Layer Cake or Yardage? What Would You Do?
#22
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Southern USA
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I don't buy layer cakes to use as squares. The size fits perfectly on most of my Go dies. Especially the BOB dies. Layer four squares on the die and get four perfectly cut pieces to make four Ohio Star blocks or any other of the BOB.
#25
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Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: Davenport, Iowa
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Rhondals....please be advised that your math is incorrect if I'm correct in that you want 10 inch squares from yardage.
3 yards of fabric is 108 inches....divide that into 10 inch strips. You will get less than 11 strips (wof)....now divide those 10 inch strips into 10 inch blocks....only 4 from each strip!! You need more than 3 yards to get what you need...6 1/2 or 7 yards for miss cutting. If it were me, I'd just order the 10 inch squares from Missouri Star....3 packs of 40 per pack. You'll have left overs but can always so something with them.
3 yards of fabric is 108 inches....divide that into 10 inch strips. You will get less than 11 strips (wof)....now divide those 10 inch strips into 10 inch blocks....only 4 from each strip!! You need more than 3 yards to get what you need...6 1/2 or 7 yards for miss cutting. If it were me, I'd just order the 10 inch squares from Missouri Star....3 packs of 40 per pack. You'll have left overs but can always so something with them.
#26
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Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Horse Country, FL
Posts: 7,341
Buy yardage. If you prewash (and with black you probably want to) yardage is easier. I used squares on a project and spray starch with no prewash. The starch made them shrink. I could see it happening...not a good feeling. Plus those squares are cut fairly good, but not always exactly perfect. So you have to decide which allows best use of your time and cash!
Have fun on your marathon trip. Sounds like fun!
Have fun on your marathon trip. Sounds like fun!
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