How much fabric to use

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01-31-2011, 02:03 PM

#71

susie0808

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Originally Posted by pdcakm

go to joanns with a 40 or 50 percent coupon and buy the fabri-calc. it really works.

This is even better! Especially if it is your favorite or most common fabric you use.

I had a 50% coupon and bought 10 yards of my favorite fabric which i use on most of my backs. Now I don't have to shop for it for a good long while.

01-31-2011, 03:17 PM

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biscuitqueen

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you can buy a fabric calculator? Have you seen one at Hancocks? I should ask. I hate math. wow what a concept.

01-31-2011, 11:06 PM

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cheryl rearick

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lol, am I a baby, I have to have a pattern and follow to the T. hoping for the best. lol :)

01-31-2011, 11:26 PM

#74

pittsburgpam

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I use EQ to do all my quilts and it tells me each fabric requirement, even says how many patches of each fabric. I have found that it over-estimates so if I actually do what it says, I have more than enough.

I really wish that EQ had the ability to estimate based on fat quarters. You can only select the standard fabric widths.

I just did a sampler quilt design so I added up ALL of the yardage and compared it to 4 FQs equaling a yard to find out how many FQs it needed.