Originally Posted by mcbride4362
I am new to quilting and getting the courage to start a quilt after months of watching this site. I want to try this quilt and have no idea how to figure how much material for each color. Can anyone help? It would be for a queen size bed. Thanks for your patience with me!
It depends what size you want it to be. I usually look at how many inches rather than "Queen", since I forget how big that is, lol.
Each block takes:
black center: 6 1/2" square
green: 3 1/2" square times 2; 3 1/2 x 6 1/2" rectangle times 2. So a 3 1/2" x wof (width of fabric) would yield you enough for 2 blocks.
purple: ditto.
So figure out how many blocks. Then divide in half (e.g. 20 blocks -> 10 3.5" cuts of fabric). Multiply # times 3.5" (35" ) gives you how much fabric you need cut from the store (though that's not leaving a lot of room for error, so probably add more)
For the center, you'll get 6 blocks from a 6.5" strip. Take # of blocks and divide by 6 (20 / 6 - 3.__). Round up (4). Take # times 6.5" (26" ) - tells you how much you need cut.
Does that help??