Jelly Roll Quilt

[Barbie123]

To make a strip quilt i.e. sewing the ends together can it be done by just sewing the ends together rather than mietering as in making a binding? What method do you use?

[auntjana]

I am trying to understand your question - are these the strips for the quilt? or the binding?

I have sewn strips together to make the length I need for borders - both by sewing straight across and on the bias. I have found that the bias method that the seam disappears more that the straight sewn seam. This is when the fabric is the same print that I need to join.

If you are making a scrappy quilt - straight would be the best as the two pieces are not the same fabrics and then the bias seam would show more readily.

Hope that I may have helped - if not - give us a few more details and we will try again!
Jana

[northbound]

Did you see the video that someone posted earlier this week? Maybe you are referring to something like this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EomX7t7t ... omX7t7to_o
I didn't really care for the strips joined diagonally and thought they would look better with the ends just butted together and sewn. Try googling "strip quilt" images and you'll see a bunch of different ones, some made with jelly rolls and some made from scraps, and lots of them with the butted seams.

Sharon C.

[morgans4]

You don't have to miter the strips as you do when you put 2 bias strips together. Just plain old butting them right sides together is fine.