It’s so much fun to work with pre-cut fabric!
If you haven’t tried it yet, and you like to sew, I encourage you to try these colorful, beautiful, pre-cut bundles.
They come in endless varieties of color combinations and different sizes of cuts…
… i.e. Charm Packs (5″X5″ squares),
Layer Cakes (10″X10″),
Fat Quarters (18″X21″),
and other variations of these.
This particular one is called a jelly roll.
I know. They all have fun names.
Jelly rolls usually come in rolls of 24 strips measuring 2 1/2″ X 44″. This particular one had 20 strips.
You can see the nice bright colors.
Fun fabrics!!
When you open up the jelly roll, you usually find 2 strips of each fabric.
The great thing is that they are all coordinated for you and precut!
This saves a lot of time, trying to match fabrics and find a variety that will go together,
not to mention all that cutting!
I wanted to make a Queen-size quilt, so I added some more fabrics from my stash that I thought worked well with the jelly roll.
I’ll use these for more strips, borders, and binding.
They balance the brightness of the jelly roll fabrics.
I cut some white fabric into same size strips as the jelly roll and sewed 3 strips together…
Some with the white center and prints on the top and bottom… some with the print center and 2 whites.
This goes pretty fast and soon I had a stack.
It was so much fun working with these bright, colorful fabrics!
The white makes the prints look great!
I then cut those strips into 2 1/2″ strips…
This is what they look like when I put all the little stacks together.
Now, all I have to do is sew them together to make a Postage Stamp Quilt. I will be working on this in the days to come…
I’ll post on the finished top as soon as I finish it. 🙂
If you’re interested in these precut fabrics, you can get them in many different places now.
Here are just a few of my favorites:
Hobby Lobby
Great store! I always use a coupon when I go. If you have their phone app you don’t have to worry about cutting newspaper coupons!
Missouri Star Quilt Co.
Great online store. They have a wonderful Daily Deal special online!
Wal-Mart
The selection at the store is so much better than online!
Joann Fabrics
Limited selection but you can get a significant discount if you use a coupon. (They also have a phone app available) I recommend you buy at the store since they don’t have much available online.
There are many other sites but these are the ones I have found to be the most economical… and of course, that’s important to us, isn’t it?!
(I am not advertising for these companies, they don’t know I exist :))
Happy Quilting!
Daisy
A Daisy Garden 
They’re beautiful, and yes matching fabrics is time consuming. It can also cost you for having the work done for you. It isn’t bad, if there’s a good sale, or coupon. Thanks for sharing the links, and info. Mtetar
You’re welcome! 🙂
What happy colours.
Yes, that’s a good way to describe them 🙂
The colors sound yummy. Beautiful fabrics and I love the clever way that you added the neutrals to tone down the colors a bit. I do not sew but if I did I would be inspired to start a quilt!
I like to mix prints with solids and brights with softer tones… it tends to bring out the best in both. If you wanted to start a quilt, you could do so very easily… all you have to do now that these precuts exist is just sew in a straight line as you “attach” one strip to the next. Go for it! 🙂
I love the colors. It’s going to make a wonderful quilt.
Thanks, Sheryl. It’s a simple pattern, but I’m hoping it will turn out pretty with all these cheery fabrics.
I made a doll quilt using the postage stamp pattern when I was a child–and it has had a warm spot in my heart ever since. 🙂
Ah! That sounds like fun! I’ve been wanting to make a doll quilt for a doll I bought at a thrift store. Thanks for the reminder! 🙂
This is so inspiring! You matched your own fabrics perfectly with the new ones. My mom sent me fabric for Christmas – this makes me want to get to work/play! 😉
Blessings ~ Wendy
Yay! New fabric! It’s always fun to plan and play with the different fabrics and decide what to make. Enjoy! 🙂
Gorgeous! Love the colors.
Thanks! It’s the first time I use such bright colors, especially the orange. But I like how it looks with the white. It’s been fun.
What fun! Bright and cheerful! How can a person not feel good when sewing with these colors!
Exactly! 🙂
I’ve always oooed and ahhhed at the precut fabric bundles at Jo-Ann’s – – they look so fun and inviting. And I love the bright colors you chose for your quilt. Amazing! I can tell your postage stamp quilt is going to turn out just loverly.
It’s fun and these precut fabrics make other sewing projects easier… such as placemats, coasters, notebook covers, little zippered bags, etc. The possibilities are endless. I think you would enjoy using these (especially the fat quarters) as you get to know your new sewing machine. If you look on Pinterest, there’s tons of ideas for making things with these precuts. I’m sure you could whip up something in no time! 🙂
yay!!! fun times. 🙂
I see you’ve been sewing, too. Cute mug rug you made! I’m sure J. will love it! 🙂
Love this fun post! Those colors are so bright and clean–and perfect with the white! I’m planning a new baby quilt for my kids expecting in May… And I’d heard about Hobby Lobby so when my daughter and I were roadtripping her home from Chicago, we made a big detour in Oklahoma to check out a Hobby Lobby!! Big fun! Anyway, thanks for the quilt inspiration post!
A baby quilt! How fun!! So glad you were able to go with your daughter to the Hobby Lobby. My daughter and I have a great time when we get to shop together. Let me know how your (grand)baby quilt turns out! 🙂 and congratulations!!
Oooh I love this. I need to get a quilting foot so I can finish mine! You’re inspiring me! 🙂
So colorful!!!
There are times I could use a break from working on large scale quilts, and these postage stamp quilts sound like the perfect solution. Plus, although I’ve seen those jelly rolls I could never figure out quite what to do with them. Now I know. Thanks so much!
beautiful n cheerful colours !
So pretty! Quilting is still on my…I must do this list! Maybe this year!
Very inventive approach to quilting — thanks for checking out my blog yesterday. New post: Tomato Girl II
Love your postage stamp quilt! Looking forward to seeing it complete!
Beautiful colors! Looks great so far . . .