I'm having some one make a quilt for me, and I need to know how much fabric to buy since I'm enlarging it to a queen.

The original quilt is 56.5"x56.5" and it is going to be enlarged to 86"x93"

This is what the directions say I need...

Fabric Requirements
10-12 Assorted prints ... 1/4 yd. of each
Blue star print ... 1 3/8 yds.
Black solid ... 1 1/2 yds.
Cream solid ... 1/2 yds.
Backing ... 3 1/2 yds.
Batting ... Twin size
Other Materials
Sewing thread
Quilting thread (hand-quilting)
Monofilament thread (machine-quilting)

This is how to cut it

Cutting Instructions
Assorted prints
... 14 strips 2 1/2" x WOF (width of fabric) cut in pairs of 2
... 7 strips 2 1/2" x 21", 1 to match each WOF pair
... 14 strips 2 1/2" x 21", cut in pairs of 2
... 7 strips 2 1/2" x WOF, 1 to match each 21" pair
Blue star print
...*1 square 44" x 44", cut in half diagonally to make half-square triangles (1 triangle needed)


... 4 squares 7" x 7", cut in half diagonally to make half-square triangles (cut from remaining 44" triangle)
Black solid
... 4 strips 2 1/2" x 58", pieced from 6 WOF strips
... 1 Template A
... 1 Template B
... 1 Template C
... 1 Template D
Cream solid
... 1 Template E
* cut first

and here is a photo of said quilt

Could some one tell me how much I will need to make this to the queen size? (86"x96")

Wow! I'll be impressed if someone is able to figure that out for you!

What I would probably do is calculate what percentage bigger the queen is (say, 30% bigger overall?), then purchase even more of each yardage (say, 40-50%). The leftovers would go into a stash.

You're trying to turn a square into a rectangle without explaining what you plan to add to make it so. In other words, you need more of something on two sides to make it into a rectangle.

Good point... lol I didn't even think of that! I'll show you the version of the quilt I found to show what I want with the quilt... I should have explain that! sorry!

I do want a border on it...

Where did you get the pattern? There have been several of us looking for the Cat Stairway to Heaven pattern.

http://web.archive.org/web/200703022...ern/index.html

I got that after asking around... and it does work... but if it does not I can email it... I saved this to my computer.

Well, that's stretching it quite far. Someone very experienced could maybe figure out how to enlarge the pattern, but it's going to be difficult. If all you want are the 9 patch pattern added to sides and top/bottom, then just measure inches and figure out how many more of the blocks you would need to do them. Am I being clear? Just figure how many more of the blocks you need, and go by the square inches of the blocks to know how much fabric.

The pattern was from McCalls - called Stairway To Cat Heaven - It's made from a nine patch

http://www.runawayquilters.com/2007/wednesday.shtml - info on quilt is half way down

Here is a site that works

http://web.archive.org/web/20070302220618/http://mccallsquilting.com/golden/mg01_pattern/index.html

Thats actually an enlarged version of it... and I like that one... ... Thanks.

Just printed it off. Couldn't use the 'printer friendly' version, said it was not found, so just printed it off with all the extra advertisements (which I hate!). I plan on adding borders to it also since I don't want a square. Good luck. Someone has got to be a whole lot better at math than I am.
Wendy B

Ditto. Fuzzy math all the way :)

nice pattern, it's on my to do list

Nice quilt, It depends on how large you are doing your borders and are you going to add more stair steps and cats. If so I would add 2/3 more fabric to each.

Cookie

Not only do you need to make it bigger on two sides, bu you need to figure out how big you want the picture compared to the borders. If you can get the 64x64" pattern (or even the original size, plue borders, so that the design in the middle won't hang over the sides), that would probably best for a queen bed, as the mattress size is 60x80. Then you need to figure out how big you want it (86x93 you said?) and what borders and how many you need to add to turn it into what you want.

I would make the mattress size be the middle (with added squares on top and bottom), then add borders to make it big enough to be slept under.

Sorry, I know some of the is jumbled, I was jumping around in my post trying to clarify, and I think I made it worse!

Anyway, good luck!

Haha, It's alright! I think I have the gist of it! I'm going to draw up the differences that I want to make...

Where can I get the bigger pattern?

Couldn't tell you where, but I saw in one of the links that it was an enlarged pattern (64 and 72, I thought). I think I would just do the size you have and enhance from there. Then most of your measurements can stay the same, and just add on.

Here it is:

Got it! Thanks!

Work with the person who is going to create it for you. He or she will definitely have some opinions and need some input on amounts of fabric to do the cutting andd sewing in a good way. Will also probably have some good ideas about enlarging it to the size and shape that you want. If someone wanted me to do this (I want this quilt, but I want it to be a different size and shape) I would definitely want to have input!!!!

do you want it to go over the pillows? with a tuck? what size drop? i think you should attack your bed with a tape measure before you go any further.

if you want the kitties to be centered on the bed and the pillow part to be solid, then all it needs is border color on the top - a lot of it, to cover the entire pillow with tuck underneath and behind (against the headboard). also, again f you want the kitties on top, all you need is borders on the sides. if you enlarge the entire quilt, the cats will be hanging over the edge. was that the look you wanted?

the queen bed is 80" long with approximately 22" covered with pillow. so deduct that amount. now you have 56" to work with if you want the entire picture to lay flat on the center of the bed. that's the size of the pattern as it is, right? the bed is 60" wide. the quilt pattern is 56. again, a perfect fit. are you sure you want to change it?

you may want to border the central design in 9-patches in the same or coordinating colors, as is found in the pattern. or try something that you find more appealing. maybe applique little cats around the border.

if you add 1(9sq)in l and w you well hve an 78.5 in sq. then add your borders. I would get 50% more fabric

Looking at the pattern of this quilt, it appears to be a block of 3x3 squares finished size). Using that as a starting point, I figured that using 9 inch blocks with 8 across and 9 down you could still have the same look but just one extra block high. With that , I was able to calculate that you will need 2 3/4 yds of various colors for the inside blocks, 2 5/8 yds of the blue and about 2 3/8 yds of black for boarder.
The outside boarder is also done in various colors the same as the inside blocks but you will want to do them a bit smaller. I figured around 6" maybe and they would take about 2 1/4 yds.
The finished size would be about 97" x 88"
Hope this helps

When I run into a printing problem like this I open a new email to send to myself and then copy the whole page or try to copy just the parts I want on to the email. Then I delete the parts I don't want. I can get rid of the ads and other things I don't need. After sending it to myself I can print it out.

you could try to add 2 more rows of 9 patch blocks on the sides and 2 rows on the bottom then put 2 more cats on the 4 extra stairs then inlarge borders to fit, thats what I would do