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From: plrlegal
Date: 09-07-2006, 03:57 PM (1 of 10)
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Okay all of you quilting geeks, I have a quilt pattern that I want to make but I want to double it in size to use on a king size bed with a deep pocket latex rubber mattress and memory foam pad on it. It's the chenille snuggle quilt from the September/October issue of Fons & Porter. The finished dimensions of the quilt are 54" wide x 64" long; forty 5" four patch blocks and forty 5-1/2" chenille blocks are what the original pattern call for so I need to know if I need to make eighty of the 5" four patch blocks and eighty of the 5-1/2" chenille blocks to double this quilt in size? Patsy Patsy
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User: plrlegal
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From: HeyJudee
Date: 09-07-2006, 04:43 PM (2 of 10)
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Patsy...I'm not sure what the dimensions you would require for your king size bed. Could you take a tape measure and measure the width & length so we know what the finished size of your quilt would need to be. Just have the tape hang over one side to see the length of the drop, measure across the bed and add the same amount for the drop again. That will give you the required width. Then do the same for the length. This will give us an idea of the real size that you need. Since I'm at work and don't have my magazine with me, I'll check it out when I get home from work. In the meantime someone else may have an answer for you. TTFN from
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From: HeyJudee
Date: 09-07-2006, 06:23 PM (3 of 10)
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Duh...They say 40 four patch and 40 chenille...which is 80 squares. But if you look p. 28 and count the squares across & down there are 8 squares across and 11 down...that is 88 squares! So that picture does not represent the 54"x64" size (8 row across x 10 rows down). The quilt in the pic on p.28 is actually 54"x69". They probably added an odd number of rows so the design would look more appealling. FYI Patsy...all the squares are actually 5" as the finished size. So if you want to make a king quilt and keep the borders at 7" finished (which is what they used) then you would need: for approx 107" x 108" (according to quilterscache) 18 squares across (90") x 18 down (90") = 324 squares = 162 squares each type for approx 104" x 109" 18 sq. across (90") x 19 sq. down (95") = 342 sq = 171 each. Now of course you could always make the inside a certain size and enlarge it by adding wider borders. Hope this helps. BTW...you certainly were lucky...I just bought my magazine today and hadn't even realized that the quilt you were asking about was in the new mag. TTFN from
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User: HeyJudee
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From: plrlegal
Date: 09-07-2006, 09:13 PM (4 of 10)
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Thanks Judy. I already have the fabric to do the fabric squares for the quilt but do you think 6 yards of 60" chenille will do all the 5" squares the border and the back? They only call for 1-5/8 yds of 60 inch chenille in the mag but she used flannel for the back and I want to use chenillle as the back also. Patsy Patsy
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User: plrlegal
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From: HeyJudee
Date: 09-08-2006, 06:54 PM (5 of 10)
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Well for the backing...I'm estimating needing 114" for the length as when quilting you need approx. 4" extra. But this one is put together and turned inside out...so you may not need that extra 4. 114" = 9.5' and you will need two pieces to cover the back. So that is 19' total which is 6 1/3 yards just for the backing. (without the extra 4"...it would require approx 6 yards) Then you need material to cut out the squares. You can cut 10 5.5" squares (55") out of 60" fabric. But if you wash the fabric it will probably shrink so you may want to calculate cutting 9 squares across instead of 10. So 162 squares divided by 9 per strip, you need 18.5 strips = 19 strips. 19 strips x 5.5" = approx 105" = approx. 3 yards 171 squares would require the same amount. [FYI - 162 squares divided by 10 per strip, you need 16.2 strips = 17 strips. 17 strips x 5.5" = approx. 94" = 2.6 yards] So you would need approx. 9 1/3 yards minimum. I have never worked with chenille, but I am assuming that it would shink. So if you are one of the ones who wash before sewing....maybe buy at least 10 yards - that allows 2 feet for shrinkage and squaring up the fabric if it wasn't cut straight at the store. Good luck! TTFN from
Judy |
User: HeyJudee
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From: HeyJudee
Date: 09-08-2006, 07:01 PM (6 of 10)
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Oops...forgot about the borders. Will have to rethink the fabric for the squares to include the borders and squares. Will post again in a bit when I have re-calculated things.
TTFN from
Judy |
User: HeyJudee
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From: HeyJudee
Date: 09-08-2006, 07:56 PM (7 of 10)
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We calculated approx. 3 yards for the squares. The 3 yards would allow you to cut the borders full length. So that means you would need to cut 4 border strips 7.5" x 109". This uses up 30" so there is only 30" left to cut the squares. So you can only cut 5 (5.5" squares) out of the rest of the width. So we calculated 19 strips = 3 yds. So 19 strips x 5 squares per strip = 95 squares. So the 3 yds. I calculated in the previous post will allow you to cut your borders and 95 squares. That means we need fabric for 67 more squares. 67 sq divided by 9 per strip, you need approx. 8 strips. 8 strips x 5.5" = 44 " = 1 yd 8" more [for 171 squares you would need 9 strips = 50" = 1 yd 14" more] So that means backing 6 yds 12" borders & 95 squares 3 yds 67 squares 1 yd 8" or 76 squares 1 yd 14" Total 10 yds 20" or 10 yds 26" I would say 11 yds (or a bit more) to cover shrinkage and squaring fabric. BTW - during my calculations I discovered that the dimensions of the quilt in my post are incorrect. Quilterscache says a king size quilt is approx. 107" x 108" but the size of quilt with 18 rows x 18 rows is actually 104" x 104" the 18 rows x 19 rows is 104" x 109". Geez...I hope I have figured this correctly...and I hope this makes sense to you 
TTFN from
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User: HeyJudee
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From: plrlegal
Date: 09-08-2006, 10:10 PM (8 of 10)
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Thanks so much Judee. That's a very good calculation on yardage. I will be sewing a horizontal seam for the two back pieces which will make it 120" in length x 104" wide; i.e., two 60" sections of chenille sewn together with a horizontal seam but if would happen to have any extra, I could always use it to make squares for a baby quilt that uses chenille squares. I happen to have a 40% off coupon for Hancock Fabrics plus my 10% discount for being a member of our local quilt guild, so I'll be able to get my chenille for half pricebut I figure it's still gonna cost me close to $100.oo. I just need to convince DH that I really, really need to make it.  Patsy Patsy
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User: plrlegal
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From: HeyJudee
Date: 09-09-2006, 07:56 PM (9 of 10)
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Yep...It's hard to realize that it takes sooooo much fabric for a king size quilt. Maybe that is why I still use a purchased king comforter on my bed. Just haven't found a pattern & enough fabric to make one for me.
TTFN from
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User: HeyJudee
Member since: 01-25-2005 Total posts: 1366
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From: plrlegal
Date: 09-11-2006, 12:57 AM (10 of 10)
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I completely understand Judee. I'm seriously considering how I'm going to find a really good excuse that my dh will buy so I can invest over $100 in another quilt for our king size bed since I just spent way in excess of $100 to make the duvet cover and shams that we're currently using. Maybe I'll just pick up the chenille here and there with my 40% Hancock coupons and he'll not notice it so much instead of doing one humongous purchase of the chenille. Patsy Patsy
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User: plrlegal
Member since: 05-19-2001 Total posts: 318 |
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