Jelly Roll Rug Tutorial

[@JesMarie_W3]

Wish I could "heart" this video. No rambling, no unnecessary anything, just sewing at it's finest. Love it. Thank you!

[@suem5213]

One of the very best videos on this new rug craze. From beginning to end are excellent tips along the way. You out did yourself on these videos. Thank you.

[@crwwcr61]

Now that was a demonstration that was simple and to the point. Well done!!!!

[@meganmills6545]

Yep - and she doesn't push expensive gadgets or products either. Or make you buy a pattern that, frankly, isn't needed for what is essentially a sewn version of really the old style braided rugs. The "jelly roll rugs" are really the same thing that just don't doesn't bother to braid the strips before stitching them into a rug.

[@BRey-mb4bj]

Definitely the best video on the actual making of the rug - stitching and going around corners. I found the lack of talking (and giggling) refreshing. Much less distracting. Well done!

[@MsSds1965]

Thank you so much for your tutorial. The way you taught this video, I really don't need the pattern, which the other videos keep mentioning, thank you for not trying to push the viewers to 'buy' a pattern, just plain and simple. ☺ 👍

[@Lotusblume.8]

Exactly! Like it’s some big secret. Lol. I love this as well! 🌸

[@denisedilliber9793]

This by far was the best tutorial I’ve seen. Thank you. No talking. Just down to business. Great job. Please do more.

[@caroleenaylor2373]

I watched all the jelly roll tutorials this morning on You Tube and yours is the best. Your rug is beautiful, but more than that your video is so easy to follow. While I was watching the others I thought cutting the strips on the bias would make a better oval or circle rug and there you go, you did it. For me, just watching how it is done was much more helpful than the way the other videos where done. By that I mean, in their studio (lots of stuff all around to distract me), rearranging items on the table, setting up for the next step, lots of talk etc. Yours was so thought out and perfect in every way. Thank you, I rank you a 10 or double thumbs up...

[@lifewithjane18]

Thanks for such a nice comment! It put a smile on both my Mom's and my face 😀

[@anndalynnketellapper8296]

Like many others said, this is a simple video just showing how it’s done. Also love the fact that you cut everything yourself! Definite money saver!! This is the video I’ll watch again when I do my first jelly roll rug. Love the rectangle rugs that you do too! Thanks. Nice and quick! 👍

[@juancarlospayanvidal2548]

Your tutorial is the best, finally I can see how to finish the rug!

[@carolem.9009]

Great tutorial. I am glad you showed how to "begin the rug". Alot of tutorials seem to skip that part and the fact that you used your own material etc. is a substantial savings to buying these precut fabrics and batting which alot of other rug tutorials seem more into selling the products they are using.. Really a pretty fabric that you used also. Thanks for sharing.

[@lifewithjane18]

Thank you for the nice comment! 😀

[@RonsonDalby]

You're right, Carol. The other tutorials skip the start, first turn and the stitch row. The very badly-written manual was useless in this (and many other things). Thank you, Jane.

[@FatNebraskaMom]

Dawg the jelly rolls are $42 each. Thats insanity.

[@Lotusblume.8]

Thank you for this video!! So peaceful and the fabric is adorable! I only saw the jelly roll strips and thought I had to do it that way but I like the one pattern more and buying and cutting the things myself is much cheaper than already cut. I’m also glad to know you can just match up the ends of the batting and make a roll that way. And Thank you💕 for showing how to do the beginning!! So many people don’t show it properly. 🌸

[@Diana-si3uk]

Finally a video from start to finish and without talking thank you thank you thank you

[@lynnwilliams2227]

Your tutorial was straight to the point with beautiful results. Your rug is absolutely gorgeous! Thank you for sharing

[@lifewithjane18]

Thank you for watching and for the nice comment!

[@barbarav.2470]

Love, love this video, just basic supplies most quilters/sewers have on hand. Not trying to sell and no need to go out and buy anything special. Great way to use up some large pieces of the dated fabric I have in my stash. THANK YOU!!!

