is coming soon.
> Polly
>