Thread: Quilt Math Help
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Old 01-27-2021, 10:02 AM
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Peckish
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To answer your original question, no, there is no program that will do what you're asking. Unless there's some kind of professional CAD program, which most of us don't have access to, I would assume. Electric Quilt will only tell you how many of what shape to cut.

I agree with QuiltE, it's simple enough to do on paper. For instance, let's say you need 76 squares that are 4". Okay, the fabric is 44" wide, with say 43" of usable fabric once you cut off the selvedges. 43 (WOF) divided by 4 (the block size) is 10.75, so you can get 10 squares from one strip. So you will need seven and a half strips to get the 76 squares, and you'll have a strip at the edge that is 3" by 30". You might be able to use that elsewhere.
Then do the same thing with the strips you need.
Keep in mind that if your pattern calls for border or sashing strips, you might want to cut those first from the lengthwise run of the fabric. Some people prefer not to piece together those parts of the quilt.
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