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Fall is in the air with cool temps and a slight breeze. After a long week at work (my job when I'm not quilting or longarming - Walmart fabric Dept), where we did a total reset of the department I am sitting down with my feet up enjoying a cup of coffee and sharing my time with you.
I hope you all have had a great week at your work as well as in your quilting. I will drop in over the weekend and have more to share.
The pic today is one of the quilts I made a couple of weeks ago. It was one of two I made start to finish in just 3 days! I'm blessed with a husband (see "A Husband's Point of View" above) who made sure I ate and slept during those three days! This quilt is a queen/king. The other one I made is a full/queen and pictures will be at a later date.
Rest time is over - time to start supper.
Catch y'all later! Have a great evening.
Here is the information I told you I would post tonight. I hope you find it useful. If you have questions, please contact me and I will do my best to help you out.
How to figure out how much binding you will need for your quilt when using the straight grain cut of fabric.
This is how I figure mine out and how I help my customers figure out how much fabric to buy.
I hope it doesn’t sound too complicated. If you ever thought you’d never use Algebra after high school, think again. We use it in quilting, you just may not have realized it.
There is a formula
L(2)+W(2)+10=TL ÷ 42 x 2.5 = Y J
Let me break it down some:
L(2) +W (2) + 10 = TL (total length of strip you will need.)
TL divided by 42 = TC (total cuts you will need out of a piece of fabric that is 42” wide
TC x 2.5 = Yardage needed (Yards of Fabric you will need)
Now that you are scratching you head and going ‘Huh?”
Here is an example: This is using a quilt that measures 45” x 60”
Take the length of your quilt twice: 60 + 60 = 120
Plus the width of your quilt twice: 45 + 45 = 90
Add an additional 10”.
So now you have 120 + 90 + 10 = 220
The total length of strip you will need will be 220”.
Now, take that 220 and divide it by the width of your fabric. I use 42 just to be safe, but it gives you some extra, which is fine.
220 ÷ 42 = 5.23850952 , Round that up to 6
You are going to need 6 cuts of fabric to make that 220” length.
Now if you cut your binding strip at 2.5 inches which is what I do,
Take the 6 x 2.5 and you get 15!
You will need 15” of fabric to make the binding to go around your quilt that is 45” X 60”
Here is a chart to help you even more, but not be as precise as figuring it out per exact size of your quilt. This chart also figures it at fabric that is 40” wide instead of 42”.
How to determine your yardage for straight grain binding
When you know the distance around the quilt and the width of the binding
Cut Width of Binding
Yardage* Needed if the Binding Length in inches is:
Hello everyone. Pic today is one of the latest wall hangings finished. This is a small wall hanging. Just perfect to fit in a small empty spot in your house or cabin!
I have a couple of busy days ahead of me in the regular job world. We are doing a reset in the fabric department. I will get back tonight to post a way to figure out how much fabric to buy for your bindings. There is a simple math equation as well as a chart I hope to be able to share with you. I know a lot of us don't like math, weren't good at it when we were in school, but have found we use it so much as quilters! Who knew math could be fun?
I appreciate all who have stopped by to visit my blog so far. Keep spreading the word to your friends and fellow quilters and to thier husbands. With the new addition of "A Husband's Point of View' page the blog has a rare insite to offer.
Today is a new day. Here in East TN the sky is blue, the air is crisp. I was busy over the weekend with quilting and will share the work I got done in a day or two. Three more fall wall hangings! Today's picture is a table runner I made a few weeks ago.
I've now started on a Christmas table runner - that may turn into a wall hanging. There are times when a project gets a mind of it's own and just grows.
I am also working on some pot holders.
I hope you all have a great day and as my husband often tells people - remember two things if nothing else today - God loves you and so do I.
Good morning all. Ten years ago today we, the country and the world changed. It wasn't just the USA that was affected. Many people from other countries also lost loved ones that day in the attack.We all remember. We know where we were when we heard the news, saw the horror of the attack. We all stood, sat, cried, talked to each other, we were speechless, we cried some more, and we prayed.
Today - we remember. We stand, we sit, we cry, we talk to each other, we are silent, we cry some more..... let's remember to pray. May God bless you, your family, the families who lost loved ones, our country and the world.
I thought I'd take a moment to show the first quilt project I made. This was a wall hanging I made called "Spools" The pattern was actually for a queen size quilt (one of Walmart's quilt of the month), but I just did the nine blocks of it. I did this in memory of my Mom who was a seamstress, the spools remind me of her.
When I finished this one my husband asked if I could make a quilt for our grandson. So my second quilt was one I designed, did other techniques in making and the rest as they say is history! (I'll share the second quilt on another day -- gives you something to look forward to )
Thus the added list of the day ----
You know you’re a quilter when…
1)You have thread everywhere in your house, laundry, car, on your clothes...
2)You have quilting pins stuck in the visor of your car
3)People ask if you sew and you say, "No, I'm a quilter."
4)Everyone knows you are a quilter even though you never say a word
5)You buy fabric for no particular purpose, but know you just ‘have to have it’
6)Your coffee table book(s) are about quilts
7)All the magazines in the house are quilt related
8) You make sure you have enough fabric in the house for a project to work on while you have no power or are snowbound for a few days.
9)You know that a fat quarter is not a bad thing
10) You have learned a whole new language and find it amusing when you start talking ‘quilteze’ people, who aren’t quilters, look so lost. – So you teach them!
11) You’re not actually quilting you are on the internet looking for fabric, patterns, tips, or have joined in a quilting forum or two or three
12)You follow blogs about quilting or quilters
13) You have learned how to hide the fabric you just bought
14) You plan your vacation around a quilt show
15) You plan your vacation and make sure there are a few quilt shops to visit
16) Have part of your house or a full room or have built on to the house to hold your quilting passion –(Sewing machine, longarm, fabrics, tools….. )
17) You look at people’s clothes and think what a great quilt the fabrics would make
18) You see quilts in flooring, ceiling tiles everywhere you go.
19) You take down photos and other art work to make room to hang your quilts
20) You eat, sleep, dream and think in quilts!
There are so many more --- I’ll add as time goes on, or send me yours and I’ll add them too!
