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Okay so if you have EQ5 please help me figure this out! I haven't played around with it much, but tonight I'm trying to figure out something.
I have drawn up a pattern, and the yardage calculation seems way over the top for me. For an 80'' square quilt, it's telling me that one of the three fabrics I need 9+yards?????????????? It's in the border, and it said that it's determinig that it's a single strip of fabric...(the border in question is pictured below) The problem is, it's a peiced border, and there is no option (that I can see) to turn that off and have it calculate the accurate yardage based on the peiced border... Any help or advice would be appreciated. |
Any ideas where I can find the answer?
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I've had EQ since it started and it has always had problems figuring the yardage. So I figure it myself. Count the number of squares in your borders and then figure how many you can get from a strip, and then you will know how many strips you need. You can also figure about 6 yds for a twin, 8 for a queen, etc. Then divide the yds by how many colors you are using. You can do it!
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Nine yards seems way to much to me, even if it is trying to say you need to cut lengthways. I wouldn't have thought you needed nine yards for ALL of the blue. Try looking at the layout diagram to see where it is going wrong (print, preview)
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Also, check the width of the fabric you have selected. Mine was over estimating by miles too.... but I had it showing the fabric width as much smaller than it really was.
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I have EQ6 and in the manual it tells you how EQ figures yardage...
"The result is usually an over estimate. Shapes like on-point sashes tend to give exceptionally large yardage figures." Also it is suggested to "Color your center and borders differently to see where yardage is going". Hope this helps. K |
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