Hey quilter's...Happy National Jelly Roll day! I love it...a day to celebrate and be thankful that some clever person...sliced up georgeous fabric for us to get the whole collection w/out speding a lot. Don't you? I don't have a lot of space and a Jelly Roll is perfect. I get strips of the stunning collection without all the bulk. Plus there so many fun pattern designs using a Jelly Roll. The Jelly Roll gift bag that I'm sharing w/y'all today is a "small size." It finishes out roughly at 5.5 x 7". It's a great size for gifting small items such as the Joyful Holidays Charm squares by Robert Kaufman & the Missouri Star Quilt Co. Template Handle...which I love! I'm all about "safe cutting." This template holder is great for especially if you're teaching a new beginner to use a rotary cutter. Plus this size does not use a lot of the Jelly Roll fabric which is great. The bag is called "Holiday Tree Farm" due to my family loves Christmas Tree Farms and it's using the Holiday Tree Nesting Template (3" x 3.5") by Missouri Star Quilt Co. The concept to make is the same as the Medium Size so you'll be reverting back to that post until you get the concept of how fun & easy these bags are to make. :-) I will be posting the different strip sizes used but the supplies are the same for each bag unless otherwise stated. I quilted the bag with Aurifil 50# thread Red (2260) and q-play-qued around the tress w/ Aurifil 50# thread green (2885). These bags are sew fun & easy and who wouldn't love a gift bag that is 100% Re-gift-able! :-) Thank y'all so much for following and check out Missouri Star Quilt Company's webiste for all the fun Birthday Bash celebrations & deals. My link to MSQC is upper right on home page. Enjoy!
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Jelly Roll Gift Bag Small 5.5" x 7"...
Here's all you do...
* Select 4 Red strips ( I chose red to make the green trees stand out)
* Rotary cut each strip to 2.5" x 15"
* Select 3 as desired
* Select 1 for ends and rotary cut that strip only in half lengthwise.
* Sew strips 2gether using the same method as "Medium Tree Bag"
* Press
* Your strips will be approx. 8" x 15"
* Rotary cut your fusible interfacing to this size and follow the same steps as "Medium tree Bag."
* Quilt as desired.
Scrappy Trees...
Note...I wanted my trees very scrappy...but join your strips as desired. Just make sure your "tree template" fits within the strips :-)
* Select 2 strips ( one light green & one dark green)
* Rotary cut each to 2.5" x 9"
* Rotary cut each strip in half lengthwise...1/1/4 x 9"
* Stagger the strips from dark to light or as desired.
* Sew together using the same method as your "Medium Tree Bag" & rotary cut your MSQC Sew light fusible adhesive to this size. Use the same method for fusing the adhesive to your strips.
* Trace around your tree template on paper side of adhesive.
* Cut out & fuse following the same directions on Medium Size bag.
* A-play-que as desired.
Note....your bag will be finished out in the same fashion as the "Medium Size Bag" but using the following sizes for the "Lining & Handles."
Lining....rotary cut fabric to 8" x 15"
Handles...
* Select 1 coordinating strip.
* Rotary cut in half lengthwise...
* Rotary cut one strip in half lengthwise
* Follow same method for sewing strips as directed on Medium Size tree bag.
Note...Yes you can make your handles out of ribbon but why not use these stunning strips and make a perfectly coordinated bag :-) plus it's sew easy!
Enjoy filling your bag w/goodies :-)
Talk soon for more fun sizes & gift inspiration,
Cat
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