[@chandracox6814]

This is the best rug tutorial out there. Thank you for showing how to do it with yardage on the bias. So helpful!!

[@janetbz1110]

Love this video. Very easy to follow and no whole heap of talking! Thank you for sharing!

[@carfriday827]

Thank you. I have wanted to make a jelly roll rug in navy but didn’t care for other colors in the rolls for sell. Now I can choose for myself.

[@19cinnamon99]

As everyone before me has mentioned thank you for showing the beginning. Also, thank you for saying it is okay to take the project away from the machine to press. I was afraid to remove mine and so consequently my first one did have some puckering around the first few rows. It did turn out pretty well for the first one I ever made, but I do appreciate you being so specific on some areas I never would have thought about. Great tutorial!

[@toniworden3599]

Fantastic video, very instructive without the rambling on and chatter, thanks soooo much, I found exactly everything I wanted to know ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[@karindogs628]

Thank you . Love your tutorial because its not made with ready made stuff

[@AnnaSquires]

I really like how you started your rug. Very nice quick and easy tutorial.

[@tcartpilot]

I like the idea of fabric cut on the bias, but I would recommend a rotary mat and cutter for both the fabric and the batting - much quicker to cut with.

[@outlandishmccandlish3873]

I think the fact that she uses the most basic tools makes this project more accessible to beginners which even though I have a ton of tools knowing anyone with just the basics can also achieve doing this project.

[@__tamar__6336]

This is so well done! Quick and to the point with good description. 👏 Fabric choice is perfect, too! So cute!

[@annettevonbrughan7874]

I love your tutorial and the rug! Could you possibly give an indication of how much fabric was used for this rug?

[@tammybaker4378]

Of I cut my own strips about how much fabric is the same as 40 strips as in 2 jelly rolls? They can be pretty expensive. I'm cutting my own batting, also. Working on first now. The next o e I'd like to cut my own fabric strips...THANK YOU for showing what I could not find in other videos.. Really enjoyed it !

[@mariecook7916]

The best version I’ve seen of making this type of rug. Thank you for sharing how you do it.

[@patriot8938]

Love this tutorial. I have watched a lot, and yours is the best.

[@rosaescomel616]

Fantástico!!! The best

[@ГалинаОсянина-ъ5х]

ручки золотые.все очень просто и коротко объяснили. спасибо.удачи Вам во всем и радости.

[@lifewithjane18]

спасибо!

[@pamcahill2426]

The best directions I've watched thank you

[@suzyroy3360]

Fantastic video!!! Help me tons and better then all other videos! thank you!!!

[@FatNebraskaMom]

The cutting yardage on a bias was tight. Thanks. Thats a neat trick.

[@lynncampbell5606]

Love this video. Am learning a lot from it and I like cutting my own fabric on the bias. Works better.

[@RonsonDalby]

Finally someone who shows how to do that first turn. Something that is not explained clearly in the pattern nor other tutorials. The advice given in all them is that you must sew the round side to the double edge side at all times. Yes, that is true except for that stitch row after the first turn. Thanks for a clear visual demo of this.

[@meganmills6545]

Another alternative people might like to try if they hate those centre turns is to make a flat oval the size of the start. (You know, cut two ovals, place right sides together, sew all around with a gap on a flat side to turn inside out. When turned inside out and seams are all pushed out all the way around inside, iron it and turn and iron in the seams allowances where you left a gap for turning (to be closed later with a bit of edge stitching.)) Now put a double (or triple) layer of batting inside that is also cut the same shape you chose for your centre (but a wee bit smaller) and quilt "channels" down the length of your custom-made centre that approximately match the width of your strips. (If you like maths you can work out in advance how wide you need your middle oval to be so that the channels are just the right size and then cut your ovals. But remember to account for seam allowances.) Now do the edge stitching to close the gap you left for turning earlier. It will be covered soon with the strip you zig-zag around your middle This way you avoid the hardest, really sharp turns in the very centre and the whole thing has a chance to layer flatter from the beginning too.

