misseva

I made one with I 'think' 4" bottom square and 5" top square and it covers a standard size bed with just a little bit of over hang. It's WAAAAAYYYYYY to big for my washer and waaaayyyyy to hot to sleep under. Sure is pretty tho. lol Beware - it's real easy to OVER STUFF the squares and it makes them really hard to sew around. Less is best.

Edited to add: I couldn't say how much material it took - I had just cut up a bunch of squares and started sewing them together.

IowaStitcher

My question is how to gauge the amount of fiberfill to put in each biscuit so they are uniform. We can cut all our fabric with measuring tools but not sure what to use to be consistent with the stuffing.

misseva

I found it to be a trial and error exercise. I had to resist putting a big pinch of stuffing instead of a smaller one. Stuff one then try to sew around it on the machine. That's when I learned I had stuffed some of mine too full. You should be able to put two blocks together and sew a 1/4" seam easily. If they're too full it's difficult to sew them together. If you get them too full it will be difficult to wash and very warm & heavy. The only time I can sleep under my biscuit quilt is when the electricity goes off and I have no heat.

lynnie

misseva, I too made a queen with a 6" border. my son used to use it as a mattress cover in the summer. he loved that 'monster'/
and yes, it's a Laundromat quilt for sure.

CarolinePaj

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Hi,

the puffs on this one are 3" finished so I cut the bottom square 3.5" amf the top 4". The puffs we a nice size and I managed to make all the puffs from 7 pieces of fabric that were fat 1/8 ths...... So less than a metre (there was some leftover from the lesser used patterns). The whole quilt measured 32" x 32" with the border being 4".

Hope this helps.

hugs

Caroline

CarolinePaj

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Hi,

the puffs on this one are 3" finished so I cut the bottom square 3.5" amf the top 4". The puffs we a nice size and I managed to make all the puffs from 7 pieces of fabric that were fat 1/8 ths...... So less than a metre (there was some leftover from the lesser used patterns). The whole quilt measured 32" x 32" with the border being 4".

Hope this helps.

hugs

Caroline

madamekelly

For the record, since I have not seen it mentioned, you need to buy the best stuffing you can afford. My first one was made with Walmart's cheapest stuffing, and one bag of the better stuff. After a few washings, I could tell by look, and feel which ones were the better quality. The cheap stuff packed down very quickly. The first one was stolen in Bremerton Wa from my DD home, so this one has DH name across the middle. He wanted red, whote, and blue. It is a 7 lb. monster! (With flannel on the back.)