Jelly Rolls: 2.5" Precut Fabric Strips for Quilting
Jelly roll fabric strips are one of the fastest ways to start a quilt. Each jelly roll bundle contains 40 coordinating strips of fabric, cut to a perfect 2.5 inches wide — so you skip the measuring and cutting and go straight to sewing. They're designed by top fabric houses and come in every theme, color, and style you can imagine. Use... read more
Jelly roll fabric strips are one of the fastest ways to start a quilt. Each jelly roll bundle contains 40 coordinating strips of fabric, cut to a perfect 2.5 inches wide — so you skip the measuring and cutting and go straight to sewing. They're designed by top fabric houses and come in every theme, color, and style you can imagine.
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Jelly Rolls: 2.5" Precut Fabric Strips for Quilting
What Is a Jelly Roll?
A jelly roll is a bundle of precut fabric strips, each 2.5" wide and cut selvage to selvage (about 42"–44" long). Most jelly rolls have 40 strips, which works out to roughly 2¾ yards of fabric. The strips come from a single fabric line, rolled up tight like the pastry, so every print and color in the bundle already goes together. Some rolls repeat a few prints; the product description tells you the exact count.
Why Quilters Love Jelly Rolls
No cutting. The strips are already cut straight and to size, so you can sit down and start sewing. Strip piecing, log cabins, binding and sashing all start from a 2.5" strip anyway.
No color guesswork. The designer has already matched the whole collection for you. That's why jelly rolls are such a good first project for new quilters, and a quick finish for experienced ones.
Lots of variety for the money. One roll gives you small cuts of the whole fabric line, so you get far more prints than buying yardage one print at a time.
Why "Jelly Rolls"? Other Names for 2.5" Strips
"Jelly roll" is the name most quilters know, and Missouri Star has used it in tutorials for years. Fabric makers each have their own name for the same 2.5" strip bundle, and you'll find all of them here:
- Roll Ups: Robert Kaufman, including the Kona Cotton solid palettes
- Double Scoops: Andover and Makower
- Rolie Polies: Riley Blake
- 2.5" Strips: Island Batik, Northcott, Henry Glass, Maywood Studio, FreeSpirit and more
Whatever the label says, they're 2.5" strips and they work with any jelly roll pattern.
What Can I Make With a Jelly Roll?
Strip quilts, jelly roll race quilts, log cabins, rail fence, bargello, table runners, placemats, bags and jelly roll rugs. Browse our 2.5" strip (jelly roll) patterns for your next project, or start with Jenny's jelly roll race below. It turns one roll into a quilt top in about an hour. Planning a bigger project? Our 5" charm packs and 10" layer cakes often come from the same fabric lines, so it's easy to mix precuts.