[@bonniehyden962]

I found Jelly Roll rugs this morning and, like everyone else, I find this to be the best video around. I'd like to ask you....how difficult do you think it would be to use old jeans to make such a rug? I realize you're already sewing through 4 layers of material...jeans are thicker. What would be your advice to a person who might want to attempt a denim jelly roll rug?

[@melmack2003]

Lovely work....thank you!

[@kayannahufford8919]

Thank you. Your tutorial helped me so much.

[@vickyls8132]

Does anyone know what needle to use? Is it denim or leather? And how wide and long should the zig zag stitch be? Thanks!

[@vickyls8132]

Ok, I just saw it's JEANS needle.

[@alanlepage5919]

I think I could do this. Thumbs up for sure.

[@lynnbaker1862]

Love this, going to be making one for my daughter's room thank you for sharing.

[@CJG1419]

Great tutorial! Makes sense the bias would help it lie flat. Someone suggested using sizing when ironing to help it lie flat also. I am wondering what you think of cutting the binding half the width of the strip of fabric? I know the rug wouldn’t be as cushy but for those with machines that can’t sew through all thicknesses would it still be viable? Also just thinking it would just be easier to sew anyway. Would love your opinion 😊

[@lifewithjane18]

Using half the width of batting would definitely work. As you said, it won't be as thick, but it should be easier to sew, and you will still end up with a nice rug! Let me know how it turns out and thanks for watching! 😀

[@CraftsByKelso]

Thank you! Is it imperative that the batting be cotton?

[@louradelaney69]

Interesting. First rug tutorial where fabric is cut instead of using a jelly roll, same with batting. Also the first that recommends using books (which I would have thought obvious) to keep the work lifted, instead of a large (expensive) quilt table. It turned out beautifully. One question, how many metres of fabric did it take?

[@lifewithjane18]

Thanks for the kind comment, Loura. I only used approximately 2 metres of 45" wide fabric and 1/2 metre of 102" wide batting. However, my finished rug is smaller than what the pattern yields, measuring 26" x 33". There is more information on my blog, if you're interested.

[@louradelaney69]

lifewithjane18 thank you 😊

[@jeangeorge3143]

Thank you I love this never saw before, great project

[@yukomattingly]

I like your tutorial, it's still too pretty to use as a rug but inexpensive to make it. If you use Jelly Roll and 2.5 inch batting rolls, it will cost about $50, too expensive. Also I like your way of cutting fabric bias. Thanks.

[@staceybledsoe2947]

Could you do a video of how it reacts after being machine washed and dried? Or would you recommend hand washing then laying flat to dry? I've just recently learned of this project. I haven't noticed anyone mention anything about care or maintenance.

[@lifewithjane18]

Good question! I put it in the washer on cold (quick wash cycle, light soil level, and regular spin) with 1 tsp Tide Coldwater Clean washing detergent, then put it in the dryer for 40 minutes on extra low heat. It only needed a light ironing to flatten it, however it did slightly shrink and has a more textured appearance now. If you want the rug to remain the same as new, then I would recommend laying flat to dry inside of putting it in the dryer. I don't think hand washing it is necessary. For reference, neither the fabric nor the batting was pre-washed. Remember every rug is different so yours might turn out differently. Hope this helps!

[@dvdru]

Again a great video on rug making.

[@lifewithjane18]

Thanks! 😀

[@rachellalite4283]

Best I've seen so far

[@NuclearMango.]

It looks like you used a cotton knit fabric. Does that make a difference than using 100% cotton? I'm so excited to make this. I have fabric to use...just want your input on using the cotton knit.

[@lifewithjane18]

I used a 100% woven quilting cotton. It's stretchy because I cut the fabric on the bias. I hope you enjoy making your rug!

[@AnnaSquires]

Where did you fold your beginning strip? 17 inches?

[@jimchapman4742]

Isn't this an Aunties Two technique? Aunties has been using this technique for years and has four or five patterns written using batting in 2 1/2" fabric strips. Shouldn't RJ Designs come up with her own idea?

