I could cry....
#24
Originally Posted by J.M.
Maride: 11 meters was with sashing and some extra 'oops' fabric I always include. The quilt is 140 6 inch finished blocks, it's Sylvia's Bridal Sampler if you are familiar with it.
#26
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I find that pattern requirements for fabric often overexaggerate. Can you do the math to see how much fabric you really need? Can you plan the cutting sequence more efficiently so you have less waste? I'd gamble on 7 meters being enough, but that's me.
#27
Originally Posted by J.M.
Last december I bought background fabric for a quilt, I needed 11 meters but they only had 7 on roll - but they could order it, they said. All right, I bought the 7 meters, but it is now august and they still have no idea when the rest of my fabric is going to be in. So I found another store - a webshop I had ordered from before - that had the same fabric. Everything matched, number, line, brand, even the picture. But now I've got it and although it is the same fabric, the color difference is BIG. I have no idea why, different color bath, maybe the fabric from the store was out in the light too long, I don't know. But there is no way I can use both of them in my quilt. *cries*
Luckily I haven't started my quilt yet (I was smart enough to wait until I had all my fabric), but now I have a dilemma. I need to start searching for a good background fabric again (difficult enought the first time) and I need 11 meters of it (almost impossible to do, even though it need not be one piece); or I could use the 7 meters I have and find another fabric that looks nice with it and use that for all the sashing. The last one seems like a good option but I don't know if the 7 meters will be enough for all the blocks (they say about 7 1/2 yards for this quilt, which means I might just have enough - or I might just be a bit short, probably the latter), and it would change how I want the quilt to look. But after almost a year, I am dispairing of actually finding 11 meters of fabric...
Luckily I haven't started my quilt yet (I was smart enough to wait until I had all my fabric), but now I have a dilemma. I need to start searching for a good background fabric again (difficult enought the first time) and I need 11 meters of it (almost impossible to do, even though it need not be one piece); or I could use the 7 meters I have and find another fabric that looks nice with it and use that for all the sashing. The last one seems like a good option but I don't know if the 7 meters will be enough for all the blocks (they say about 7 1/2 yards for this quilt, which means I might just have enough - or I might just be a bit short, probably the latter), and it would change how I want the quilt to look. But after almost a year, I am dispairing of actually finding 11 meters of fabric...
#28
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Good Grief , this must be some huge quilt. I usually buy only 6 metres for a backing of a queen size quilt. I would use the 7 metre piece for the background , and I think you might find that it will do the job.
Good luck
Good luck
#30
id use the galloping horse technique, if you ride by it on a galloping horse and can spot the difference, you probably want to change it. If you can't, keep going:-) Hope it all works out, I'm sure what you make will be wonderful
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