these fabrics. these are all the left overs from a quilt I made, the quilt had 30 colors only 28 of them shown here. They all started out as fat quarters, the pieces range in size from 12-14"x20-22 inches.

I was thinking of doing a siderweb quilt but I don't know if I have enough craps here or not! How do you figure how much fabric you need to make a quilt like that? I don't have a stash of scraps that I could add to this. I am normally really good at math and figuring out patterns and stuff that that well it just scares me! lol

the pics are not heeeeere! wah!!


but the thing about doing something like a spiderweb is that you can do what you have now, set them aside, do some another time, set them aside and so on. as you get enough, do more and more. they'll accumulate.

HA HA I left the computer for a second and my five year old posted! LOL I forgot I had not added the picture.

Here it is! I still forgot the stupid thing.

HERE

Spider web quilt? Anyone got a picture?? :D

http://quiltville.com/spiderweb.shtml (love Bonnie's website)

But I would use white instead of the maroon and I don't think I would put borders on it! and I think I would stagger the "webs" instead of having them line up!

Pretty fabrics! According to my stash, I KNOW they grow and will reproduce! I think a spider web quilt is a type of string quilt that is kind of foundation pieced. It is a good way to use strippy scraps. :lol:

Oh Wow -- Thanks! Those are really neat!! And you could use unbleached muslin for your centers to make it really look old-fashioned! :D

How about a "turning twenty" lap quilt?

i think the spider web is a perfect scrap quilt just because you can keeping adding blocks as you go along. if the center star is white, you can arrange the blocks later to balance the colors out.

show us as you go.

Why not try one of Lynn Roddy Brown's scrap quilts. Go to lynnroddybrown.com.

those scraps are gonna make one yummy quilt, and a spider web sounds like just the one...can't wait, but leave out the real spiders, please :shock: :lol:

i don't know, but sure are pretty. you can always send to me lmao :lol:

Spider Web pattern will look great with those fabrics!
BTW, thanks for the website. She certainly has some
beautiful quilts and is giving me more ideas!

fabric is beautiful....never heard of the spider web quilt if someone has a pic I'd like to see it. Sounds great way to use those small strips....

I am thinking that you have plenty material to make a spiderweb, if you purchase the material to make the center star. Here's my reasoning: a 12.5 in spiderweb block is made of 4 sections. Each section has 3 areas, two of which are the string portion. So at least 2/3 of the area of the block is made up of the string portion. But the string portions are larger than the star portion so I am rounding up to 3/4 to play it safe. One 12.5 block is 156.25 square inches and 3/4 of that is 117.1875, say 120 to make it easy to work with. Now that doesn't account for the seam allowances, so double it to 240 square inches per block. If you make a 4 block by 5 block lap size quilt you will need 20 blocks or 240 x 20 = 4800 square inches of string material. Now lets use your smallest size piece which I understand to be 12 by 20 inches or 240 square inches. You have 30 of them, so that would be 7200 square inches. You need 4800 square inches (a high estimate) and you have 7200 square inches (a low estimate), so I think you have enough.

Does this seem right to you?

I looked at the website. She doesn't say what the yardage was. I bet you have more fabric then you think. It should be enough to make the spiderweb quilt. Your quilt will be beautiful.