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Old 09-04-2011, 01:57 PM
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I would call her and tell her what you are thinking, and what size it would be, then see if that is acceptable. To me 39" is really the size for an infant, not a lap quilt.
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Check this on a piece of paper but I think you can make doing a Rail Fence. Each half yard is 7 2 1/2" strips. Put a strong color on one edge. Sew the four colors together, measure the height, should be 8.5. Cut 8.5" blocks from the strips. This is the sticky part. If you can get five, you're golden. If you can only get four, you'll have to piece four ends together to make two more. An extra seam won't show when it's quilted if the colors and seams match. Put these 8.5" blocks together in the RF pattern - With the strong color zigzagging across the top diagonally. 5 blocks across (finish at 8" ) and 6 down gives you 40 by 48. Use the FQ for binding. You'll have enough if you don't make it double. Sounds good on paper, but check my figures before you cut. A bit from your stash could be added for a narrow border, but keep the finish under the width of the fabric.

We do our prayer quilts 45 by 54 or 60. Not overly large to me, but the recipients feel they are just right.
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Old 09-04-2011, 02:13 PM
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Originally Posted by irishrose
Check this on a piece of paper but I think you can make doing a Rail Fence. Each half yard is 7 2 1/2" strips. Put a strong color on one edge. Sew the four colors together, measure the height, should be 8.5. Cut 8.5 blocks from the strips. This is the tricky part. If you can get five, you're golden. If you can only get four, you'll have to piece four ends together to make two more. An extra seam won't show when it's quilted if the colors and seams match. Put these 8.5 blocks together in the RF pattern - With the strong color zigzagging across the top diagonally. 5 blocks across (finish at 8") and 6 down gives you 40 by 48. Use the FQ for binding. You'll have enough if you don't make it double. Sounds good on paper, but check my figures before you cut.
She will have to use 1/2 yard of her backing as one of the 4 colors, and I don't think there is a chance of getting 5 8.5" blocks from most fabric, but with piecing those 2 blocks this could work. Still, I would never make a lap quilt that small.
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Old 09-04-2011, 02:14 PM
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Originally Posted by irishrose
Check this on a piece of paper but I think you can make doing a Rail Fence. Each half yard is 7 2 1/2" strips. Put a strong color on one edge. Sew the four colors together, measure the height, should be 8.5. Cut 8.5" blocks from the strips. This is the sticky part. If you can get five, you're golden. If you can only get four, you'll have to piece four ends together to make two more. An extra seam won't show when it's quilted if the colors and seams match. Put these 8.5" blocks together in the RF pattern - With the strong color zigzagging across the top diagonally. 5 blocks across (finish at 8" ) and 6 down gives you 40 by 48. Use the FQ for binding. You'll have enough if you don't make it double. Sounds good on paper, but check my figures before you cut. A bit from your stash could be added for a narrow border, but keep the finish under the width of the fabric.

We do our prayer quilts 45 by 54 or 60. Not overly large to me, but the recipients feel they are just right.
Material is 44" wide. 44 divided by 8.5 = 5.1 My figures say I CAN get 5 squares... I WILL!!! THANK YOU
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Old 09-04-2011, 02:17 PM
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Originally Posted by dunster
Originally Posted by irishrose
Check this on a piece of paper but I think you can make doing a Rail Fence. Each half yard is 7 2 1/2" strips. Put a strong color on one edge. Sew the four colors together, measure the height, should be 8.5. Cut 8.5 blocks from the strips. This is the tricky part. If you can get five, you're golden. If you can only get four, you'll have to piece four ends together to make two more. An extra seam won't show when it's quilted if the colors and seams match. Put these 8.5 blocks together in the RF pattern - With the strong color zigzagging across the top diagonally. 5 blocks across (finish at 8") and 6 down gives you 40 by 48. Use the FQ for binding. You'll have enough if you don't make it double. Sounds good on paper, but check my figures before you cut.
She will have to use 1/2 yard of her backing as one of the 4 colors, and I don't think there is a chance of getting 5 8.5" blocks from most fabric, but with piecing those 2 blocks this could work. Still, I would never make a lap quilt that small.
What size then? Maybe I need to run to WalMart and buy 1/2 yard more per fabric... But I hate to do it on Sunday.... Is my Ox in the Mire??

Is a 60" square acceptable for a lap quilt? If I get more material and do it 8 squares x 8 squares it would be 64".
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I had pulled a half yard from the back for the fourth strip. I think you can start now and go pick up the extra half yard tomorrow for a border. A small border will move the quilt out of the skimpy stage. Remember your back is now 54", so you need to stay under that. You may have add a strip down the center of the back vertically. A border will cut it very close on the width.

As for as the five blocks - 1) all fabric isn't the same width and 2) you can't use the selvage. It will be very close, that's for sure.
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Originally Posted by irishrose
I had pulled a half yard from the back for the fourth strip. I think you can start now and go pick up the extra half yard tomorrow for a border. A small border will move the quilt out of the skimpy stage. Remember your back is now 54", so you need to stay under that. You may have add a strip down the center of the back vertically. A border will cut it very close on the width.

As for as the five blocks - 1) all fabric isn't the same width and 2) you can't use the selvage. It will be very close, that's for sure.
Thank you souch for the input. I'll keep you updated as I work.
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Wow. Hate to be a stick in the mud, but if the person or people who wants you to make the quilt didn't provide enough fabric for the size and style she wants, why wouldn't you simply tell her that this won't work, and she either needs to provide you with an adequate amount of fabric, or agree to a design that you come up with that will work with the amount of fabric she did give you? After over 40 years in business I have determined, unequivacably, that the customer is NOT always right. I understand that this is for a charity auction, but their expectations of what you can do have to be reasonable for what you have.
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Wow. Hate to be a stick in the mud, but if the person or people who wants you to make the quilt didn't provide enough fabric for the size and style she wants, why wouldn't you simply tell her that this won't work, and she either needs to provide you with an adequate amount of fabric, or agree to a design that you come up with that will work with the amount of fabric she did give you? After over 40 years in business I have determined, unequivacably, that the customer is NOT always right. I understand that this is for a charity auction, but their expectations of what you can do have to be reasonable for what you have.
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Old 09-05-2011, 08:27 AM
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Originally Posted by davis2se
Wow. Hate to be a stick in the mud, but if the person or people who wants you to make the quilt didn't provide enough fabric for the size and style she wants, why wouldn't you simply tell her that this won't work, and she either needs to provide you with an adequate amount of fabric, or agree to a design that you come up with that will work with the amount of fabric she did give you? After over 40 years in business I have determined, unequivacably, that the customer is NOT always right. I understand that this is for a charity auction, but their expectations of what you can do have to be reasonable for what you have.
You're totally right and if i were in business I'd be more forward with her. However if I waited on her to get more fabric, I know I wouldn't meet the deadline. It was easy to go to WalMart early today and get another YARD of the exact fabric she used. And I'll give her the receipt. =)

I did go with D9P, my FIRST. Now I don't know which layout to use. I've put up pics of the original and four ideas for block placement. the blocks will end up 14 inches. If my calculations are correct, with a 3ish inch border, it should be close to 62 x 70ish... Should I make it square? Are lap quilts square?

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