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Old 03-10-2011, 12:00 PM
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Originally Posted by earthwalker
I am a complete loser at this aspect of quilting (I actually make blocks and lay them on the bed!). I just wanted to say this is a beautiful design, and I really will try and focus on the mathematics of the process, so I can do things "properly". Great question, and I am sure this will help a lot of us.
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Old 03-10-2011, 12:28 PM
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That is very nice of you sew crafty, I wonder if you made one less row each direction, widened the sashing just a touch, made dresdans in all squares instead of blank squares and added boarders???
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Old 03-10-2011, 12:37 PM
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Originally Posted by sewcrafty
A reg. king is 76x80 and a cal. king is 72x84. The big question is what is the depth of the mattress. If the mattress is say 15" thick then add 30" to 76" then 2-3" for each side it to go below the top mattress.

So 76+30+4= 110 wide

Now Do you want the quilt to go over just the top of the pillows or tuck in? I probably would do 80" + 15" + 2" = 97" for under pillows. I probably would add 6" to that # if to go over the pillows and if tucked I would add the additional 15".

So tucked would be 80+15+2+15= 112

110x112

this comes out to 110x110
What would happen if we staggered rows of 4 dresdens and then 3 dresdens, making it so it had dresdens in every block. Is this even possible. I really need to invest on EQ7. I had EQ5 at one time but for some reason the CDs are nowhere to be found.
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Old 03-10-2011, 02:08 PM
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You mean like this?

it ends up 88x109
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Old 03-10-2011, 02:20 PM
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Yes kinda like that but shorter, same width, it would be88x88 then, you could made up width with a boarder. I like it.
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On point, thanks sewcrafty, you made it very easy to calculate.
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Old 03-10-2011, 02:43 PM
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Lovely setting, really brings out the dresden plates!!!!
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Old 03-10-2011, 04:10 PM
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SewCrafty that is absolutely perfect...thank you sooooooooo much! I reallt appreciate all your help. Thank you...thank you!!!
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