fabric for OBW???
01-29-2011, 09:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Ditter43
Where is it on sale? I agree, it would make a great obw!!! :-D
01-29-2011, 09:16 PM
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Originally Posted by gaigai
Originally Posted by butterflywing
okay ;) somebody willing to comment on the size issue!
i was THINKING about what it takes to do a ....let's round up to 100 x 100.
at that size, i wouldn't dream of small hexes. and i think that size can take large ones. so in the range of finished 10" at the widest measurement, what would you GUESS (this is not a test) is the amount of yardage needed? bigger hexes = fewer seams.
at the other end of the scale, what would you think at 6" finished at the widest?
i was THINKING about what it takes to do a ....let's round up to 100 x 100.
at that size, i wouldn't dream of small hexes. and i think that size can take large ones. so in the range of finished 10" at the widest measurement, what would you GUESS (this is not a test) is the amount of yardage needed? bigger hexes = fewer seams.
at the other end of the scale, what would you think at 6" finished at the widest?
http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-82074-1.htm
BFW, here is a quote directly from the OBW book:
"How much fabric should you buy? There are very few rules, but there are some guidelines. The size of the quilt depends not only on how much fabric you buy, but also on how many hexagon blocks...you eventually use in the quilt...(and) on how you arrange t he hexagons and on the shape of the finished quilt. To make a good lap-size, twin, or full-size quilt, 4.5 y ards for hexagon blocks or 5.75 yards for octagon blocks is enough. For a queen size or larger quilt, double those amounts to 9 yards for hexagon blocks or 11.5 yards for octagon blocks.
Measure the repeat. If the (repeat) is 6" to 8", which is a short repeat, the fabric will produce a very small project. Larger prints usually feature a repeat about every 24". This is the type of fabric I typically choose. Four to five yards makes a very comfortable lap quilt, and depending on the borders used, it can grow to almost any size.
For Hexagons: 6 repeats at 24" each is exactly 4 yards...Add an extra half yard or yard (4. 5 or 5 yards) to have a piece of the original fabric as a reference."
BFW, I probably wouldn't recommend cutting strips any bigger than six inches, and I'm not sure that wouldn't be too big. It would depend on the print.
01-29-2011, 09:29 PM
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This is probably the picture I should of posted to help! LOL, sorry, I am newer to this then what I would like to believe. The only reason I want this fabric is I got half a yard for $2.5 (some remnant), LOL, when I got home and opened it up my daughter fell in love with this material. She asked if I would make her a blankie with it. So I was thinking she will turn 5 on March 4, so I might be able to get it done by then! She wraps her dolls in it right now, so, I am on a mission! LOL... And thanks for all the help and support, for this new quilter it mean a lot!
01-30-2011, 10:00 AM
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Originally Posted by gaigai
The bigger the hex's, the less contrast. Did you see k3n's post where she used three different sizes of hexs of the same fabric? Here it is.
http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-82074-1.htm
BFW, here is a quote directly from the OBW book:
"How much fabric should you buy? There are very few rules, but there are some guidelines. The size of the quilt depends not only on how much fabric you buy, but also on how many hexagon blocks...you eventually use in the quilt...(and) on how you arrange t he hexagons and on the shape of the finished quilt. To make a good lap-size, twin, or full-size quilt, 4.5 y ards for hexagon blocks or 5.75 yards for octagon blocks is enough. For a queen size or larger quilt, double those amounts to 9 yards for hexagon blocks or 11.5 yards for octagon blocks.
http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-82074-1.htm
BFW, here is a quote directly from the OBW book:
"How much fabric should you buy? There are very few rules, but there are some guidelines. The size of the quilt depends not only on how much fabric you buy, but also on how many hexagon blocks...you eventually use in the quilt...(and) on how you arrange t he hexagons and on the shape of the finished quilt. To make a good lap-size, twin, or full-size quilt, 4.5 y ards for hexagon blocks or 5.75 yards for octagon blocks is enough. For a queen size or larger quilt, double those amounts to 9 yards for hexagon blocks or 11.5 yards for octagon blocks.
on page 17, in the yellow box, she says that it's important to use fabric from the same bolt. but she also says that for a queen you need 9 yards. that's more than one bolt. also, on page 14, she says that too many colours is not preferred, nor is one color. but she shows a lovely quilt on page 15 made of only one colour. and here we've seen quilts with many colors that i wouldn't mind owning. also, she mentions somewhere that she likes a 24" repeat. my point being this: there don't seem to be any hard and fast rules. i know that as long as the triangles for each hex are all exactly the same, it doesn't matter where they are cut from. the repeats are there for registration marks on the strip. and your strips are determined by the size of the triangles, not the other way around. and the colours you choose are totally up to your taste. so i've been following all the posts and getting more and more confused about what i read and what makes sense to me. on page 13 she says large is good, meaning that a larger print is better than small one. that's because a small print doesn't show a variety of colours. this is also true of small blocks, imo. the larger blocks have room to
widen out and show the colours next to the center colours. for example, if you show a rose in the center, all you see in a small block is the rose, but if the block is larger you also get to see the leaf and the stem and maybe the sky. the larger block can make a more interesting design. i don't see any rules except that all the triangles have to be exactly alike for each hex. size and colour is a strictly personal choice.
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