Rag quilt trying again............measurements
08-31-2014, 11:25 AM
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Rag quilt trying again............measurements
I want to make the diagram below into a rag quilt (60x60). I figure I'll start with 10" squares. I'd rather purchase yardage. I am hoping to make the seams at least 1/2" or greater. Please help with the amount of fabric I need to purchase.
I've made a rag quilt before and it was what I put together. I remember running to the fabric store a lot because I didn't have enough fabric.
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I've made a rag quilt before and it was what I put together. I remember running to the fabric store a lot because I didn't have enough fabric.
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08-31-2014, 01:22 PM
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It took my computer a long time to load this post! Maybe because of the diagram?
When you say you are starting out with 10" squares, do you mean they are already cut at 10"? And that these would comprise the large finished squares in your diagram? If so, then your finished large square size using 1/2" seams would be 9". In your diagram, every other 9" finished square is composed of 4 squares. The finished size of those smaller squares would need to be 4.5" in order to match the 9" finished squares, so the cut size of those smaller squares with 1/2" seams would be 5.5".
Assuming your diagram is the complete quilt, you will need 32 squares that are cut 10" and 128 squares that are cut 5.5" (this is 32x4). This is just for the top.
Assuming your fabric is 40" wide (typical), you would need about 80" of yardage for the large squares (assuming no cutting mistakes). This works out to about 2.25 yards of fabric -- which I would definitely round up to at least 2.5 yards to allow for straightening the edge periodically and maybe one cutting mistake.
However, you also need yardage for the small squares. You can get about 36 squares of 5.5" size out of a yard of fabric, but you need 128 squares. This means you need a minimum of about 3.5 yards for the smaller squares.
This comes to a total of 6 yards just for the top layer of the rag quilt, without a big margin for possible cutting errors, fussy cutting, or stash accumulation of leftovers.
You would need another 6 yards for the middle layer, and another 6 yards for the bottom layer.
Yikes! I didn't realize a 60" square rag quilt with 1/2" seams would require this much yardage! Hopefully someone will check my math to make sure I haven't made a mistake with these calculations.
When you say you are starting out with 10" squares, do you mean they are already cut at 10"? And that these would comprise the large finished squares in your diagram? If so, then your finished large square size using 1/2" seams would be 9". In your diagram, every other 9" finished square is composed of 4 squares. The finished size of those smaller squares would need to be 4.5" in order to match the 9" finished squares, so the cut size of those smaller squares with 1/2" seams would be 5.5".
Assuming your diagram is the complete quilt, you will need 32 squares that are cut 10" and 128 squares that are cut 5.5" (this is 32x4). This is just for the top.
Assuming your fabric is 40" wide (typical), you would need about 80" of yardage for the large squares (assuming no cutting mistakes). This works out to about 2.25 yards of fabric -- which I would definitely round up to at least 2.5 yards to allow for straightening the edge periodically and maybe one cutting mistake.
However, you also need yardage for the small squares. You can get about 36 squares of 5.5" size out of a yard of fabric, but you need 128 squares. This means you need a minimum of about 3.5 yards for the smaller squares.
This comes to a total of 6 yards just for the top layer of the rag quilt, without a big margin for possible cutting errors, fussy cutting, or stash accumulation of leftovers.
You would need another 6 yards for the middle layer, and another 6 yards for the bottom layer.
Yikes! I didn't realize a 60" square rag quilt with 1/2" seams would require this much yardage! Hopefully someone will check my math to make sure I haven't made a mistake with these calculations.
Last edited by Prism99; 08-31-2014 at 01:29 PM.
08-31-2014, 01:40 PM
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Rag quilt measurements
THANK YOU to all that responded. Your links are wonderful, your tips and suggestions even better.
I appreciate that you're so knowledgeable and willing to share that with all of us!
**Someone posted links to a site that has a variety of calculators on it. The site is great and has helped a lot. Once I switch computers I'll return to post the links again so others have them too!
I appreciate that you're so knowledgeable and willing to share that with all of us!
**Someone posted links to a site that has a variety of calculators on it. The site is great and has helped a lot. Once I switch computers I'll return to post the links again so others have them too!
08-31-2014, 01:48 PM
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Here's a couple of links:
http://www.quiltersparadiseesc.com/Calculators.php
http://www.quiltersparadiseesc.com/Calculators.php
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/...=sharing#gid=0
Hope this helps someone!
http://www.quiltersparadiseesc.com/Calculators.php
http://www.quiltersparadiseesc.com/Calculators.php
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/...=sharing#gid=0
Hope this helps someone!
09-02-2014, 06:52 AM
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If you have a smart phone. Robert Kaufman has an app called QuitCalc. It determines how much fabric you need for the piecing, as well as for the borders and backing. It also determines how much batting you need. I've attached a screen shot of it so you can see what all it does. Hope this helps! 
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