Jelly roll rug?
07-02-2018, 10:29 AM
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Jelly roll rug?
Has anyone done this? I just watched a video on YouTube by Jordan fabrics.......first my touchy BL would not take the bulk of those strops! Second: is it really worth all the work? I wonder how the sewing thread would take the wear and tear...... Like she said at the end...placemats, trivets, tablerunner might e more practical.....btw...I have a no touchy Viking and singer!
07-03-2018, 03:59 AM
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I just saw one of these on a shop hop to Nashville. The shop was selling what looked like jelly rolls of batting to use in them. I didn't investigate further but the sample rug they made was beautiful. It reminded me of the rope baskets but flat. I too wondered if it would wash.
07-03-2018, 04:20 AM
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I made one. Have it beside my bed. Call it my prayer rug! My husband loves it, too. I bought a jelly roll on sale from Craftsy for under $15. Used leftover batting. Want to make more. Several other ladies tried making one and had problems with them turning into a bowl.
07-03-2018, 05:31 AM
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Our sewing club instructor had a demo on it and hers came out curvy too; the trick she discovered is to NOT pull or push it but let the machine do the work; otherwise it will get curvy. I have the pattern to make one too.
07-03-2018, 10:23 AM
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I guess these are the newest "big thing" right now huh? I just watched a different video on YouTube, and there is a somewhat ... shall we say... spirited discussion going on about whether the pattern can be copyrighted. Actually it seems just like the coiled fabric bowls I have made in the past, just keeping it flat instead of tilting the roll so that it forms into a shape. And some enterprising company (Bosal, I believe) has started selling the rolls of 2.5" batting so that you can make them with jelly rolls. My local shop has also scheduled a class on the rugs. Funny how must-have items and newly-discovered techniques just keep circling around and around.... 
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