new fabric, shorter width
#62
Quilterparadiseesc.com has a great yardage calculator. You plug in the width and it will give you the yardage necessary. They have several calculators available, one for borders, one for backing, etc. I have found it to be easy and so useful!
#64
At the quilt shop where I work we have noticed that Benartex is getting shorter on the width of the fabric for sure....don't know about others. When I calculate how much yardage is needed, etc. I use 40 inches as my WOF amount to make sure the customer has enough. Most WOF are 42 inches.
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If we buy enough fabric for a pattern that is for 44-45" fabric, we would have to buy more. Price stays the same or goes up, but we have to purchase more fabric to make the quilt. We are getting "it" put to us again.
#70
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Oh do I remember those days!! I have made pillowcases with LQS fabric and (washed) there is as much as a 4" difference between the 3 pieces of fabric I use. I assume I will get no more than 40" from a piece of fabric washed -- and I have fits making pillow cases when I don't 42".
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