Help with yardage
08-19-2014, 10:15 AM
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Help with yardage
I am making a king size double sided quilt for a wedding/Christmas gift. It is going to be a double wedding ring quilt on one side and a double Irish chain on the other side I have the yardage for the double wedding ring the size is 93x108. I am not sure on the double Irish chain I know my colors which are dark and light blues for the squares and black for the open block. The block size will be 10 inches. I really need help with the yardage of it please I would be forever grateful.
08-19-2014, 05:32 PM
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I put a 10-inch double Irish chain into EQ7 and came out with the following. I seldom rely entirely on EQ7, preferring to figure out my own yardage based on how I plan to cut the fabric, but this will give you an idea. I made the quilt back 100x120 inches, since the back needs to be bigger than the front.
08-20-2014, 05:35 AM
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I don't want to be negative, but I put a Yellow Brick Road (enlarged the blocks) on the back of a very technical Bargello. Just beware, I NEVER dealt with skipped stitches and this is the only time my Bernina 1530 balked especially where the thickness of numerous seams were on top of one another. I wish you the best of luck. I will NEVER try that again !!
08-20-2014, 06:13 AM
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You always need your backing to be bigger than you top especially with any quilt bigger than a twin. That is why most quilters will require the back to be no less than 3" on each side of the back. Doesn't matter if you are a LAQ or a quilter using a DSM. You don't want to EVER be short on one side of your backing.
08-20-2014, 07:33 AM
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The quilting process 'draws up' the backing and batting- both need to be larger than the quilt top (often quilters require 3"-5" larger all the way around) to make sure you do not wind up short nearing the end and also to compensate for any (not quite even/straight) issue with the top. The excess batting/backing is trimmed away after the quilting is completed as the whole quilt is squared up before the binding. Also, it is very difficult to keep a top and backing perfectly lined up with each other as it is quilted. There are ways but it certainly adds a lot of labor to the project
08-20-2014, 11:34 AM
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Interesting! I've only made one double-sided quilt and I made both sides the same size. I just made sure to match the edges of the sides up and then machine-basted them together around the edges. Then I just FMQ'd the whole thing with loop-de-loops and called it a day. I ran into problems where too many seams intersected and had to sort of jig and jag around those, but otherwise I didn't have trouble with puckers or anything else.
BUT...both sides were foundation-pieced crazy quilts and maybe all that extra fabric makes a big difference in keeping things the correct size/shape(??). It was kind of a failed experiment anyway, it ended up so heavy I just keep it over a chair, it's not really comfy to sit under, and I didn't even put batting in it. Next time I do crazy quilts like this I won't do double-sided. Oh well. I sure did use up a LOT of scraps though! LOL
BUT...both sides were foundation-pieced crazy quilts and maybe all that extra fabric makes a big difference in keeping things the correct size/shape(??). It was kind of a failed experiment anyway, it ended up so heavy I just keep it over a chair, it's not really comfy to sit under, and I didn't even put batting in it. Next time I do crazy quilts like this I won't do double-sided. Oh well. I sure did use up a LOT of scraps though! LOL
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