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SO!!! i've been doing the math for my quilt, and here's what i've learned:
for the back and the batting, each, i'll need three pieces of 8' fabric (assuming they're 3' wide; sometimes fabric comes in 2-yard widths on the bolt, i think). for the borders, i can get one piece of fabric 3' x 8'6" and that will be enough to make all four pieces of the border, assuming the border is 3" wide on each side of the quilt.
so that's a lot of fabric. i think i'm supposed to be getting jersey, since i didn't use interfacing on the front of the quilt (which is still not done.....), instead of cotton like i was originally planning. but i figure i can ask at the fabric store and they'll tell me what they recommend.
and i need to buy a box of pins, since i left lauren's pins at her place last weekend and i don't have any of my own. i haven't got any pinning done this week because of that. *sadface*
OFF TO THE FABRIC STORE!!!!
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ETA: so there's a LOT of fabric in a fabric store. this is a new experience for me. :D
well, i couldn't find any jersey, but i did find just about everything else, including about eight million different kinds of cotton. so i guess i'm using cotton?
but i don't know if i should - because tshirts are all stretchy, right, and cotton is not so much with the stretchy. so i'd have to be careful pinning and measuring and what-not, or i'd end up mis-aligning everything. but i suppose if i pin it right, it could be okay. i really need some expert advice on this.
and i need to decide quickly, because the "broadcloth" is on sale this weekend, and i figure that if it's acceptable for use as batting, then that's cheap batting right there.
i guess i can leave the decision about the rest of it until later, but i'm not really sure what colors i want, and that's the real kicker. i'm planning on doing a solid-colored back, and then the border all in one material, whatever that ends up being. there's this stuff called calico, which so far as i can tell is like cotton with a pattern on it. it's kind of expensive, but some of the patterns are neat. but maybe having a patterned material would be too distracting with my color-blocks of t-shirts. so say i just do a solid color. jim recommended navy blue and forest green, which are colors we both like. i dunno.
in other news, i got PINS!!! so now i can pin together the rest of the columns, in preparation for sewing. sewing tomorrow? *hopeful*
for the back and the batting, each, i'll need three pieces of 8' fabric (assuming they're 3' wide; sometimes fabric comes in 2-yard widths on the bolt, i think). for the borders, i can get one piece of fabric 3' x 8'6" and that will be enough to make all four pieces of the border, assuming the border is 3" wide on each side of the quilt.
so that's a lot of fabric. i think i'm supposed to be getting jersey, since i didn't use interfacing on the front of the quilt (which is still not done.....), instead of cotton like i was originally planning. but i figure i can ask at the fabric store and they'll tell me what they recommend.
and i need to buy a box of pins, since i left lauren's pins at her place last weekend and i don't have any of my own. i haven't got any pinning done this week because of that. *sadface*
OFF TO THE FABRIC STORE!!!!
~
ETA: so there's a LOT of fabric in a fabric store. this is a new experience for me. :D
well, i couldn't find any jersey, but i did find just about everything else, including about eight million different kinds of cotton. so i guess i'm using cotton?
but i don't know if i should - because tshirts are all stretchy, right, and cotton is not so much with the stretchy. so i'd have to be careful pinning and measuring and what-not, or i'd end up mis-aligning everything. but i suppose if i pin it right, it could be okay. i really need some expert advice on this.
and i need to decide quickly, because the "broadcloth" is on sale this weekend, and i figure that if it's acceptable for use as batting, then that's cheap batting right there.
i guess i can leave the decision about the rest of it until later, but i'm not really sure what colors i want, and that's the real kicker. i'm planning on doing a solid-colored back, and then the border all in one material, whatever that ends up being. there's this stuff called calico, which so far as i can tell is like cotton with a pattern on it. it's kind of expensive, but some of the patterns are neat. but maybe having a patterned material would be too distracting with my color-blocks of t-shirts. so say i just do a solid color. jim recommended navy blue and forest green, which are colors we both like. i dunno.
in other news, i got PINS!!! so now i can pin together the rest of the columns, in preparation for sewing. sewing tomorrow? *hopeful*