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From: lucyinthesky
Date: 09-11-2004, 01:59 PM (1 of 5)
| how many yards of fabric will i need for a quilt that has a 82 inch width and a 92 inch height? please help. |
User: lucyinthesky
Member since: 03-11-2004 Total posts: 19 |
From: GreenDragonLady
Date: 09-11-2004, 02:31 PM (2 of 5)
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Are you talking about making the quilt top itself, or just the backing? If it's just the backing, you could buy 6 yards of 44" wide material, cut it into two 3 yard pieces, and sew them together side by side. If it's the quilt top you're talking about, then it depends on what pattern and how many different colors you're using. Jessica photos.yahoo.com/greendragondesigns
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User: GreenDragonLady
Member since: 07-29-2004 Total posts: 495 
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From: lucyinthesky
Date: 09-11-2004, 04:52 PM (3 of 5)
| its the quilt top.with 6 in squares |
User: lucyinthesky
Member since: 03-11-2004 Total posts: 19 |
From: GreenDragonLady
Date: 09-11-2004, 05:09 PM (4 of 5)
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If you want 6" finished squares, you would be using 6 1/2" cut squares, sewing a 1/4" seam. In order to accomodate the size you are looking at, you would need to make a quilt 14 blocks wide by 16 blocks long. Depending on how many different colors you wanted, I would buy 7 1/2 yards of material. If you wanted six colors, you could buy them in lengths of 1 1/4 yards. These would each be cut into seven 6 1/2" strips. You would cut the strips into squares 6 1/2" x 6 1/2". If you wanted the quilt to be the exact size of 82 x 92, you could make a quilt 13 squares across by 15 squares long and then add 2" borders (cut 2 1/2 inches) all around. This would actually make the quilt 82 x 94 (close!) I hope I'm not confusing you further! I'm sure there are people here who could explain it a little easier. Jessica photos.yahoo.com/greendragondesigns
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User: GreenDragonLady
Member since: 07-29-2004 Total posts: 495
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From: jobethfun67
Date: 09-13-2004, 02:21 PM (5 of 5)
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On the quilters cache website, there is a place where you can figure out how much fabric you need..... Here is the link.... http://quilterscache.com/StartQuiltingPages/startquiltingtwo.html Hope this helps, Joan |
User: jobethfun67
Member since: 09-11-2002 Total posts: 21 |
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