Jelly Roll Quilts by Pam Lintott, Nicky Lintott Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Jelly Roll Quilts
Book Review: A Wonderful Book!
Summary: 5 Stars
Jelly Roll Quilts is not only a beautiful book, it's chock full of wonderful design. The book features 17 quilts with step-by-step instructions and color illustrations on turning those luscious rolls of fabric into works of art. The book completely demystified the use of jelly rolls, and gave me the confidence and information with which to create lovely quilts.
Do add it to your quilting library. You'll be so glad you did!
Book Review: A great go-to book!
Summary: 5 Stars
I recently was going on a weekend quilting retreat, and hadn't gotten my project cut out that I wanted to work on. So I grabbed this book and two of my unopened Jelly Rolls, and I was set! I got the blocks for two tops together, and one set of blocks set together and ready for borders. This book really makes good use of the 40-strip Jelly Roll -- all but two quilts will use the whole Jelly Roll, and some may require the addition of a background fabric or borders. Many of these are traditional designs, or variations on traditional designs, but the authors have done all the arithmetic to know how many blocks you can get, and what size quilt you can make, from one Jelly Roll's worth of strips. They also tell you how to figure out how to make a larger quilt, if you'd like to do that. These designs would also easily translate to strips that you cut from your stash, or to scrap strips, if you're like me and have a collection of those as well. I've been quilting for about 20 years, but I still really enjoy projects that go together quickly and simply, but don't look like they're "quick and easy" quilts. The patterns in this book give me that. I'll definitely be making more of the quilts in this book, whether with Jelly Rolls or with strips I cut myself. Enjoy!Book Review: A new concept of materials required for quilting
Summary: 5 Stars
I love to buy fabrics to have in my stash, but after a while you do not have enough of any particular one to complete a quilt. This book gives you ideas of what to do with your small pieces of fabric to make beautiful quilts.
I highly recommend it.
Book Review: Abundant Source of Patterns for 2-1/2" Fabric Strips
Summary: 5 Stars
Pam & Nicky have compiled a lovely assortment of fresh quilt patterns to utilize jelly rolls. Most patterns are for quilts about twin-bed size, (you can easily adapt by adding or subtracting blocks), with an eye on traditional- feel quilt designs.
Clear directions for piecing your strips, accompanied by great color pictures in each quilts' directions, are easy to follow. I especially appreciate these British designers converting meter measurements to inches for us to calculate our background and border fabric requirements :-)
Many of the quilts are shown in two color ways, to help inspire us to visualize our own jelly roll assortments for the patterns. I'm cutting strips from my stash to make my own custom jelly rolls...I like so many of the patterns in this book, that I've already begun piecing a Christmas rendition of "nine-patch wonder" from stash fabrics.
I have been quilting for almost 20 years, and I have found several more designs in this book that I hope to make in the near future...I highly recommend "jelly roll quits" for strip quilters of any and all levels!
Book Review: Awesome book!
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought this book and made the Friendship Braid (which is on the cover). I had a blast. The instructions were easy to follow and it was less intimidating once I got going. I finished the quilt and showed it off to my Mom over the holidays. She ended up with my book and a jelly roll to try. I think she is doing the Starlight Express pattern and is having a great time piecing it together.
Looks like I will need to get myself a new copy!