Home decor weight cotton is a heavier cotton with a sateen finish, ideal for quilted home decor. It is suitable for quilted bags, pillows, and throw cushions, providing just the right amount of body. However, there are other fabrics available for sewing quilts, home decor, and garments, such as batiks, wovens, and flannel.
Choosing the right fabric for your quilting project can be challenging, but it is essential to choose the right fabric. 100 cotton is the standard choice for quilting, and it is a great way to ensure a coordinated color palette with built-in contrast and scale of prints. Homespun fabric can also be a great addition to your next quilting project, as it differs from traditional woven fabrics and can be used in a variety of ways.
Choosing fabric for a quilting project can be both fun and frustrating. There are many tips to help you find the color palettes and combinations that work best for you. Upholstery fabrics and home décor fabrics can be made with various properties, fibers, weave, and finishes, and there is no one easy answer to this question. However, generally speaking, you can use these fabrics for various projects.
Home décor fabric can provide an extra layer of elegance to a bedroom or family room, and quilts can be versatile when used as an extension of an existing space. Cotton home décor fabrics are typically stronger, heavier, and come in wider widths than cotton fashion fabrics, making them suitable for various purposes.
Relaxing and reducing stress are some of the therapeutic benefits of using home décor fabrics. The repetitive motions involved in fabric decoration techniques, like embroidery or quilting, can be reduced by using home décor fabrics. Overall, choosing the right fabric for your quilting project can make the process more enjoyable and rewarding.
📹 Choosing the Right Decor Fabric
This video explains the differences between upholstery, drapery, and outdoor fabric, helping you choose the right fabric for your project.The video covers the weight, durability, and uses of each type of fabric, including tips for choosing the right fabric for your needs.You’ll also learn about quilting fabric and how to use different types of fabric for various projects.
📹 All About Fabric Jelly Rolls: Tips, Tricks, And More!
FABULOUS Fabric Jelly Roll Fun! Let’s talk about fabric jelly rolls. These wonderful sets of 2.5″ strips of fabric seem to be …
Links Mentioned: My Blog: sewthedistance.com/blog/everything-jelly-rolls Roll With It Jelly Roll Pattern: sewthedistance.com/store/p/roll-with-it-quilt-pattern The Simple Quilter’s article (Strip Storage): youtu.be/YBJRSrskNNw?si=HOZwtyKIHpmD329U Make Your Own Jelly Rolls: youtu.be/ay7XqwDOQXI?si=l4ty8jliZ7ASmxNn
Thanks for the overview! I bought one of those strip containers and ended up donating it. They slid around despite the holders if the container was stored at a tilt and it was difficult to find a long flat area to store it in as it didn’t play nice with other containers. I’m sure they work great for some spaces but be sure it makes sense for your sewing room before you invest. I find that folding strips in half twice lets me store them in a variety of drawer or basket units, and then I have multiple stacks that can be sorted by color, with a separate stack for shorter strips.
Oh wow, love that storage box. Have never seen them before. I have a feeling though that by the time they reach Australian shores the price would be astronomical!!!!! I love jelly rolls too. In fact, funny you should have this article, as in November I am off to Bribie Island Retreat and I am making jelly roll placemats for Christmas presents. I have my spare jelly rolls folded up in a zip lock bag. They keep reasonable well in them but they get wrinkled. A proper storage box would be ideal. Loved this article Kris. I haven’t forgotten you.
I just love jelly rolls, honey buns, bali pops, rollie pollies, rollups, strips – all of the above! They make many patterns so very easy! and binding! I get the mottled pastel Walmart strip sets to bind charity baby quilts. 4 strips of 5 colors, and bingo, 5 quilts bound for about $8. you’re pronouncing “selvedge” much better these days. Maybe there’s still hope for me and some of my pronunciations! Now if I could just control my quarter inch seam. Maybe a jelly roll race to get a whole lot of practice in!
Hi Chris. Thank you for your article on jelly rolls. I loved the tip using a pet hair roller!!! It never occurred to me, but it will be in my sewing room ASAP. I have been using Art Bin boxes for a long time and have three strip boxes which come into play very often. It is so easy to look at the colors by laying the box on its side and they stay straight using the clamp provided. Happy sewing!🥰
I love when layer cakes show the colors on the back cardboard piece – unfortunately,this is not always the case, it depends on how they are packaged, too! It’s nice to be able to thumb through the real fabrics – and then some are wrapped completely in plastic with no indication of what the fabrics are and you can’t thumb through them! I like to see the fabrics but I have to live with what the different companies do and take a chance😀😀😀
I do love jelly rolls and other precuts as they are very versatile and I like that you can get a piece of each design in the collection. What I don’t like is that as you say they don’t always evenly split the amount if the line has say only 20 prints you aren’t guaranteed to get 2 of each design. It’s also not easy to tell this by looking at them. Sometimes it’s easier to see what’s in a layer cake or charm pack from the same collection as they are usually made up of the same amounts of each fabric. I have seen a quilt made up with low volume fabrics and it actually looked really nice the design was really subtle and it almost looked faded by the sun giving it a lovely soft vintage look. I’ve found the 2.5″ used to be to the valley now it’s usually to the top of the points. I do measure mine. Great tutorial, thanks for all the tips, the pet lint roller is a great idea.
Thank you . I have several jelly rolls. They are like have the number mentioned in them. Mine are usually half the size package you are talking about from Joanne’s . I love to make bargello patterns from them. I cut a lot of my extra fabric to 2 1/2 in strips.i never was them.i hate the pinked edges.i try and stay away from them. I do have picked edges ones. Just don’t like them. I usually make my own 2 1/2 strips for left over fabric. Again,,,,, thank you.