Hunters star
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Hunters star
I have the rapid fire ruler for the hunters star pattern. I want to use 3 fabrics, I can not find anywhere how much yardage for a 3 fabric quilt top to fit a queen bed.All this pattern info gives is for a 36 x 36.Which is 3/4 yard for each of the 3 colors. Can someone help me with the yardage? Thanks in advance.
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There was a huge poster that wrapped my Deb Tucker Hunter's Star Rapid Fire ruler. So how big do you want this queen sized quilt? My targets are 90-92 x 100-108. (I'm downstairs and I'm doing this from memory.)
So 36 times 36 is _______. and 90 times 108 is ______. Then divide the first number into the second one and that will be the factor you take times the 3/4 of a yard.
Hope I didn't lose you. Marcia
So 36 times 36 is _______. and 90 times 108 is ______. Then divide the first number into the second one and that will be the factor you take times the 3/4 of a yard.
Hope I didn't lose you. Marcia
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A bit of a tall order without actually seeing how you plan to use the three colours. I drew one up in EQ using only 2 colours with 12" blocks - 7x7 makes an 84x84" square quilt. Now it tells me you will need 11 1/4 yards ( 6yds colour 1 & 5 1/4yds colour 2), so if you plan an even amount of each fabric I would go for 4yds of each. This does not include borders or binding, though there will be an extra 1/4yd of each colour.
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Deb's method involves a little bit of waste in that you trim the sub-parts using the ruler, but you end up with perfectly matched points.
You don't need special rulers to make this quilt, and there's a recent discussion about the best way to make it. A number of us prefer this ruler method and some folks like traditional or paper piecing it.
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Yes, my ruler was included with a large info sheet. But all I have found is 2 color and 4 yards each.I wanted the stars one color and the rest of the quilt top 2 colors. Thank you for the formula.
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