[@lorihampton2802]

when turning and sewing the strip on itself on the beginning row, how many inches long is that first row?

[@FatNebraskaMom]

That depends on what size ur gonna make it. It really is adaptable.

[@doreneboult1913]

did you wash it yet? and want happen??

[@lifewithjane18]

I have washed it multiple times since I made it because my cats use it. I put it in the washer on cold (quick wash cycle, light soil level, and regular spin) with 1 tsp Tide Coldwater Clean washing detergent, then put it in the dryer for 40 minutes on extra low heat. After the first wash and dry, it slightly shrunk and developed a textured appearance. It only needs a light ironing to re-flatten it after washing and drying. The more you wash it, the softer it gets!

[@terryivey5374]

Thank you. I really enjoyed this version. This project is on my to do......that is, do when I find the right fabric :)

[@اماسحاق-ت2ف]

Thank you.. very interesting video.. I love it.

[@kathyrussell1877]

I love this tutorial!

[@cookingwithelise]

Beautiful work!

[@colleenandrew2557]

Great job. Enjoyed this.💚💙❤

[@nancymichaud1427]

This is awesome!!!

[@chelitajimenez8738]

Thanks for sharing. God bless you

[@lynncampbell5606]

Is the batting light or medium weight?

[@lifewithjane18]

I'm not sure, but I used a batting similar to this one: amzn.to/2nDVN7n

[@karenneuendorf9194]

How do I get to your blog so I can read further on the rug?

[@lifewithjane18]

Here is a link to my blog: lifewithjane18.blogspot.com/ Let me know if you have any questions.

[@ruthhevia9217]

WOWWWWWW...…….. GENIAL. CONGRATULATIONS...……. AND THANKS,,,,,,,,,GREETINGS

[@rosegallant192]

Just the facts with great video. Perfect! Thank you!

[@lynncampbell5606]

Thread size? 50?

[@lifewithjane18]

I used this thread: amzn.to/2MODqrg

[@janetehoffman]

WOW, very nice. How long did it take you to complete?

[@lifewithjane18]

Thanks! It took a full week to complete, however I was only able to work on it at certain times because I needed the daylight for filming. If I had to take a guess, I would say it took approximately 25 hours.

[@mamasaidsew4843]

Can this be done to form a square? I've seen circles and ovals, but nothing rectangular or square. If anyone knows please let me know. TIA

[@lifewithjane18]

Yes! It definitely can be made into a rectangle or square. Just zigzag stitch together individual strips of the same length after they've been sewn with the batting, and then cover the raw ends with additional strips of fabric. We are working on a rectangular jelly roll rug tutorial right now, so stay tuned!

[@judymorasci2628]

My idea of a perfect tutorial. Just the facts!

[@KnitLoveHK]

Great work. Thanks

[@Елена-ф5х6э]

Спасибо

[@lifewithjane18]

Пожалуйста

[@carikshawn4201]

I'm new using a jelly roll and since I want to make my own designs I was told you don't need to cut jelly roll on the bias...

[@lynncampbell5606]

How long is your first strip?

[@lifewithjane18]

The length of the strips vary because the fabric is cut on the bias. However, all the strips are 2.5" wide.

[@lynncampbell5606]

What weight batting?

[@lifewithjane18]

I used a batting similar to this one: amzn.to/2ATh6eR

[@lavonnethompson117]

Very nice!

[@guttemma]

you are the best

[@kathyvalentine1543]

I bought the pattern ,jelly roll, and batting. I had to take my rug apart twice because it was all wavy like a giant sun hat. There’s nothing helpful in the pattern.it makes more sense that the rug would lie flat with the strips cut on the bias. The reason none of the other videos show the beginning step is because they do not have permission from the author of the pattern to do so, they want you to spend the 10.50 for the pattern, which in my opinion is a waste of money. I spent way to much time and money on mine when I could have done it following your tutorial using yardage. Thank you

[@BeatlesFanSonia]

Why is she cutting bias? A jellyroll is straight grain?

[@jessiethomas78]

How much fabric did you start with?