Lap Quilt
09-04-2011, 01:19 PM
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I was given material and asked to make a lap quilt. 2 yards for the back and 3 half yard pieces plus a fat quarter for the top....
I was thinking to do a D9P and use part of the yardage for the back to make up what I KNOW I will lack.
I have never made a D9P but I'm dying to and I need a FAST pattern, they want this top by Tuesday.... Is this possible with the materials I've been given? Or is there a better pattern out there to make.
I'm worried.
I was thinking to do a D9P and use part of the yardage for the back to make up what I KNOW I will lack.
I have never made a D9P but I'm dying to and I need a FAST pattern, they want this top by Tuesday.... Is this possible with the materials I've been given? Or is there a better pattern out there to make.
I'm worried.
09-04-2011, 01:27 PM
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D9P is pretty fast to make, but whether you can finish it by Tuesday or not depends on you (and on what TIME on Tuesday). Do the fabrics work well together? Is there a certain size you need it to be?
09-04-2011, 01:29 PM
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Did anyone indicate the size? A lap quilt can vary from wheelchair size to quite large. You don't have enough for a very large one, then there's binding and borders, if you want, them to think about.
A Rail Fence would be faster and may lose a little less to seams.
A Rail Fence would be faster and may lose a little less to seams.
09-04-2011, 01:31 PM
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Originally Posted by dunster
D9P is pretty fast to make, but whether you can finish it by Tuesday or not depends on you (and on what TIME on Tuesday). Do the fabrics work well together? Is there a certain size you need it to be?
09-04-2011, 01:33 PM
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Originally Posted by irishrose
Did anyone indicate the size? A lap quilt can vary from wheelchair size to quite large. You don't have enough for a very large one, then there's binding and borders, if you want, them to think about.
09-04-2011, 01:35 PM
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Originally Posted by SheriR
Originally Posted by dunster
D9P is pretty fast to make, but whether you can finish it by Tuesday or not depends on you (and on what TIME on Tuesday). Do the fabrics work well together? Is there a certain size you need it to be?
09-04-2011, 01:42 PM
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If you cut all 3 half-yard pieces and the fat quarter into 5" squares for your D9P you will have AT MOST 24 squares from each 1/2 yard and 15 from the FQ, so 87 squares total. You can only make nine 9-patch blocks with that, with a few squares left over from the FQ. Each 9-patch will measure 14" unfinished, 13.5" finished, and you'll lose half an inch (if I remember correctly) when you make the D9P, so say 13" finished, 3x3 blocks, you have enough for a lap quilt that is 39x39. I suppose that's big enough for some purposes, not for others. But if that's what they gave you, that's probably what they expect. You will have extra fabric from the back, but you will need to piece it. There will be plenty for a binding. It seems to me that they were a little stingy with the fabric for the top.
09-04-2011, 01:53 PM
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Originally Posted by just_the_scraps_m'am
this sounds like quite the challenge...
i couldn't do it w/o the middle!
Good Luck, speedy!
i couldn't do it w/o the middle!
Good Luck, speedy!
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