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    Old 03-08-2013, 02:30 PM
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    Thank You!!! I'll keep your post for future ref.
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    Old 03-08-2013, 06:07 PM
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    I did an OBW and used 5 yds. With the boards it only was about a full size.
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    Old 03-09-2013, 04:14 AM
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    If you have a specific fabric in mind and find that you do not have enough of it when you get the hexagons done, this is another option that I used between the hexagons.

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    Old 03-09-2013, 05:51 AM
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    its not how much fabric you have it is how many repeats you have. That is how you figure it
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    Old 03-09-2013, 06:00 AM
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    Brows through all the OBW's.
    This one is real nice with a solid to showcase the individual OBW's.
    http://www.quiltingboard.com/members...53-333607.html
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    Old 03-09-2013, 06:15 AM
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    I give up this morning....what is OBW?
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    Old 03-09-2013, 08:09 AM
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    Originally Posted by yweinst
    I'm trying to figure out how much of a border I would need to add to create a king size quilt using the 6.5 yards for the obw center part...
    You're probably going to lose about 20% to 25% of your 6 yards to seams. If you don't discard any of the triangles, the finished size you can get from triangles from 6 yards is about 75" to 80" square. I usually make a Queen 100 x 100. That would mean you'd probably need a 12-1/2" finished border around the quilt. 3 yards would give you 10" borders. So, you'd probably need an inner border about 3" finished.
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    Old 03-09-2013, 10:10 AM
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    Check out Maxinne's 2nd book. She includes alternate cube illusion octagons that add a WOW! factor to the quilts - as well as making them a little bigger without using the original fabric.
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    Old 03-09-2013, 10:25 AM
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    JoanneS thank you. I'll definitely check it out.
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