Jelly Roll Day Sit and Sew

The second most-asked question is why Jelly Rolls - and other pre-cuts - have pinked edges.  Lint.  Or frayed edges?  If a Jelly Roll were to stay individually wrapped in plastic until it was used, the edges would stay as clean as when they were cut.  But quilters... we're touchy-feely people.  We like folding back the fabrics to see the prints, to see which ones are duplicated... and okay, to see which prints we probably need more of. 

What I have always loved about sewing with Jelly Rolls is that I can remove the ribbon, unroll it and start sewing.  While I like starching, and I have been using Betsy Chutchian's "dryer trick", there are times when I just want to start sewing with a pretty Jelly Roll. 

One of my favorite things to sew with Jelly Roll strips are four-patches.  Fast.  A little bit "mindless".  And four-patches.  I do love a scrappy four-patch quilt.