How To Make A Jelly Roll Rug Lay Flat

A flat bed machine is ideal but not all quilters have that kind of set up these days.

How to make a jelly roll rug lay flat.

The jelly roll fabric has an immensely enticing appearance because of its rolled appearance and fantastic color combination. The jelly roll fabric has a host of uses one of which being designing them into pretty rugs that can be used as placemats table mats or coffee mats. Fusible fleece or quilt batting. Jelly roll rugs are all the rage.

Be mindful of what is going on on the back fo your jelly roll rug. It is just the curved edges where you are coercing the fabric around the curves that you have to remember to relax and just let the fabric guide itself around the previous row. I used 1 full jelly roll and the finished size was approx. So i contacted roma the designer behind rj designs who created this fabulous pattern that transforms a 2 1 2 inch strip roll and batting into a fabulous colorful rug to see if i could do a tutorial.

I ve partnered with roma from roma quilts to bring you this fun tutorial for her super popular j. This pattern is super customizable supplies. I simply used three plastic art bin boxes next to my machine and that allowed me to keep the rug flat as i was stitching it. Finally live and learn.

The biggest tip i have for making a jelly roll rug is to go slow and enjoy the process. The straight edges of my jelly roll rug lay flat easily. It s not a hard project but it is time consuming. It s easy to make a rectangular shaped rug from a jelly roll or strips of 2 1 2 cut fabrics.

I can barely scroll through my instagram feed without seeing a new version of one pop up. Pattern created by rj designs. You have sew all the strips together then bind them with the batting then sew them together and finally iron the rug. The official jelly roll rug tutorial.

The tutorials below would guide you into making a jelly roll rug with. Tips for making jelly roll rugs. How to make a rectangle rug from a jelly roll. You basically can use anything to create a flat surface books foil roasting pans you name it.

You can either sew all of the strips together like making an oval shaped rug above or make it about 45 long by sewing the batting in each strip individually like kathy did on this rug. But you can use more or less strips depending on what size you want your rug.