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Old 04-03-2012, 07:58 PM
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SheriR
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Originally Posted by Lady_Paquette View Post
the pattern doesnt say how much fabric to buy. any body know?
Deb posted these figures earlier:

I figured out the yardage. All of these are based on 40 width of fabric. Background - 7.5 square - you will get 5 squares per row, need to cut three rows of 7.5 equals 22.5 inches: Plus 2-1/8 x 16 strips (two needed per block) - you will get two strips per row, need 24 strips, you will need to cut 12 rows of 2.5 (give yourself a little leeway) equals 30 inches. 30+22.5 = 52.5 ....1-1/2 yard should be good. For safety insurance you may want to get 1-2/3 yard for background. This blocks shows only two colors - so based on that - yellow - you will get 5 blocks per row, need three rows = 22.5 =2/3 yard needed, may want to get 1 yard for safety insurance. Blue - you will get 2 strips per row, need to cut six rows = 1 yard, but I would get 1-1/4 yard, again for safety insurance. Now, if you want to put in two colors (split the blue) 2/3 yard of two different colors, and if you wanted to split the yellow as well - 1/2 yard of two colors would be plenty.

1-1/2 yd- background
For a 2 color pinwheel:
Color 1- 1yard
Color2- 1-1/4yard
OR
For a 4 color pinwheel:
2/3 of TWO colors and 1/2 of TWO colors

Hope I read that right.

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