What size do you usually make a throw?
#12
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: Washington state
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Depends on the size of the person it is intended for, or the size of couch it will be used on. A larger throw could be too much for a tiny little person, and a smaller one would do not that much for a great big guy.
#13
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Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Southern California
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I do most quilts for foster kids and the minimum size requirement is 50"x60". So the size of my lap quilts depends mostly on the size of the block. I like to keep as close to 50 as I can so I only need to get less than 2 yards for the backing and use the extra fabric to increase the width of the backing.
#17
I go with a 52x80! I love Samplers so I make 15 12" blocks, separate them with 2-1/2" sashing and 4" border. The blocks are three across and five down, and lays over the top of a double bed. (that's how big it is)!!! If I don't make it sampler style, I just add another nine blocks (12") and it comes out 56x80. Easy-Peasy! Edie
#20
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Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: North Carolina
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I want to make quilts to donate to nursing homes - and my thought process was for something that could be thrown over legs while siting in a chair or rolling down the halls in wheelchairs, since I have seen a lot of that. So I am thinking that if they are too big, they would get caught up in the mechanism of a wheelchair. And sitting in a chair, I would not want it to drag on the floor. Any thoughts???
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