Help With Bisquit Quilt
 

I want to make a 40 by 40 bisquit/puff quilt. I do not know what size squares would be best for me to use for this size quilt nor do I know how to calculate the number of busquits I will need nor the amount of fabric I will need to purchase. I do not want really small bisquits or a giant ones either. I have never seen one in real life and the sizes differ in the tutorials I have found on line. What size did you make yours and did you wish you had made bigger or smaller puffs?

Thanks for your help. Betty

I bought a pattern, Simplicity I think, the back squares were 3" and the top or puff square was 4", mine was for a double bed, it's too much for a top load washer.

Hi Betty...when i did mine for my DGD, i used the "new" method - if you Google Bubble Quilt Method #2 --- it is the "new method" tutorial at www.awaitingada.com. My front squares were 6" and back squares 4.5". I chose to put a "flat" border around mine - and my DDIL wanted the ruffle too. Here is a photo of that one.....which turned out to be about 33 x 48 plus ruffle. Because i used so many colors, I only purchased 3/4 yard of each color - but also used the fabric guide from the tutorial. Good luck with yours, whichever method you use.[ATTACH=CONFIG]514600[/ATTACH]

PenniF,

I love your quilt! The only "puff" quilt I have made was a pillow. The squares were a bit smaller. My question is about the border. Do you have batting in that row of half squares around the edge?

Thanks!

Dayle

[QUOTE=Daylesewblessed;7138421]PenniF,

I love your quilt! The only "puff" quilt I have made was a pillow. The squares were a bit smaller. My question is about the border. Do you have batting in that row of half squares around the edge?

Thank you ....Yes...batting only secured by SID around each half square - because with this method you put on a separate backing fabric and birth the quilt. To finish, I tied at each corner of each square - tie tails are on the back of the quilt.

I've made a few. finished size is about 1" less than the backing
so I would take a 3" backing pc and cut my biscuit top 4"
pleat it down to 3".
Most of mine have been 3-4inches finished. just multiply.'
so.... 3" finished puff
30 x 36 would be
10 x 12 pcs or 120 pcs finished.

Thank you ladies for your assistnce with my Bubble/Bisquit Quilt. I watched the tutorial for the Bubble Quilt Method #2 and I have decided that's the way to go. I also believe the 6 inch block paired with the 4.5 inch block will be a good size for me.

Thanks again and happy quilting. Betty

Haven't made one since the 70s. It was probably somewhere around 4" finished.

Keep in mind that once you stuff your biscuits they will be much smaller so you'll need more biscuits to cover the area that you need. A friend of mine made a quilt and didn't take this into consideration. She calculated the overall size of the quilt based on the size of her squares. Her twin size quilt turned into a lap quilt if even that once she stuffed her biscuits. You might want to make a sample with say four biscuits by four biscuits and measure the size before and after to give you an idea of how many squares you will need to get the size you want. Once you have that it is easy to calculate the amount of fabric.

OMG! I made a queen size the old way! Why couldn't I see this tutorial first? That is sew much easier! It completely removes the worst part, wrestling all that fabric and stuffing under the needle! Thank you so much for finding this for me! You are my Wednesday hero! I will say that a 3" base and a 4" top make a great baby blanket, but for adults I use 4.5" base and a 5.5" top, and do not stuff them full. If they are too full they can be uncomfortable to sleep on, and too warm to sleep under, they need to be puffs, not mountains. I will warn you though if you make a queen, you will not wash it at home. I have a huge capacity washer, and it can not handle the puff quilt. I can post a picture or you can go look at my pictures to see what we lovingly call "the monster".

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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

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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

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.)