renee1306

Hey everyone, I'm new to this site, and new to quilting.. I need a hand trying to figure out what I need for fabric.
http://thejiltedballerina.blogspot.c...-tutorial.html

Thats the link to the tutorial I'm using. I want to do roughly a 6 foot x 6 foot throw.
Can someone just double check and tell me if my calculations are right??

A note about the materials:
This will all make sense once you've read through the tutorial
(8) eight background squares=36"
for every (16) sixteen background squares you will have 22 windows

Use the guide below to determine your fabric needs.

1 yard of 44" wide fabric yields approx (12) twelve 10" squares
3 1/4 squares for windows (scraps)
2 1/2 squares for batting (scraps) (batting is optional) - I HAVE THIS ALREADY

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So I want to make a blanket thats like 6 feet by 6 feet.. Just a throw blanket.. My last blanket ended up being roughly 5x5 and I want this one to be a bit bigger.

so according to my calculations...

1 yard = 36 inches

For the background squares I need:
6 feet = 72 inches.. so I need 16 background squares by 16 background squares.
So thats 256 squares total.. if 1 yard does 12 I need 21.5 yards.
Please double check this because I've been getting yards and feet mixed up...

For the windows I need:
(sixteen background squares = 22 windows) so 22 x 22 = 484 windows.
if a piece of fabric is 44 inches wide that means I can get 13 (3.25") squares from the width and I need 38 squares from the length. (that equals 494 squares so yes I will have some fabric left over but 37 isn't enough)
38 (squares from length) x 3.25 (dimensions of window square) = 124 total inches in length / 36 inches = 3.5 yards.

This is my second quilt.. my first one was a rag throw made out of flannel for my baby and I to cuddle with our for him/her to lay on. Its super thick and warm and actually turned out really good for my first blanket! I'm excited to start my second quilt

Neesie

Howdy and Welcome!

What I do, when I'm confused about needed yardage, is sketch it all out on graph paper. That said, don't count on "1 yard" as actually being 1 yard of usable fabric. Selvages must be removed and as likely as not, the cut ends won't be straight. After you wash and dry your fabric, you may also lose a tiny bit, due to shrinkage.

virtualbernie

You're calculating individual yards of fabric which makes you calculate too much. I came up with 18 yards for the background fabric. You would only be using 30 inches of fabric but have 6 inches waste leftover if you were using individual 1 yard pieces of fabric. I didn't calculate the window fabric but you are probably estimating too much there too. Although too much is way better than too little -- more stash for another quilt!

I also noted that she used batting. I don't use batting in my cathedral quilts because they are heavy/warm enough without it. The batting probably helps to accentuate the window fabrics but depending on where you live, you may not want the extra weight/warmth of the batting. Just wanted to let you know that you can make one without the batting... Please post pics when you're done!

PaperPrincess

Cathedral window quilts take a whole bunch of fabric, so 22 yards for a throw does not seem unreasonable.

Here's a tutorial from this board. I know you already have one, but this one is very good:
http://www.quiltingboard.com/tutoria...al-t35742.html

dunster

You use a 10" square of background fabric to get a finished square that is 4.5". You're correct that you need 256 of these. You can *probably* fit 4 squares across the 45" fabric. That means you need 256/4=66 strips. 66*10"=660"=18 1/3 yards. Of course you would want to get extra for shrinkage, squaring off, etc.

I have never made a CW quilt, but I don't understand why you need 22 windows for each 16 squares. Can anyone explain this?

Newby0709

It has been awhile since I used this tutorial. I think Eddie did some calculations on fabric in the tutorial.

beatys9

Wonderful Tutorial - makes me want to do a CW.