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02-06-2011, 10:10 PM

#51

butterflywing

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Location: currently central new jersey

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Originally Posted by bjdemir

Another welcome from Oregon - NW Oregon - Portland area. I have been adding a couple of extra borders to make mine bigger. I have ours on the bed right now sideways so it has the drop I need. We have an extra hight 4 poster and I want it to cover the mattress and frame. It is almost a king size.

i agree about it being almost king. whoever writes the sizes doesn't know today's mattress sizes. i like a square because i like the 60" across and then an almost 20" drop on each side.
20" even is okay too, but i want to see that side rail. the same length gives lots of tuck-in room top and bottom. comes out square. a lot of people don't like it square.

02-06-2011, 10:16 PM

#52

Aunt Patti

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most of the new books and current mag have all the size beds listed the one we R working on at church to raffle off at x-mas bazaar is a California King

02-07-2011, 12:28 AM

#53

glenda5253

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Location: NE Kansas

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Welcome from your bordering state, Kansas. I too get frustrated with all the patterns that just give requirements for just one size and it's usually too small for a 'normal' adult bed - queen size or larger. I'm too new to this quilting to trust myself to make the right adjustments in fabric and design to change a pattern. :cry:

Wouldn't it be nice for every pattern to have all sizes from lap to king all figured out for you---I know, I'm dreaming. :oops: :oops:

02-07-2011, 12:30 AM

#54

luvTooQuilt

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Location: A Hop from Heaven, a Skip from Sanity and a Jump from the Good Life....

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Originally Posted by Wilma Pfifer

All the patterns seem to be made for a smaller size then that would fit a queen bed. Is there books tha do bigger sizes?

just add more rows.. Thats what I do..

02-07-2011, 08:28 PM

#55

bjdemir

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Join Date: Dec 2009

Location: Oregon City, OR

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I also would prefer to have my square, but as I do use Pillow Shams I can get by with it just wider. I have been known to add more width to my borders to reduce the difference between the length and the width.

02-10-2011, 05:37 PM

#56

skjquiltnut

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Join Date: Dec 2009

Location: Oklahoma

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Originally Posted by sitzy

I am from Colorado also, Do all of you colorado quilter
belong to the cqc that meets once a month in Colorado.
I use to go but my friend who went with me passed away and
now I don't go by myself.

sitzy, sorry to hear about the loss of your friend. Glad you are here with us on the QB. You can usually reach someone on here day or night. Do try to stay in touch with your local Guild, call and ask someone if you can give them a ride to Guild. Staying involved and talking to each other will help all of you ease the loss of your friend.