Originally Posted by
yweinst
I found the perfect fabric for a obw, the repeat is 18" and I am planning on making a king size quilt. I'm trying to figure out the size rectangle I would get from 6 yards of fabric so that I know how much border fabric I need.
Does anyone know based off of making these types of quilt how large the rectangle would be?
When making an OBW you have certain requirements just because of the pattern.
If it has an 18" repeat, you will need 3 yards just for one run. So you will have to buy the fabric in multiples of 3 yards. 6 yards will make 80 by 108 which is no where near king size not even considering the seam allowance.
If I were to make a king size quilt, I would buy 9 yards for the obw center.
Then a solid color from the fabric for an inner border.
Then I like to make an outer border of the original fabric so you can see where it came from. For this you would have to calculate how wide the last border would be and buy that much additional fabric.
Bind with the solid.
This is how I have done them and I like the way it looks, but this is your quilt. Just enjoy the fun of laying out all the hexagon blocks to create your center. Ann
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