Wednesday, March 20, 2019

The Start Of A Jellyroll Rug

I cut my own fabric strips and batting. Jellyrolls and pre-cut batting are too expensive for my Canadian budget. If I purchased the supplies, a rug would add up to $94.97+ tax- EEK! By cutting my own, I can make a rug for very little cost. It took several hours to add the batting to the fabric strip, then fold and sew the edge. Now I'm starting to zigzag. I hope it'll look ok when it's finished. I used some odds and ends, including some Christmas fabric.

2 comments:

Susan G said...

Call me out of touch....I've not seen these before. How do you get rid of the raw edges? Going to have to check this out....looks great, and what a good way to use up stash.

Lorna said...

Susan- you fold both edges of the strip to the middle, then fold in half. The raw edges are completely enclosed

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