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One wise quilter said that you will need about 6" more than you purchased. Happened to me on my last quilt made from my stash. I had to change the width of my boarders and piece them. Quilt turned out fine.
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I found a chart at: accucutquilters - Yahoo Groups, that has "How Many Pieces From One Yard", and for backing I found a chart at: "Quiltville Custom Quilting" (http://www.quiltville.com) for "Backing Yardage Requirements". Hope this helps.
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I started out buying fabric just because I like it. Now I pick a pattern and plan it out. Except - I wait till the top main piece is done, take it to my LQS and pick borders and then decide on binding.
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I also had that problem in the beginning. My first quilt (queen size) involved three trips to replenish my major fabric. That really affected how I then bought fabric. I started buying BOLTS of fabric. Then I discovered scrap quilting and no longer need vaste amounts of fabric. Periodically I go through every bolt (200+) and wack a yard from each...press and then cut them into usable shapes per Bonnie Hunter's Scrap USER System. (www.quiltville.com)
Now that I make mostly scrap quilts the amount of fabric I use/buy is minimal. Since it is scrappy, I can use anything I wish and no one will know I ever ran out of fabric. And it is also easy to do a controlled scrappy..you know...just one color but many shades of that color. XOXOXO Subee http://www.subeesews.blogspot.com
Originally Posted by traveling2dals
I never buy enough fabric and have to go back and try to find the same one. Whats an easy way to figure out how much you need for your quilt?
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I make a graph and figure how many squares I can get out of a width of fabric one yard long. Divide 36 inches by the size square you plan to make, for instance, there are 4-9 inch squares in a yard, multiply 4 from the width would give you 16 9 inch squares, your pattern says how many you need so divide that amount by 16 and you know how many yards to buy but get an extra yard or half a yard for insurance. And you will have fabric for binding or sashing left over.
I draw it all out on scrap or graph paper to estimate if the pattern doesn't tell you how much to buy. Carol J. |
Eek! Too much math for me today!!
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Eek! Too much math for me today!!
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Originally Posted by EasyPeezy
And here's another calculator. :)
http://www.blockcentral.com/calculators.shtml |
Originally Posted by EasyPeezy
Originally Posted by traveling2dals
To DebraK- Let say i have 180 squares at 5 inches and 4 different colors to buy. I think thats 60x60. My own pattern, just blocks.
This is how I do the math. 180squares/4(colors)= 45 squares per color. I usually use 40" as width. So, 40"/5"= 8 squares. Which means you can get 8 squares on a 5" strip (selvage to selvage). Now you calculate how many strips you need to make 45. 45/8=5.6 round this up to 6. So 6 x 5"=30" which is 30/36= 0.83 yard which you round up to 1 yard and you get a little extra for stash or insurance. See? |
I am just now starting to quilt, have actually made three whole blocks!!! Snowball blocks that I saw a 12 yr old make on You Tube. WooHoo, but at least it is a start. But with JoAnn's 50% off coupon I have been buying by the bolt. They are usually not full bolts but they never cost me more then $12-$14. I will either have a lot off nice quilts, etc. or a REALLY big stash for my family to give away when I die.
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