How to Make a Jelly Roll Race Quilt

On your mark, get set, go! It’s time to make a jelly roll race quilt. If you check out social media you will see that these are all the rage right now. This tutorial from Carol Lyles Shaw shows you how to make one for yourself. It is not hard and it looks great.

In the tutorial Carol has a link to the video by the Missouri Quilt Company. However, Carol’s blog post shows you all kinds of fabric tips and layouts to make your quilt shine. I love the touch of tropical fabric in Carol’s version.

I have said it before and I will say it again, I love a jelly roll and find them hard to resist at the store. A jelly roll race quilt is an easy and quick way to use one of them.

Get the tutorial here: Modern Jelly Roll Race Quilt Tutorial

[photo from Carol Lyles Shaw]

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