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Author: Harriet Hargrave & Alex Anderson
There are many quilt products out there. But the small All-in-One Quilters Reference tool is a great book to have at your finger tips.
Its only purpose may be to confirm what you think is the right thing to do but still worth having for all those days when your brain doesn't seem to work.
It is imperative that you have a general idea of just exactly how to solve a problem mathematically before relying on a table or chart that is not easily provable.
Once you make a cut you either live with it or go buy more fabric. So my motto is check and double check before cutting your quilt sets.
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Quilters Reference Tool - Test Example #1:
Suppose you need to know how many inches are in a half yard; a third of a yard; three fourths of a yard. You need to find a table that converts yardage to inches.
Test your math to confirm that you are looking at the right table:
Page 23 in the All-in-One Reference Tool has such a table that converts yardage to
inches and decimals.
Quilters Reference Tool - Test Example #2:
If you had three-fourths of a yard of fabric and needed to know how many 3 inch by 4 and half inch rectangles you would make sure that you are using the right chart.
Test your math to confirm that you are looking at the right table:
Page 25 in the All-in-One Reference Book has such a table that
calculates the number of rectangles you can get from a specified piece
of yardage.
Quilters Reference Tool - Test Example #3:
I always use a double fold strip for my quilt binding. Plus I always cut the binding on the bias (it wears better).
The formula is:
Find the area of any given square of binding fabric (length time width). A yard is 36" by 36" which equals 1,296 (area of the square).
Divided 1,296 (the area of the square) by 2 l/2 inches (strips.) This gives you 518 inches. This is the amount of continuous bias inches that you will get from a 36 inch square.
Now measure the outside perimeter of your quilt and add 24 inches for mitering corners and connecting ends. In our example the quilt size is a Queen or 92 inches by 106 inches or:
92 + 92 + 106 + 106 + 24 = 420 inches of continuous bias.
As you can see, the amount of bias needed is 420 inches and your 36 inch square will make 518 inches of bias; plenty with a little to spare.
Page 33 in the All-in-One Quilters Reference Tool has a table that shows one yard of fabric will make 421 to 462 inches of binding.
With all our checking we are not a "doubting Thomas" but rather learning and understanding how to use the book!
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