When your reading a pattern...
#1
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When reading a pattern and looking at the fabric requirements alot of them will say like; assorted light/medium (insert color) prints 2 3/8 - 2 3/4 yards total.
It may do this for a number of the colors of fabics needed for the quit top. But it doesn't say how many assorted fabrics or how to divide the yardage up.
Do you just decide how many assort. fabrics you want to use then divide the yardage by that number?
Does that make sence to anyone? Thanks for any insight.
It may do this for a number of the colors of fabics needed for the quit top. But it doesn't say how many assorted fabrics or how to divide the yardage up.
Do you just decide how many assort. fabrics you want to use then divide the yardage by that number?
Does that make sence to anyone? Thanks for any insight.
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That's the fun of scrappy quilts - decide what colors you like best, that fit the color needed, and just make sure all of them together total the amount listed on the pattern. Sometimes, it's easier to pick a bunch of fabrics, and make sure there's lots extra - just pick colors as you go, favorites first, until the quilt is done. Nothing has to be exact, as far as picking fabrics goes... just make sure you have the right colors, and enough of them. Hope that makes some kind of sense.... it did in my brain, but that doesn't always mean much....
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Yes you can do it that way. Or, you can just get fabrics that appeal to you and that fill the patterns needs and decide which one to use as you go along. You may end up with left over fabric, but that's what a stash is all about.
Originally Posted by valsma
When reading a pattern and looking at the fabric requirements alot of them will say like; assorted light/medium (insert color) prints 2 3/8 - 2 3/4 yards total.
It may do this for a number of the colors of fabics needed for the quit top. But it doesn't say how many assorted fabrics or how to divide the yardage up.
Do you just decide how many assort. fabrics you want to use then divide the yardage by that number?
Does that make sence to anyone? Thanks for any insight.
It may do this for a number of the colors of fabics needed for the quit top. But it doesn't say how many assorted fabrics or how to divide the yardage up.
Do you just decide how many assort. fabrics you want to use then divide the yardage by that number?
Does that make sence to anyone? Thanks for any insight.
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Directions like that do leave a lot of room to interpret them as you wish. When I see them, I just grab my scrap bin of the color in question and grab a handful (or three!). I made a red, white and black quilt once -- my friends's (recipients of the quilt) counted over 100 different red fabrics, and that was on a full sized quilt.
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Originally Posted by meemersmom
Directions like that do leave a lot of room to interpret them as you wish. When I see them, I just grab my scrap bin of the color in question and grab a handful (or three!). I made a red, white and black quilt once -- my friends's (recipients of the quilt) counted over 100 different red fabrics, and that was on a full sized quilt.
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I haven't noticed any directions like that. The ones I've used has said how much of each color to use. I would shy away from a pattern that didn't tell me how many fabrics and pieces I would need.
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Originally Posted by Jingle
I haven't noticed any directions like that. The ones I've used has said how much of each color to use. I would shy away from a pattern that didn't tell me how many fabrics and pieces I would need.
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Originally Posted by valsma
When reading a pattern and looking at the fabric requirements alot of them will say like; assorted light/medium (insert color) prints 2 3/8 - 2 3/4 yards total.
It may do this for a number of the colors of fabics needed for the quit top. But it doesn't say how many assorted fabrics or how to divide the yardage up.
Do you just decide how many assort. fabrics you want to use then divide the yardage by that number?
Does that make sence to anyone? Thanks for any insight.
It may do this for a number of the colors of fabics needed for the quit top. But it doesn't say how many assorted fabrics or how to divide the yardage up.
Do you just decide how many assort. fabrics you want to use then divide the yardage by that number?
Does that make sence to anyone? Thanks for any insight.
Patterns like that are trying to stretch your creativity. They're also trying to get you away from recreating the pictured quilt exactly.
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Originally Posted by Scissor Queen
Originally Posted by valsma
When reading a pattern and looking at the fabric requirements alot of them will say like; assorted light/medium (insert color) prints 2 3/8 - 2 3/4 yards total.
It may do this for a number of the colors of fabics needed for the quit top. But it doesn't say how many assorted fabrics or how to divide the yardage up.
Do you just decide how many assort. fabrics you want to use then divide the yardage by that number?
Does that make sence to anyone? Thanks for any insight.
It may do this for a number of the colors of fabics needed for the quit top. But it doesn't say how many assorted fabrics or how to divide the yardage up.
Do you just decide how many assort. fabrics you want to use then divide the yardage by that number?
Does that make sence to anyone? Thanks for any insight.
Patterns like that are trying to stretch your creativity. They're also trying to get you away from recreating the pictured quilt exactly.
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