I did it!
I cut my entire New Hope jelly roll by Jo Morton into Tiny Dresden petals.
But, before I started cutting I was wondering…
since I only need a 2″ strip for the Tiny Dresden petals & a jelly roll strip is 2 1/2″,
could I get more petals from each strip by not first trimming it to 2″???
So, I laid out a bunch of my Tiny Dresden Templates on a strip side by side as if I had trimmed the strip to 2″.
Then I laid out a bunch more of my Tiny Dresden Templates on another strip, staggering them to the edges of the strip.
Guess what?
I can get 5 more petals from each strip if I slide the template to the opposite edge of the strip as I cut!
Multiply that by 40 strips… 36 petals x 40 strips = 1,440 or
compared to 41 petals x 40 strips = 1,640.
That’s 200 more petals from the same amount of jelly roll strips!
That’s 16.6 more Tiny Dresden plates,
or 33.3 more half Tiny Dresden plates!
So, I stacked up 4 different color fabric jelly roll strips and started cutting.
After I cut a few I decided my 60 mm cutter might work even better than my 45 mm & I was right.
Here’s how I did it:
I lined up the template at the edge of the selvage and sliced it off the strip.
Then I cut along the top of the template.
Then I cut along the other side of the template.
I then rotated the template to the opposite edge of the jelly roll strip.
Then sliced it off the strip.
Then I cut along the top of the template.
Then I continued to rotate the template down the strip.
When I got to the end of the strips I opened the folds and stacked what was left of each strip and usually cut one more of each fabric. A few of the fabric strips were not long enough to cut one more petal, but the majority of them were long enough.
Voila!
A jelly roll worth of Tiny Dresden petals.
Now I’ve really got my work cut out for me, lol!!!
A great way to spend a super cold January day.
Just Keep Sewing…
Susan