Jelly Roll Race

The Jelly Roll Race is a fun, rapid quilt-top construction method designed to use an entire jelly roll (40 pre-cut 2½-inch strips). All strips are sewn together end-to-end into one very long strip. The strip is then folded in half and sewn along its length, creating a two-strip unit. This doubling continues — folding in half and sewing — until the strip reaches the width of a standard quilt. The entire quilt top can be assembled in under an hour. The finished quilt has a distinctive strip pattern radiating from the center. Jelly Roll Race quilts are a popular group or charity event format because of their speed and accessibility.