Can someone Help me with fathoming out.....
05-05-2009, 07:07 AM
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I though you already had the pattern and the amounts weren't listed in the instructions.
Then I would have been REALLY upset with the pattern.
I can relate with wanting to get the show on the road before the pattern arrives.
How long does it take for items to reach you via mail (on average) from various locations?
Then I would have been REALLY upset with the pattern.
I can relate with wanting to get the show on the road before the pattern arrives.
How long does it take for items to reach you via mail (on average) from various locations?
05-05-2009, 07:17 AM
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Originally Posted by bearisgray
68 inches by 72 inches = 4896 inches
4896 inches divided by 144 inches = 34 square feet
144 square inches in a square foot (12 x 12)
I figure a yard of fabric - after washing - has about 35 x 40 square inches of usable fabric , which is 1400 square inches
35 x 42 = 1470
It looks like odd shapes that wouldn't cut very efficiently - and if you are using the paper piecing method - and want to fussy cut for design -
??
4896 inches divided by 144 inches = 34 square feet
144 square inches in a square foot (12 x 12)
I figure a yard of fabric - after washing - has about 35 x 40 square inches of usable fabric , which is 1400 square inches
35 x 42 = 1470
It looks like odd shapes that wouldn't cut very efficiently - and if you are using the paper piecing method - and want to fussy cut for design -
??
5304 divided by 144 equals 36 square feet, with a remainder of 120, maybe 7/8 ths of a yard?
so, then I took the square inches in a fat quarter = 396 sq inches x 20 (if the ten light/ten dark figures are fat quarters) x 20 = 7920 square inches which works out to - - hmmm... 55 square feet ...
that looks like it would be enough to make the quilt and then some! But, we know that is where scraps come from, so more is good, right? <g>
I have to know if my math is correct! <g> The square foot thing eluded me in my first post ... thanks bearis gray for filling that part in!
05-05-2009, 07:33 AM
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seam allowances??? what seam allowances?
LOL I didn't quite understand the square inches of the washed fabric ... my figures were trying to see if the ten/ten were fat quarters or which.
Were you figuring out straight yards?
LOL I didn't quite understand the square inches of the washed fabric ... my figures were trying to see if the ten/ten were fat quarters or which.
Were you figuring out straight yards?
05-05-2009, 07:50 AM
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Square inches of washed fabric:
Suppose I get a piece of fabric from the quilt shop and it measures EXACTLY 36 inches long by 42 inches wide.
I wash all my fabrics before cutting. Some people don't, but I KNOW that my finished quilts will need to be washed again at some point if they are used - which I hope they will be.
I've found that most pieces of cotton fabric shrink some when washed. Sometimes lengthwise, sometimes crosswise. I overcast the ends of the fabric before washing to minimize raveling.
If the fabric was off-grain , I could lose some more inches if I cut fabric from selvage to selvage. If the crosswise fabric grain was straight, maybe only a 1/2 inch or so due to raveling.
So, after I might lose some area due to shrinkage, raveling, being off grain, and the selvages, I maybe have 34 x 40 inches of usable fabric.
Some pattern makers seem to be very close in their fabric needs and others seem to allow for "extra."
Bottom line: I don't think I answered your question as to how much fabric you need for that quilt.
Good luck with it.
Suppose I get a piece of fabric from the quilt shop and it measures EXACTLY 36 inches long by 42 inches wide.
I wash all my fabrics before cutting. Some people don't, but I KNOW that my finished quilts will need to be washed again at some point if they are used - which I hope they will be.
I've found that most pieces of cotton fabric shrink some when washed. Sometimes lengthwise, sometimes crosswise. I overcast the ends of the fabric before washing to minimize raveling.
If the fabric was off-grain , I could lose some more inches if I cut fabric from selvage to selvage. If the crosswise fabric grain was straight, maybe only a 1/2 inch or so due to raveling.
So, after I might lose some area due to shrinkage, raveling, being off grain, and the selvages, I maybe have 34 x 40 inches of usable fabric.
Some pattern makers seem to be very close in their fabric needs and others seem to allow for "extra."
Bottom line: I don't think I answered your question as to how much fabric you need for that quilt.
Good luck with it.
05-05-2009, 10:22 AM
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Originally Posted by bearisgray
I though you already had the pattern and the amounts weren't listed in the instructions.
Then I would have been REALLY upset with the pattern.
I can relate with wanting to get the show on the road before the pattern arrives.
How long does it take for items to reach you via mail (on average) from various locations?
Then I would have been REALLY upset with the pattern.
I can relate with wanting to get the show on the road before the pattern arrives.
How long does it take for items to reach you via mail (on average) from various locations?
Elle
05-05-2009, 10:23 AM
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Originally Posted by okie
Butterflyspain I have done a couple of Judy's patterns and on the very back page it has shown the yardage. Have you checked her website?
Elle
05-05-2009, 10:27 AM
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Originally Posted by omak
Originally Posted by bearisgray
68 inches by 72 inches = 4896 inches
4896 inches divided by 144 inches = 34 square feet
144 square inches in a square foot (12 x 12)
I figure a yard of fabric - after washing - has about 35 x 40 square inches of usable fabric , which is 1400 square inches
35 x 42 = 1470
It looks like odd shapes that wouldn't cut very efficiently - and if you are using the paper piecing method - and want to fussy cut for design -
??
4896 inches divided by 144 inches = 34 square feet
144 square inches in a square foot (12 x 12)
I figure a yard of fabric - after washing - has about 35 x 40 square inches of usable fabric , which is 1400 square inches
35 x 42 = 1470
It looks like odd shapes that wouldn't cut very efficiently - and if you are using the paper piecing method - and want to fussy cut for design -
??
Having looked at the design again and again, I think some of the fabrics will have to follow the grain so that will account for some wastage.
Think we are all agreed I need fat quarters though.
:D
Love ya all for helping me
Elle
I LOVE math! The actual size of the quilt is 68 x 78 which equals 5304 square inches.
5304 divided by 144 equals 36 square feet, with a remainder of 120, maybe 7/8 ths of a yard?
so, then I took the square inches in a fat quarter = 396 sq inches x 20 (if the ten light/ten dark figures are fat quarters) x 20 = 7920 square inches which works out to - - hmmm... 55 square feet ...
that looks like it would be enough to make the quilt and then some! But, we know that is where scraps come from, so more is good, right? <g>
I have to know if my math is correct! <g> The square foot thing eluded me in my first post ... thanks bearis gray for filling that part in!
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