Layer Cake or Yardage? What Would You Do?
 

I'm going to do the Row By Row Experience, which means 37 quilt shops in a week. I want the license plates. I already have one from Missouri Star Quilt Company. I'm visiting every shop in MO that I can get a hold of, except those in St. Louis which is too far.

I'm going to make the Tipsy Tumbler quilt for my 25 year old son. I need 90 10 inch black squares. I have a template to make the 90 charm squares also the template for the tipsy tumbler.

I just tried to cut a 10 inch practice square. I think I need a larger self healing mat. I have a very large one, and a 24 inch one. I'll take care of that at the infamous adventure of 37 shops.

I'm tempted to click on 2 packages of 10 inch layer cakes, but that would only be 84, not 90.....or even buy 3 black layer cakes next week. But a 3 yards of black would be cheaper by far. I don't know which to do? The block makes up easy. I'm lost. What would you do? Buy a larger mat and start cutting? There's no 10 inch die cut, or you bet I'd jump on that.

I would buy yardage. It wouldn't be that much work to cut it up, and think of all the more fabric or other stuff you can buy with your savings! Good luck and have fun!

I'd go yardage if I want that many all the same color. I go precuts when I want a verity of colors and or prints that coordinate. New cutting matt sounds good, it may help with more accurate cutting.

I'd definitely go yardage since even without a specialty ruler, 10in squares are pretty quick to cut. Sounds like a new mat would really help you plus it's something you'll use often. If you know anyone with a Stripology ruler, it would make cutting layer cakes really quick (plus any other strips you'd want). I just invested in one a couple months ago and absolutely love it. I can cut a charm pack in about 20min starting from ironing the fabric to getting accurate squares. Ridiculously fast.

I would contact Connecting Threads and see if they would do up a custom package of 10 inch squares. They do not have a cutting fee, so you pay the same as yardage.

To get 90 10" squares, you need more than 3 yards of fabric. 2 yards give 28 squares, so you need 6 1/2 yards to get 90 squares.

I agree with Tothill, I would see if Connecting Threads would do the custom cutting for you. I don't like cutting squares wider than my ruler, so I would rather buy precuts.

I would buy yardage because you get uniform and identical colours. If they will cut to 10" squares it is worth someone else doing it if I read correctly you need a new board. The saved money would buy or help towards the cost.

I would go with the yardage from kona cottons

Missouri Star has a 10" template. It's great for cutting layer cake squares with a rotary. https://www.missouriquiltco.com/shop...quare-template

Missouri Star Quilt Shop (No biggie to go to Hamilton, I'm going everywhere else), has the Stripology ruler on their website. Missouri Star has more than Quilters Station in Lee's Summit. I will buy 3 yards of black and cut it. I will buy a larger cutting mat. I have one that takes up the entire table. It gets in everybody's way. I want the one in between. I can get black Kona Cotton, and I want to border it in grey Kona Cotton. I think that's at Joann's. I made a scrap block, it's easy and I think it'll be cute. Thanks for your help...I might check Connecting Threads.