Help with Circle Quilt
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Help with Circle Quilt
My daughter is just starting to make quilts and would like to make a circle quilt. At the Pacific International Quilt Show in Santa Clara last year I sat through a class on making them and purchased all of the kit for making what is called at "Less Than Traditional" quilt I m confused to how much material you need to make the quilt though. It says for a Medium Size quilt you need a total of 288 circles and yardage for the front is 13 yards and yardage for the back is 13 yards. I find it hard to believe that to make this quilt it will take 26 yards to make a full size quilt. The pattern is put out by Quilters Haven. I sent them an email however they never answered it. Anyone know what the correct yardage is. I'm thinking it is probably 13 yards for front and back, not each.
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there's no way for us to tell what they may have done, and remember, they are selling you a kit or fabric. just lay the quilt out on graph paper and then you can have it any size you like. i'm not sure i know what you mean by 'circle' quilt, so if you have a pattern site or picture someone here would be able to help you better...
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Is this the circle pattern that makes a two-sided Cathedral Windows?
I remember seeing it years ago at Houston. They were demoing it with bright kid fabrics - it certainly got one (me) to stop and watch.
It's the nature of that particular technique, and the yardage sounds appropriate.
(I don't think they sell fabric kits, just the templates/rulers, books, CD's related to their technique).
Even if your blocks in the quilt will be 8" square FINISHED, you need to start with a much larger square, approx.1.5 times larger...for both the front and the back.
(What does the pattern say re: cutting size and finished size of the squares?)
So assuming a 10x11 layout of finished 8" blocks for a full size quilt (80"x88"), those 110 ~12" starting squares can easily require 12-13 yards. Per side.
http://quiltershaven.secure-mall.com.../Starter-Set-3
I remember seeing it years ago at Houston. They were demoing it with bright kid fabrics - it certainly got one (me) to stop and watch.
It's the nature of that particular technique, and the yardage sounds appropriate.
(I don't think they sell fabric kits, just the templates/rulers, books, CD's related to their technique).
Even if your blocks in the quilt will be 8" square FINISHED, you need to start with a much larger square, approx.1.5 times larger...for both the front and the back.
(What does the pattern say re: cutting size and finished size of the squares?)
So assuming a 10x11 layout of finished 8" blocks for a full size quilt (80"x88"), those 110 ~12" starting squares can easily require 12-13 yards. Per side.
http://quiltershaven.secure-mall.com.../Starter-Set-3
#4
I have made that quilt and believe it or not, the yardage they are stating is correct. It eats fabric. There is a lot of waste converting the squares to circles, and there is a lot of overlap where you fold the circle back into a square. One other thing I would recommend it to think twice about batting. It made my quilt so heavy. If I ever did it again, I would either completely forego the batting, or use a very thin flannel.
#6
If your daughter has her heart set on circles maybe she can start with an easier quilt. In the book The Modern Quilt Workshop by Weeks Ringle and Bill Kerr is a pattern called Love Beads. Will try to send a pic along with this post.
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My daughter is just starting to make quilts and would like to make a circle quilt. At the Pacific International Quilt Show in Santa Clara last year I sat through a class on making them and purchased all of the kit for making what is called at "Less Than Traditional" quilt I m confused to how much material you need to make the quilt though. It says for a Medium Size quilt you need a total of 288 circles and yardage for the front is 13 yards and yardage for the back is 13 yards. I find it hard to believe that to make this quilt it will take 26 yards to make a full size quilt. The pattern is put out by Quilters Haven. I sent them an email however they never answered it. Anyone know what the correct yardage is. I'm thinking it is probably 13 yards for front and back, not each.
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I have no idea what the fabric requirements would be for "mock Cathdral Window" quilt. If that is the one, then it does take quite a bit of fabric. You can however get more circles out of your yardage if you cut the circles out and not squares first. Yes it is a little trickier but if you stager the rows of circle there is less waste I think. If it's a different pattern, no idea either. Sorry.
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